Op-ed: Don’t neglect cities in the land reform debate | Sunday Times
12.11.2018Millions of jobs must be created in urban areas, where 70% of people live. Central to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s plans for revitalising SA is “a…
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OP-ED: Smallholders at the forefront of land reform. The right road or a dead end? | City Press
07.11.2018It is vital that the assumptions on which arguments for rapid and large scale transfer of land to small holders rest on solid evidence, by…
Op-ed: Case for higher minimum pay is dangerous | Sunday Times
29.10.2018It’s dangerous that the jobs summit retreated into a fantasy world, by Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings. The framework agreement from the jobs summit endorses…
op-ed: The jobs summit was helpful, but simply fine-tuning what we already do won’t work | Business Day
18.10.2018SA’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…
Op-ed: Expanding scope of low-wage jobs does not mean a race to the bottom | Business day
17.10.2018Government’s job-creation project has pay flexibility, so it makes no sense to exclude private sector’s efforts, write Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings. SA’s extremely high…
Op-ed: Jobs crisis needs new approach | Sunday Times
01.10.2018As 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…
OP-ed: Business’s path of least resistance to government is a recipe for disaster | Business Day
21.09.2018Engagement is crucial to help correct unsustainable policies and avert a far more crippling economic situation. The ice beneath South Africans’ collective feet is getting…
Op-ed: New Deal a mirage unless president sells an enterprise-friendly strategy | Business Day
05.09.2018Ramaphosa is caught between the global economic realities and leading a corrupt and deeply divided party. In November 2017 Cyril Ramaphosa, then deputy president, borrowed…
Op-ed: Huge number of land claims and chaos of overlaps must be resolved| business Day
15.06.2018The festering sore must be healed speedily, as SA cannot wait another few decades for proper redress. The land reform challenge in SA involves many…
Op-Ed: World Bank warns SA is in a cycle that breeds poverty and inequality| Business Day
03.05.2018The 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…
Op-Ed: Land-reform plan has been drawn up- it just needs willing leaders| Business Day
24.04.2018A 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…
CDE OP-EDS ON TAKING POVERTY AND INEQUALITY SERIOUSLY (PART 1)
16.04.2018High 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…