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  • An exploratory analysis of central bank digital currencies — some considerations 

    Lawack, Vivienne (SA mercantile law journal, 2022)
    The history of central banking began with payment services. Ever since then, payment-related innovation has always been an integral part of central banking (BIS Committee on Payments and Market Infrastruc- tures and Markets ...

  • Categorisation and Minoritisation 

    Zembe-Mkabile, Wanga; Selvarajah, Sujitha; Deivanayagam, Thilagawathi Abi; Lasco, Gideon (BMJ Global health, 2020)
    The disproportionate mortality of COVID-19 and brutality of protective institutions has shifted anti-racism discourses into the mainstream. 1 Increased reckoning over categorisations of people demonstrate that ...

  • Social Protection in a Time of Covid 

    Torkelson, Erin; Zembe-Mkabile, Wanga; Senona, Engenas (The Black Sash, 2021)
    The Covid-19 Social Relief of distress Grant (Covid-19 SRD) was introduced in South Africa in May 2020 to mitigate the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. It provided for people between 18 and 59 years of age, ...

  • A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Home- Based HIV Counselling and Testing Intervention versus the Standard (Facility Based) HIV Testing Strategy in Rural South Africa 

    Tabana, Hanani; Nkonki, Lungiswa; Hongoro, Charles; Doherty, Tanya (PLOS ONE, 2015)
    Introduction There is growing evidence concerning the acceptability and feasibility of home-based HIV testing. However, less is known about the cost-effectiveness of the approach yet it is a critical component to guide ...

  • Children, Social Assistance and Food Security 

    Zembe-Mkabile, Wanga; Witten, Chantell; Edlemann, Theresa (The Black Sash, 2021)
    The Child Support Grant (CSG) in South Africa, which is the smallest of all the grants, is currently R460 per month after being increased from R450 in April 2021. This grant needs to cover many basic needs for a child ...

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