We are honoured to have Prof Francis Wilson, founder of SALDRU to introduce the Mandela Initiative at the launch of the report on this 5-yr inquiry into strategies to address #poverty & #inequality #GrapplingPovertyInequality mandelainitiative.org.za/research/final…

Stories of #Poverty & #Inequality: “My grandma said if we wanted to continue living there, we shouldn’t report the rape.” #MandelaInitiative workshop on strategies to overcome #Poverty & #Inequality this week ow.ly/rAmi30ilnbD NelsonMandela PII

Murray Leibbrandt: SA's wealth inequality measures at a Gini of 0.98, while income inequality gini stands at 0.60 #MandelaInitiative #Inequality #Poverty Murray Leib SALDRU

How can we disrupt the intergenerational transmission of poverty? Redistribute assets (land, housing, wealth) and provide public goods (transport, social protection, education, health), tax (wealth tax) and impose minimum wages - Murray Leibbrandt Mandela Initiative

Ayabonga Cawe: The precariousness the black-middle class, of whom many are just two pay cheques away from the breadline #Poverty #Inequality #MandelaInitiative

Axolile Ntywala: Questioning (white) civil society participation in social justice issues only when it hits close to home, such as CPT proposed water levy. Black communities been living with Day Zero all along #Poverty #Inequality #MandelaInitiative SJC NelsonMandela

Areas such as Nyanga and Khayelitsha are allocated the smallest number of police resources even though the murder rate is the highest in the region: @Xila_Notywala SJC Mandela Initiative NelsonMandela #MandelaInitiative

Section 27 in the Constitution can be used to address the pay gap between top and bottom income earners #MandelaInitiative #Poverty #Inequality PII

Workshopping strategies against #poverty & #initiative: Need to address systems issues, and how to advocate for political will to address these #MandelaInitiative PLAAS Jeff Radebe Miriam Altman

NPC commissioner Miriam Altman: “We negotiate things [ways to address #poverty & #inequality] to death because there is so little trust” #MandelaInititive #Poverty #Inequality #SocialCohesion Miriam Altman NelsonMandela

Trudi Makhaya: We need "action tanks", "do tanks", and sponsorships for innovative doing to help speed up transformation; let's find common agreements and move on those instead of getting stuck on difference #MandelaInitiative #Poverty #Inequality Trudi Makhaya NelsonMandela

#MandelaInitiative : #TrevorManuel: Its six years since the NDP was drafted and the one thing that has changed radically since then is that when it was drafted there was a sense of hope and trust; that now is dead. Mandela Initiative NelsonMandela

Trevor Manuel: The problem underlying lack of transformation in SA lie with implementation, political will & the political economy #MandelaInitiative #Poverty #Inequality Trevor Manuel NelsonMandela

#MandelaInitiative #TrevorManuel: SA facing a double whammy because it's spent on the wrong things and then destroyed one of the most capable state institutions which could raise revenue, SARS. Mandela Initiative NelsonMandela

Trevor Manuel: #Education is well funded in SA but the outcome is dismal because we have disengaged, and abolished responsibility #MandelaInitiative #Poverty #Inequality Trevor Manuel NelsonMandela

Stories of #Poverty & #Inequality: “I ended up turning to alcohol to cope. I wrote most of my final exams drunk.” Five years of #MandelaInitiative research & multi-sectoral dialogue on strategies to overcome #Poverty & #Inequality are discussed this week ow.ly/2k3r30ilEWi

Adam Habib: How 2 get different stakeholders (corporates, unions) 2 make concessions 2 advance transformation? Now is an opportune moment 2 negotiate these with difft sectors because of poor state of affairs in the country #MandelaInitiative #Poverty Adam Habib NelsonMandela

Today, Tshisimani’s Dinga Sikwebu was on a panel with the Deputy-Speaker of the House of Assembly Lechesa Tsenoli at the Mandela Initiative workshop on strategies to overcome #poverty and #inequality.

What are the biggest challenges facing South Africa in relation to #urban #land? Read SERI & the African Centre for Cities (ACC) briefing paper paper for the Mandela Initiative to find out | bit.ly/2BtKiYz

The #MandelaInitiative Story Tent videos are powerful reflections from people in South Africa on what it means to be living in #poverty and #inequality x.com/NelsonMandela/…