Economic Crisis

The pipeline was crucial for transporting South Sudan’s crude oil abroad, with petroleum exports usually accounting for about 90% of the country’s GDP

The country’s shiny new banknotes are only a cosmetic solution to Sierra Leone’s dire economic crisis, say critics

Ending the lockdown is a policy both Trump and Biden voters could agree on

By making embroideries, women move beyond and challenge categories and labels of “being vulnerable” or being perceived as “marginalised”

Developing countries have been hit harder by the Covid-19 downturn than in past economic crises

The ban on alcohol sales does not only affect liquor companies — it ripples lethally through other related businesses such as the bottle and packaging industry, which, if it…

About 3-million South Africans have lost their jobs during the lockdown. Lester Kiewit talks to people waiting for work on the side of the road in Cape Town

Measures need to lay the foundations of a new economy and society post the pandemic

With little money to respond to Covid-19, the government is looking at other sources of funding

The dearth of political will and the extractive practices of external actors can no longer be used as an excuse for inaction. We no longer have a choice; we need a radical change…

The ways in which we respond to the coronavirus pandemic will determine the world that greets us when we emerge from lockdown

The coronavirus epidemic has thrown issues such as gross income and ownership inequality into the spotlight, as we try to find ways to navigate through this crisis

In a changing work environment and poor economic climate, the minimum requirement is a national senior certificate or similar

While life goes on for the students at UniZulu, may they spare a thought for Ndumiso Ntsele whose only sin was to try to make an honest living in tough economic times

On a provincial level, programmes such as Gauteng’s The Innovation Hub are helping to create green economic growth