South Africa risks falling behind as much of the rest of the world embraces industrialisation to grow and protect economies
The shift away from the fossil fuel will take time but analysts say it is imperative that South Africa accelerates the process
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’
What if we took women’s rights seriously? Richard Calland imagines a dream-team executive that could deal with it
Unless reliable, quantifiable data is publicly available, reports cannot be taken seriously, writes Brian Ashley and Dick Forslund.
Mike Schussler responds to Neva Magketla’s article and says she should check her data sources before laying blame on economists.
The economist’s employment thesis is based on blatantly inaccurate wage data, writes Neva Makgetla.
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/ 29 November 2005
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".
Unemployment now stands officially at 30,5% — almost double the rate eight years ago. The result is deepening inequality, poverty and social conflict.