Mandela Initiative

Previously 'Towards Carnegie 3', a multi-sector platform to develop strategies to overcome poverty and inequality in South Africa

[Mandela Initiative @MandelaInit]

We are honoured to have Prof Francis Wilson, founder of @SALDRU1 to introduce the Mandela Initiative at the launch of the report on this 5-yr inquiry into strategies to address #poverty & #inequality #GrapplingPovertyInequality https://t.co/8qtStW7yjW

[Mandela Initiative @MandelaInit]

The #MandelaInitiative Story Tent videos are powerful reflections from people in South Africa on what it means to be living in #poverty and #inequality https://t.co/4mSRh6uPqy

[Nelson Mandela Foundation @NelsonMandela]

“If you asked me to come to your house to clean dog poo, I’d come, because my stomach is empty.” Five years of #MandelaInitiative research & multi-sectoral dialogue on strategies to overcome #Poverty & #Inequality are discussed this week https://t.co/uikYIjiiI5

[SERI @SERI_RightsSA]

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 @MandelaInit to find out | https://t.co/pe0DisAhAY

[Tshisimani @Tshisimani]

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

[REDI @REDI3x3]

#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. @MandelaInit @NelsonMandela

[Mandela Initiative @MandelaInit]

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 @AdHabb
@NelsonMandela

[Mandela Initiative @MandelaInit]

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 https://t.co/GF1eGPozaw

[Mandela Initiative @MandelaInit]

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

[REDI @REDI3x3]

#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. @MandelaInit @NelsonMandela

[Mandela Initiative @MandelaInit]

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

[Mandela Initiative @MandelaInit]

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 @trudimakhaya @NelsonMandela

[Mandela Initiative @MandelaInit]

@radebe_jeff #Poverty #Inequality https://t.co/I69Wra5Gwf

[REDI @REDI3x3]

@MiriamAltman: our core challenge right now is a governance one #MandelaInitiative @MandelaInit @NelsonMandela @SALDRU1

[Mandela Initiative @MandelaInit]

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

[REDI @REDI3x3]

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 @sjcoalition @MandelaInit @NelsonMandela #MandelaInitiative

[Mandela Initiative @MandelaInit]

Workshopping strategies against #poverty & #initiative: Need to address systems issues, and how to advocate for political will to address these #MandelaInitiative @PLAASuwc @radebe_jeff @MiriamAltman

[Mandela Initiative @MandelaInit]

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

[Mandela Initiative @MandelaInit]

@sjcoalition https://t.co/YSxP67bUvg

[Ruth Hall @RuthHallPLAAS]

Social Justice Coalition supported the #waterlevy in Cape Town, but proposal was opposed by rich white property owners unwilling to pay on the basis of property values, says @Xila_Notywala @MandelaInit @ReclaimCT @NdifunaUkwazi @sjcoalition

[Mandela Initiative @MandelaInit]

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 @sjcoalition @NelsonMandela

[Mandela Initiative @MandelaInit]

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

[Ruth Hall @RuthHallPLAAS]

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 - @MurrayLeibbrand @MandelaInit