Experts offer their advice about what Finance Minister Tito Mboweni should focus on in next week’s budget speech
A new data release shows that employment may have reached pre-Covid-19 levels. Still, many who’ve lost their jobs have not managed to get back to work
The Covid-19 relief grant helped millions of South Africans, but it ended in January. The M&G spoke to unemployed youth who found the money helpful
VAT should not be hiked, but a once-off levy on mineral resources or a solidarity tax seems likely
Studies in informal settlements show transparent communication is key to trusting the government and adhering to restrictions
Luma, a new legal advice chatbot, will help people navigate daunting workplace disputes
For photographer Thato Monare, documenting the rural Eastern Cape is a personal favourite
What if we told foreigners to voetsek? We have fallen victim to the illusion of scarcity. And we are led to wrongly believe immigrants are a threat
The chief executive of the Estate Agency Affairs Board and the deputy chair of the SABC board, shares her take on retrenchments at the public broadcaster and reveals why she hates horror movies
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To move out of South Africa’s economic funk, Ramaphosa is prioritising the materialisation of pledges made at the previous investment conferences.
Building a domestic market for local goods not only creates employment, but also makes South Africa a more resilient market forc
Limited understanding of finances and a low income means that millions of South Africans either don’t or can’t put money aside for when they’re older
The governing party wants localisation at the centre of its infrastructure-led strategy
After months of little action, the planned nationwide stayaway may not be an impressive show of force by the trade union movement
Data released this week is evidence of the scale of the financial and humanitarian crisis South Africa faces
Evidence suggests that job losses triggered by the lockdown may be long lasting
The decline in employment has been accompanied by a larger increase in economic inactivity, resulting in a 42% expanded unemployment rate
Developing countries have been hit harder by the Covid-19 downturn than in past economic crises
A 10-point plan for streamlining South Africa’s economy
StatsSa has dubbed Q2 of 2020 the “pandemic quarter” as a result of hard Covid-19 lockdown that saw most sectors of the economy plummeting
The latest report shows the South Africa’s women will be the hardest hit demographic of the economic downturn
A decade of reconstruction looms post-Covid. This is our chance to restructure the economy to build a more inclusive one
The future is uncertain, and the number of people suffering from anxiety and depression is rising
Income shocks and the breakdowns in social protection schemes have had consequences for hunger and food insecurity in South Africa
Stats SA’s latest GDP figures show the country’s economy has shrunk 2% in the first quarter of 2020
President Cyril Ramaphosa tells MPs he expects tough economic times ahead for South Africans, but the crisis is a chance to ‘look at the way we’re doing things’
The impacts of these infringements could last well beyond the life of the Covid-19 pandemic
The sector employs 60 000 people in the Western Cape alone. Whereas some centres have cut staff, others are reskilling and preparing for a different future
We cannot return to the pre-coronavirus crisis of unemployment, inequality and poverty. There is a moral incentive for the rich to give up some of their wealth and for the salaries of top earning civil servants, employees at state-owned entities and in the private sector to be cut
When South Africa eventually emerges from the fog of the Covid-19 crisis, will policy makers be ready to grasp the nettle of farm scale, and promote the large-scale redistribution of land to small-scale producers?
Police violence and the murder of black people in the United States have provoked outrage and protest around the world, including on the continent. But, why is there so little outrage over police violence in African countries?
The government has zeroed in on youth unemployment, but the coronavirus pandemic threatens to leave young people even more vulnerable than before