Grounding every campaign in data, case studies, and commissioned research. Without the evidence, we are just an opinion — with it, we have a case.
Research supporting native-owned financial infrastructure and community wealth building.
Landscape of banking exclusion in South Africa and the business case for a community-owned commercial bank held through a trust structure.
Scoping this piece — contributions welcome.Comparative review of trust-based ownership structures in cooperative banking globally and their applicability to South African conditions.
Scoping this piece — contributions welcome.Evidence on worker-owned cooperatives, preferential trading, and keeping wealth circulating internally.
Size, structure, and ownership patterns of spaza shops, township retail, and the informal sector, with a focus on native participation.
Scoping this piece — contributions welcome.Lessons from Mondragon, Emilia-Romagna, and other established worker-cooperative networks applicable to South African conditions.
Scoping this piece — contributions welcome.Research on sustainable farming, community-owned distribution, and food sovereignty.
Data on foreign acquisition of farmland, conversion to game farms and lifestyle estates, and the impact on rural livelihoods and land reform.
Draft in preparation — check back soon.Feasibility study on farmer-to-consumer distribution networks that bypass exploitative middlemen and retain value in producing communities.
Scoping this piece — contributions welcome.Strategic industry identification, skills development, and manufacturing capacity building.
Identification of strategic industries where native ownership and skills development will deliver the highest economic returns.
Scoping this piece — contributions welcome.Analysis of the technical skills gap and a proposed bursary pipeline aligned to priority industrial sectors.
Scoping this piece — contributions welcome.The evidence base behind our parliamentary submissions and policy proposals.
Scale of foreign purchases of residential, agricultural, and commercial property, with a focus on the Western Cape and overseas marketing campaigns.
Draft in preparation — check back soon.How New Zealand, Canada, Denmark, Australia, and others restrict foreign property purchases — and what South Africa can learn from each.
Draft in preparation — check back soon.The fiscal cost of restitution and redistribution under current land prices, and how foreign purchases inflate the cost of land reform.
Scoping this piece — contributions welcome.Have data, expertise, or a case study relevant to any of our focus areas? We build our case with the community, not in isolation from it.