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Covid-19 laid bare the failures of South Africa’s efforts to industrialise, which had remained, at least in theory, a cornerstone of the country’s macroeconomic policy since its transition to democracy. Photo: Kevin Sutherland/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Austerity extinguishes industrial policy revival

South Africa risks falling behind as much of the rest of the world embraces industrialisation to grow and protect economies

Alternatives: A hill of coal looms over Masakhane in eMalahleni. Eskom agrees that the transition from coal is already underway and that it needs to be efficient, sustainable and equitable. Photo: Marco Longari/AFP

‘No choice but to ditch coal’

The shift away from the fossil fuel will take time but analysts say it is imperative that South Africa accelerates the process

Government, labour, business and community have come up with a combined economic recovery plan amidst three others to help kickstart the economy.  (Jacques Stander/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Government misses the mark on the recovery plan

Government, labour, business and community have come up with a combined economic recovery plan amidst three others to help kickstart the economy. Some are new, while others are…

What would happen if South Africa took women’s rights seriously? (Supplied)

Richard Calland’s all-female Cabinet dream for SA

What if we took women’s rights seriously? Richard Calland imagines a dream-team executive that could deal with it

The employment report by Mike Schussler has sparked a heated debate about labour cost development.

Facts belie the hype about labour costs

Unless reliable, quantifiable data is publicly available, reports cannot be taken seriously, writes Brian Ashley and Dick Forslund.

Distorted vision: Neva Makgetla is an ideologue who distorts figures to suit her arguments

The unemployed are the real poor

Mike Schussler responds to Neva Magketla’s article and says she should check her data sources before laying blame on economists.

Economist Mike Schussler.

Schussler report is ‘pay in the sky’

The economist’s employment thesis is based on blatantly inaccurate wage data, writes Neva Makgetla.

loveLife’s solo MO

Picture yourself as an HIV-positive teenager who logs on to the loveLife website for advice. Firstly, you would find the devastating (and untrue) information that after 10 years…

No silver bullet for jobs crisis

Unemployment now stands officially at 30,5% — almost double the rate eight years ago. The result is deepening inequality, poverty and social conflict.