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SA’s growth path must become more labour-intensive — and wages matter for employment acceleration. In the run-up to the presidential jobs summit, the big question…
As the jobs summit nears, dire employment figures underline the urgent need to revisit SA’s core policies. SA’s unemployment crisis is the deepest in the…
Engagement is crucial to help correct unsustainable policies and avert a far more crippling economic situation. The ice beneath South Africans’ collective feet is getting…
Ramaphosa is caught between the global economic realities and leading a corrupt and deeply divided party. In November 2017 Cyril Ramaphosa, then deputy president, borrowed…
The festering sore must be healed speedily, as SA cannot wait another few decades for proper redress. The land reform challenge in SA involves many…
The emphasis must be on putting unskilled people to work, but the economy is doing just the opposite, writes Ann Bernstein. The World Bank’s new…
A report offering solutions to the unresolved issue was published 10 years ago and is even more relevant today. Twenty-four years into democracy SA has…
High rates of poverty, unemployment and inequality threaten South Africa’s future and are patently unjust. Other developing countries, like India and Brazil, for example, face…
High rates of poverty, unemployment and inequality hold back the lives of too many people in South Africa, and many other developing countries. What is…
In a series of short op-eds, Ann Bernstein focuses on South Africa’s cities and inclusive economic growth. South African policy makers have never embraced urbanisation…
In a series of op-eds in Business Day, Ann Bernstein has called for a new approach to making South Africa’s economy more inclusive. With ultra-high…
In South Africa 7.5 million people between the ages of 15 and 34 are NEETs — not in employment, education or training. The significance of…