press statement sona 2022

The Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) issued a press statement ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa's 2022 State of the Nation Address, calling for a bold government agenda to address South Africa's triple crisis of poverty, structural unemployment, and inequality through increased social spending and the end of austerity.

• The IEJ identifies a 'triple crisis' in South Africa consisting of poverty, entrenched structural unemployment, and inequality, noting that there are 12.9 million unemployed people under the expanded definition.
• The IEJ advocates for the extension, improvement, and expansion of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, specifically calling for its increase to the Food Poverty Line (FPL) of R624 and the implementation of a Universal Basic Income Guarantee (UBIG) by 2024 at the latest.
• The IEJ argues that austerity measures and budget cuts to public services undermine the benefits of social grants and create a negative gendered impact by increasing unpaid care work for women.
• To address unemployment and economic stability, the IEJ recommends that the government resource the Presidential Employment Stimulus (PES) for labour-intensive sectors, reinstate wage support via the Temporary Employment Relief Scheme (TERS), and increase funding for sector-specific Master Plans to support localisation.

APA

Institute for Economic Justice (2022). press statement sona 2022. https://iej.org.za/press-room/statements/press-statement-sona-2022/

Chicago

Institute for Economic Justice. press statement sona 2022. 2022. https://iej.org.za/press-room/statements/press-statement-sona-2022/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Institute for Economic Justice |title=press statement sona 2022 |date=10 February 2022 |url=https://iej.org.za/press-room/statements/press-statement-sona-2022/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{instituteforeconomicjustice2022press, author = {{Institute for Economic Justice}}, title = {{press statement sona 2022}}, publisher = {Institute for Economic Justice}, year = {2022}, month = feb, url = {https://iej.org.za/press-room/statements/press-statement-sona-2022/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }