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Covid-19: How are South African companies responding to the crisis?

May 05, 2020

The Covid-19 crisis has resulted in a new and very complex situation around the world. CDE wanted to find out how some of our biggest companies in different industries and sectors, facing diverse challenges and opportunities, are dealing with the situation.

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Covid-19: Are we asking the right questions about… The nature of the economic recovery?

April 29, 2020

South Africa’s economic growth rate collapsed after the global financial crisis, and we have never properly recovered.

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BUDGET 2020: A step back to safety, but just the first

March 19, 2020

The National Budget 2020 does precisely what CDE has called for over the past few years. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is pursuing fiscal consolidation by proposing to slow the growth of government’s payroll costs.

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News and Opinion

Is our economic recovery headed in the right direction?

May 05, 2020

Business Day TV’s Michael Avery speaks to Ann Bernstein, CDE Executive Director, about the CDE report “Covid-19: Are we asking the right questions about…the nature of the economic recovery?”

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Millions of jobs on the line

May 04, 2020

As the country navigates a phased reopening of the economy due to the Covid-19 lockdown, CDE’s Ann Bernstein spoke to eNCA about the economy and jobs going forward.

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Tito Mboweni’s balancing act on a very slack budget tightrope

February 21, 2020

By Ann Bernstein

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his budget on 26 February 2020 at a time when South Africa is in a state of fiscal purgatory.

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What’s Happening

Covid-19: ‘Unlocking’ South Africa’s economy- different perspectives

May 08, 2020

South Africa’s lockdown and the risk-adjusted approach to its easing, have been as strict as any in the world. On 8 May 2020, CDE hosted a webinar to discuss the pros and cons, costs and benefits of the approach, and whether there are other options to consider.

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Covid- 19: Can small business survive the coronavirus?

April 29, 2020

The Covid-19 lockdown has had an enormous impact on small business. CDE hosted a webinar on the implications of Covid-19 for the small business sector

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