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Job schemes and broken dreams
Plans like the one announced by employment and labour minister Thulas Nxesi won’t move the needle on joblessness This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers.…
The Fiscal Cliff | Shallow state purse deepens jobs crisis
In this instalment of The Fiscal Cliff – a Mail & Guardian series on how South Africa’s budget has been shaped – Sarah Smit considers the intimate link between the country’s…
Basic income grant: Peering beyond the endless impossibilities
South Africa’s economy has stagnated and policymakers ought to be looking for solutions that move us forward
Violence sparks new calls for basic income grant
Analysts agree that economic relief for the poor is needed but are split on whether a grant should be permanent and whether it is affordable