People know what they need to buy, the payments can piggyback on the Sassa system and the money will help prevent people from falling further into long-term poverty
A research institution says the government should guarantee small businesses’ debt in order to keep the sector that employs millions of South Africans afloat amid Covid-19
With little money to respond to Covid-19, the government is looking at other sources of funding
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the greatest challenges that has ever faced our nation. It is three simultaneous shocks. It is a health shock, which will stretch the resources of our health care system to its limit. It is a global economic shock, which will substantially reduce global growth and consequently external demand, […]
The government has responded swiftly to the Covid-19 pandemic by declaring a state of disaster and imposing a lockdown, but now it needs to start thinking of an evolving exit strategy
We need to work together regardless of our political ideologies to build the health system, stabilise the economy and protect the most vulnerable in society
South Africa doesn’t need a fiscal stimulus but rather a distributive fix through policies that will protect vulnerable households
The fiscus loses millions each day because of illicit trade. Sars can’t tackle this problem alone: it is up to all citizens to play their part
South Africa had kept Covid-19 from entering the country for a long time. But in recent days, the number of confirmed cases has increased
Imbuing students with entrepreneurial thinking can also provide value to the larger economy
Negotiators are scrambling to meet the July 1 deadline for the world’s second-biggest trading agreement, which could boost continental trade
As with the ban on SAA flying to the United States in 1986, political pragmatism will eventually be trumped by economic realities
Pensions aren’t threatened, Eskom will be saved and it’ll boost growth and a low-carbon economy
On a provincial level, programmes such as Gauteng’s The Innovation Hub are helping to create green economic growth
The government, business, labour and civil society must work together to link potential employees to productive and decent jobs
The ratings agency is scheduled to announce its decision on a possible downgrade of SA credit worthiness on March 27
His visionary pragmatism and his aim – together with SA’s citizens — is to build a capable state
The country is being pushed to develop more SEZs. But is this a viable strategy, given unemployment and ‘deglobalisation’?
I have been slow but steady in rebuilding South Africa, but it’s time for tough, decisive action
Labour statistics show that more jobs were created in the fourth quarter of 2019, but the rate of increase hasn’t kept up with the growth of the potential workforce, leaving the unemployment rate constant, at 29.1%
The president is facing challenges at every turn, among them the economy, the state of SOEs and factionalism within the ANC. Only if Ramaphosa and his party work together will they be able to turn their declining fortunes around
The pace of land reform needs to be increased. But taking power from the courts and giving it to the executive will only create more policy uncertainty
Everyone has different solutions, but they all agree that time is running out — and Eskom is the priority
The country needs an economic policy that takes account of the skill sets we currently have
The president says a R53-billion drop in tax collection and Eskom have drained the public purse
Experts say the increase in GDP is largely a result of a decrease in load-shedding in the second quarter
‘Perhaps it’s time to re-engineer the Small Business Development Corporation’
"Two consecutive quarters of negative growth is the most widely accepted definition of a recession, according to StatsSA"
An inclusive economic strategy needs leadership, a vision, a plan – and buy-in from everyone
"We should celebrate Sobukwe for being an uncompromising anti-apartheid hero, but we need not distort history to do so"
He did so in his courageous 2016 budget speech when he spoke of state predation and corruption
"South Africa has better prospects of pulling itself above 1%, if we give it the opportunity to do so," the finance minister said.
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