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CSI and Social Justice advocacy:What are you afraid of?
Indicators of serious social investment
Presentation by Mark Heywood, Director, SECTION27Tshikululu, Serious Social Investing workshop, 14 March 2013
Overview
+ The state of the nation+ The constitutional imperative for advocacy and the NDP+ How serious is serious social investing?
+ CSI practice in 2012+ A case study of the outcomes of advocacy in education:
+ The Limpopo text books ‘saga’ and its aftermath+ Civil society, advocacy and social justice: what and who
are we talking about?+ Building social fabric and accountability
+ Achievements/impact of civil society+ What is serious social investing?
The Constitution
+ Preamble:+ Heal the divisions of the past and establish a society based on
democratic values, social justice and fundamental human rights;+ Founding Provisions:
+ Human dignity, the achievement of equality and the advancement of human rights and freedoms.
+ Bill of Rights:+ Applies to all, including “juristic persons”+ Freedom of expression+ Assembly, demonstration and petition+ Freedom of association+ Political rights – Right to campaign for a political party or cause
The National Development Plan, 2012
+ Citizens active in their own development:+ “active citizenry and
social activism is necessary for democracy and development to flourish.”
NDP, Executive Summary p 27
How does social investment relate to the Constitutional vision?
+ According to the CSI handbook, 15th edition, 2012:
+ Total CSI in 2012 = R6.9 bn, 5.4% increase after inflation adjustment (broad definition; narrow definition limited to expenditure =5.1bn)
+ R2.9bn or 40% of the overall spend is on education; education is supported by 93% of companies
+ Health has dropped from 68% to 40% of companies
+ “the shift towards education comes largely at the expense of health expenditure, which at 12% of CSI expenditure in 2012 has shown a significant decline over the past three years (spending on health and HIV/Aids accounted for 19% of CSI expenditure in 2009).” (p 36)
Safe social investment?
+ Corporates contribute almost ¼ of NPO funding, while govt approx 20%
+ Trialogue’s CSI research in 2012 showed that whilst 9% of NPOs engage in advocacy, just over 40% of corporate will not fund it
+ Foreign donors contribute 1/5 of funding of NGOs surveyed (but 90% when it comes to advocacy)+ TAC+ SECTION27
Progressive deterioration in numeracy
Grade % above 50 %
1 77%
2 68%
3 36%
4 26%
5 16%
6 11%
9 2%
Learners start off in the system fairly well. But as they progress in the education system their performance declines drastically.
Source: Equal Education
Grade 2012 2011
1 68 63
2 57 55
3 41 28
4 37 28
5 30 28
6 27 30
9 13 *
Source: ANA, 2012 report
Learner retention : Percentage of young people who enter the school system and leave it with an employable qualification
Source: Equal Education
Sensory deprivation: Learners shut out of the modern world
+Census @ Schools, 2009: + 69% of schools had a maths teacher+ Less than 25% had a library+ Only 53% had a computer+ 15% had access to email or the internet+ In the community: 35% had access to a
library, 31% access to a computer and 20% access to the internet
Effects of civil society advocacy
+ In 2012 SECTION27 invested:+ One attorney+ One research fellow+ One advocate+ A lot of energy and ingenuity+ Less than R2m
What were the results?
+ 1,2 million text books delivered to grades 1,2,3,10
+ Recommendations of a Presidential enquiry+ Books delivered largely on time in 2013
nationally+ Agreement with S27 on a furniture provision plan
and toilet and sanitation renovation plan+ National political focus on education & growing
social pressure
Who is civil society & what is its interest in social justice?
Opponents …. Friends …
“Counter-revolutionaries; neo-liberals; anti-majoritarians”
Impact: If it was not for activism...
+ Two million people would not be on ARVs
+ The Umtata medicines depot would have collapsed in 2012
+ 1,2 million text books would not have been delivered in 2013 in Limpopo
+ An R60m plan for school toilets would not be being implemented in Limpopo
+ Corruption Watch would not exist
What is serious social investing?
+ Investment in social goods and accountability
+Building social fabric not just providing social goods
+Bravery in investment decisions+ Innovation+Risk taking
THANK YOU
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