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Despite its heavy price tag, a basic income grant (BIG) should be viewed as a means of addressing South Africa’s triple challenges: poverty, unemployment and inequality. This is according to a report commissioned by the National Economic Development and Labour...
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The twin challenges facing South Africa today — low growth and rising unemployment — are not new. Structurally high unemployment has been a feature of this economy for many years and economic growth has disappointed in the decade before the pandemic. Lifting growth...
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The South African government, led by The Presidency, is collaborating with the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development to promote the development of green hydrogen in the country. The German ministry has commissioned its development agency, the...
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Despite our imminent exit from the fourth wave, the President still does not have a clear roadmap to end the national State of Disaster. This was the message of Premier of the Western Cape, Alan Winde who last week attended the launch of Africa’s Access to Advanced...
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The waste management industry is in for an exciting 2022, with new environmental regulations, the use of digital technologies and a focus on the circular economy combining to improve sustainability. While there is recognition at the highest levels of the need to...
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Donald Rumsfeld famously touted that “a lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small”. In the South African context the margin of error in 2022 is eerily small, with remnants of social unrest, fiscal pressure and increased levels of borrowings,...