Analysis, policy documents, and perspectives from SPoT leadership and members
South Africa’s Gini coefficient continues to rank among the highest in the world, revealing a stark reality: democratic freedoms have not translated into economic equality for the majority of South Africans….
There is a particular kind of excitement that comes with renewal. When former student activists, progressive intellectuals and transformation champions gathered to revive SPoT..
Access to medicines should not be determined by the size of your wallet. Yet in South Africa, pharmaceutical pricing, patent monopolies and an underfunded public health system combine to deny millions of citizens access to life-saving treatments…..
Africa stands at a digital crossroads. The continent’s mobile phone penetration, growing tech ecosystems and youthful population create enormous potential for digital-driven growth. Yet the risks of digital exclusion — of a new technological divide that deepens existing inequalities — are equally real…..
Few issues carry more historical weight in South Africa than land. The dispossession of indigenous people from their land was the foundational act of colonialism — the original violence from which all subsequent injustices flowed….
SPoT’s International Work stream recognises that South Africa’s transformation agenda intersects with struggles across Africa and the global South. Whether in the realm of debt cancellation, technology transfer, pharmaceutical access or climate justice, the issues we face are shared by people across the developing world…