The Conversation Africa
Professor Patel and the CSDA have established a partnership with The Conversation Africa, an independent online publication that specialises in delivering high quality news and research from the academic and research community to the public.
Below is a selection of articles by Professor Patel and co-researchers affiliated with the SARCHI Chair in Welfare and Social Development and the CSDA that have featured in The Conversation Africa.
Social security is the bedrock of South Africa’s human rights protection. But there are gaps
Leila Patel
18 March 2022
COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a rise in hunger in South Africa
Leila Patel, Servaas van der Berg
21 July 2021
We studied why South Africans vote the way they do. This is what we found
Leila Patel, Yolanda Sadie
22 June 2021
COVID-19: Global South responses have shown up social policy challenges – and strengths
Leila Patel
25 May 2021
South Africa’s efforts to tackle joblessness can be more effective: here’s how
Leila Patel, Lauren Graham, Ariane De Lannoy
14 April 2021
Landmark study shows how child grants empower women in Brazil and South Africa
Leila Patel, Natasha Borges Sugiyama, Wendy Hunter
29 March 2021
South Africa has taken steps to help young jobless people. Here’s what’s working
Leila Patel, Lauren Graham
15 June 2020
South Africa faces mass hunger if efforts to offset impact of COVID-19 are eased
Leila Patel, Gabrielle Wills, Servaas van der Berg
26 July 2020
South Africa’s COVID-19 hunger relief efforts are working: why they must continue
Leila Patel
15 October 2020
Grants and family support programmes can change lives. A South African case study
Leila Patel
30 November 2020
What some entrepreneurial welfare beneficiaries do to improve their lives
Chibuikem Nnaeme, Leila Patel and Sophie Plagerson
12 September 2019
Ramaphosa’s presidency is drawing voters back to the ANC: new study
Leila Patel
11 April 2019
What we learnt from young South Africans about the minimum wage and employment
Leila Patel
20 March 2019
How giving young people basic financial skills helps them find jobs
Leila Patel, Lauren Graham and Zoheb Khan
24 June 2019
How linking cash grants to care empowers parents and makes children happier
Leila Patel and Tessa Hochfeld
14 March 2019
Weighing up South Africa’s family policy: what does and doesn’t work
Tessa Hochfeld and Leila Patel
27 November 2018
South African voters are moving beyond party loyalty: they want delivery
Leila Patel
31 October 2018
A South African case study: how to support young job hunters
Leila Patel and Lauren Graham
3 February 2019
What could help young people find jobs in South Africa?
Zoheb Khan, Lauren Graham and Leila Patel
24 June 2019
Study shows young South Africans have no faith in democracy and politicians
Leila Patel and Lauren Graham
11 June 2019
Why poor people should be involved in designing solutions to poverty
Leila Patel and Marianne Ulriksen
10 April 2018
South Africa’s social welfare system faces deepening challenges
Leila Patel
16 March 2016
Lessons from South Africa on why gender matters in social welfare policies
Leila Patel
22 May 2016