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Agenda 2019: Tackling youth unemployment
April 3rd, 2019
CDE’s Agenda 2019, encourages voters to go beyond the slogans and ask hard questions on key issues before casting their votes
Tackling Youth Unemployment urges voters to find out what political parties are going to do to lift the terrible burdens of unemployment and exclusion, which are so disproportionately borne by young people.
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Agenda 2019: Creating cities of hope
April 3rd 2019
Creating Cities of Hope, shows how a genuine political commitment to urban-led growth could transform the country’s economic prospects, and contribute significantly to making South Africa a more inclusive society. South Africa‘s future is urban. How do political parties propose to manage urbanization and expanding city growth?
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VIEWPOINTS | Party and State in South Africa
March 6th, 2019
Party and State in South Africa written by political analyst and commentator Dr Mzukisi Qobo, argues that the lack of clarity about where the party ends and the state begins frustrates democratic consolidation and slows growth and development.
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News and Opinion
We need to build cities of hope, not more houses in the veld
April 15th 2019
By Ann Bernstein
SA’s future is urban, and now is a good time to ask your political party how it plans to manage and encourage cities’ growth. How do political parties propose to manage urbanisation and expanding city growth? How do we create cities of hope? No country that has become rich has done so without urbanising.
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What’s Happening
The role of the state in development: Public lecture by Professor Francis Fukuyama
March 28, 2019
On March 28 2019, one of the world’s most influential political philosophers, Professor Fukuyama gave a public lecture on the role of the state in development at Wits Business School.
Watch the live stream of the lecture.
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CDE and eNCA Elections Debate
January 30th, 2019
In the run up to May’s election, political parties need to offer the electorate real solutions to our country’s biggest challenges. CDE and eNCA invite you to an elections debate on urban led growth. In this one hour programme CDE’s executive director, Ann Bernstein, will outline the potential of cities and propose policy reforms that could generate much more growth and inclusion.
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