An outdated national development plan will help sink South Africa’s economic prospects if youth development is not prioritised
The bank manages the design and construction of key projects in education, health, housing and renewable energy
The National Development Plan wants children to go to school earlier. Will the country’s provinces be ready to meet the start date in 2024?
The minister wants smart policy and private sector partnership as central to industrial strategy. Will government have the discipline to implement it?
President’s address dusts off dormant national development plan, making an aspirational plea, tempered with South Africa’s dire economic reality
Millions are interested in agriculture, but stigma and low wages drive them to greener pastures
Who comes first: the country or the party? Last week’s lekgotla provided a disturbing answer
The ANC can’t take hard decisions about the economy and other parties don’t need to because they won’t win
Citizens must exercise their right to vote to ensure responsible governance
Yes, schooling has a long way to go to contribute to economic growth, but good progress has been made
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Traces of the drugs are found in urine and faeces, but water treatment plants are not designed to remove them
To make it work, politicians must stop meddling and people with expertise must be brought in
Lawrence Mavundla has criticised the small business proposals in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s jobs summit framework
Ramaphosa has his work cut out to rally everyone behind his vision and some are already grumbling
Foreign direct investment is vital for economic growth
Academic, University of Pretoria
Densification of the towns would improve service delivery and local business should be stimulated
Ministers will be stripped of their powers to hire and fire DGs because that function will be taken over by the presidency
To the average customer visiting the Enviro Mobi website, it is unclear what its primary focus is
Township schools are benefiting from the Gauteng education department’s moves towards e-learning
Plastic products, particularly microparticles, are doing terrible harm to our water, seas and soils
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A World Bank report aims to help the country to eliminate poverty by 2030 and to boost shared prosperity
The department of energy plans to cut its budget allocation for clean energy, much to the disappointment of the portfolio committee on energy
State inaction over global warming is increasing inequality in the country
‘Surely there are sufficient lines of inquiry into Gigaba’s conduct as a public official without having to go into his heritage?’
The country’s Constitution is the gold standard of democracy but it is not impervious to corruption
“Business will step up because they want Ramaphosa to succeed.”
‘The starting point is to admit that we don’t know — the future is just too uncertain’
As change seems finally within reach, we must assess the political work that needs to be done
South Africa hasn’t hit its target and hopes for growing the economy may be misplaced
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South Africa’s five-year-old National Development Plan suffers from gross misinterpretation by different parties.
A deeper analysis of South Africa’s joblessness reveals a scarier picture of large sections of the population suffering, especially for the youth