The cost of not counting in South Africa
The mathematical sciences, national competitiveness and the opportunity cost that South Africa keeps accumulating…
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Real Politics: turning freedom into opportunity
Fifty years after the Soweto uprisings, Youth Day should demand more than remembrance…
Jobs market looks grim – and the Iran shock is still coming
The first-quarter jobs print was worse than forecast. Economists say the Iran war’s full impact on the labour market is yet to be seen…
Jobless rate ticks down, but South Africa’s jobs crisis hasn’t
South Africa’s unemployment has dipped to 31.4%, but a surge in discouraged job-seekers and no new fixed investment bode ill for any real turnaround…
R1,000 for every South African baby? Sarupen thinks it could work
Purple CEO Charles Savage says South Africa could launch its own version of the Trump child accounts, with potentially huge benefits for growth…
The rising tide of African Gen-Z activism
The future is mobile, as digital natives reshape Africa’s political contours…
One sunny day for jobs doesn’t make a summer
South Africa added 248,000 jobs in Q3, but year-to-date losses and weak growth show how fragile the recovery remains. The budget will need to…
Our house is on fire: the economic cost of letting learning fail
We must use the scandal of wasteful expenditure at the department of higher education and training not as a distraction, but as a lens…
Jobs crisis: call the private sector
SA’s job growth is stalling. Government can’t hire its way out – only the private sector can drive real change. But will its policies…
Desperation in the Cartrack job queue
Thousands of young applicants for just 500 positions. That’s the result of a stagnant economy, with youth unemployment at 45.5%…
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The Constitutional Court’s banks ruling has intensified scrutiny of a…
America, f*ck yeah!
America has used its advantages brilliantly, often brutally. There is…
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There’s no little irony as a UK court reveals a…
A review of Tambourine, and the economics of caring
A review of Tambourine, Cape Town’s farm-to-table restaurant linked to…
