Creator
Dr Khwezi Mabasa is the economic and social policy lead at Friedrich Ebert Stiftung South Africa and a part-time sociology lecturer at the University of Pretoria. His work focuses on labour studies, political economy and racial capitalism.
Is the DA chairperson the answer to turn Johannesburg around?
It can rebuild the industrial base, create demand in the economy, diversify trade partnerships and deepen links with the continent’s regional trade networks, and, finally,…
There is no factual evidence that deindustrialisation, poverty, inequality and unemployment is caused by black economic empowerment, as argued by William Gumede
The Democratic Alliance, the Free Market Foundation and the Institute of Race Relations have flawed views regarding employment equity
The apartheid state used job reservation, quotas, selective procurement, import controls and industrial policy to advance working class Afrikaners
Budget choices must empower the poor and end socio-economic exclusion
Race and labour market socio-economic disparities account for a significant share of the country’s overall inequality and must be addressed
It must be embedded in policies and strategies that restructure the economy
Deepening economic democracy through human rights-centred economic and social policy frameworks
Research shows that existing approaches have been wholly inadequate for addressing the needs of South Africa’s informal economy
