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South Africa’s Covid-19 economic stimulus plan — opportunity out of crisis
The president’s R500-billion economic package offers a new deal for desperate South Africans across the class divide
Build infrastructure to support the fourth industrial revolution
Technology has the potential to solve many of the country’s social problems such as electricity production and the eradication of pit latrines
Ramaphosa says recession announcement is ‘not a surprise’
President warns of tougher economic times ahead as the world’s leaders plan for a global economic slowdown
South Africa’s economy plunges into a recession
The country’s economy grew by only 0.2% in 2019, after it experienced contractions in both the third and fourth quarter
Democracy will flounder sans Stats SA
As the government bails out state-owned entities, it is leaving a hole in the budget of the agency tasked with telling us what South Africa looks like — one that is crucial to government decisions
Water theft: Thirty years of looting
New research details how the department was broken, profiting a select few and leaving a third of South Africa’s population without clean water
South Africa’s teen moms are on their own
State health facilities and the school curriculum have failed the youth, forcing young mothers into unsupported single parenthood
Water services worse than in 1994
More than 5.3-million households and 21-million people don’t have clean water, despite money being spent on dams and pipelines to deliver water to 95% of the population. Sipho Kings looks at how R1.3-trillion worth of infrastructure has been subject to so much corruption and mismanagement that many places are worse off than in 1994, leaving the state with a R898-billion bill this decade
GDP declines more than expected, at 0.6%
Most sectors of the economy reported negative growth, with mining, manufacturing and transport suffering the biggest falls
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