Defend Truth

Colleen du Toit and Isobel Frye

Colleen du Toit provides advisory support to civil society organisations. She honed her advocacy skills while leading two NGOs (SAGA and then CAF Southern Africa). In both these roles, Colleen participated in activist coalitions working towards a more enabling policy environment and more equitable donor/civil society relationships. Isobel Frye is founding and executive director of the SPI. She is lead negotiator on social security reform for the community constituency at the National Economic Development and Labour Council and is a national minimum wage commissioner. She serves on various advisory and academic bodies and is a regular social policy analyst, including on the universal basic income.