The Democratic Alliance, the Free Market Foundation and the Institute of Race Relations have flawed views regarding employment equity
The apartheid state used job reservation, quotas, selective procurement, import controls and industrial policy to advance working class Afrikaners
Budget choices must empower the poor and end socio-economic exclusion
Race and labour market socio-economic disparities account for a significant share of the country’s overall inequality and must be addressed
It must be embedded in policies and strategies that restructure the economy
Deepening economic democracy through human rights-centred economic and social policy frameworks
Research shows that existing approaches have been wholly inadequate for addressing the needs of South Africa’s informal economy