Austerity extinguishes industrial policy revival
South Africa risks falling behind as much of the rest of the world embraces industrialisation to grow and protect economies
Neva Makgetla
‘No choice but to ditch coal’
The shift away from the fossil fuel will take time but analysts say it is imperative that South Africa accelerates the process
Government misses the mark on the recovery plan
Government, labour, business and community have come up with a combined economic recovery plan amidst three others to help kickstart the economy. Some are new, while others are old and falter in not taking into account the ‘new normal’
Richard Calland’s all-female Cabinet dream for SA
What if we took women’s rights seriously? Richard Calland imagines a dream-team executive that could deal with it
Facts belie the hype about labour costs
Unless reliable, quantifiable data is publicly available, reports cannot be taken seriously, writes Brian Ashley and Dick Forslund.
The unemployed are the real poor
Mike Schussler responds to Neva Magketla’s article and says she should check her data sources before laying blame on economists.
Schussler report is ‘pay in the sky’
The economist’s employment thesis is based on blatantly inaccurate wage data, writes Neva Makgetla.
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loveLife’s solo MO
Picture yourself as an HIV-positive teenager who logs on to the loveLife website for advice. Firstly, you would find the devastating (and untrue) information that after 10 years of anti-retroviral treatment "you will eventually die from Aids-related causes or the side effects of the drugs".
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No silver bullet for jobs crisis
Unemployment now stands officially at 30,5% — almost double the rate eight years ago. The result is deepening inequality, poverty and social conflict.
