Unemployment shocker

Published: 2009/11/09

It has been quite a hectic month in politics, what with unemployment numbers, the mini-budget, Julius Malema’s calls for nationalisation and the intense debate on whether Cosatu/Ebrahim Patel/SACP has swung the ANC to the left

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Democracy meets economic policy-making

Published: 2009/05/18

The new cabinet strikes a careful balance between different interest groups – also between different views on the economy.

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(Un)Employment Update

Published: 2008/09/10

The recently released June 2008 Labour Force Survey enables us to update our understanding of employment trends.

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6 MYTHS ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

Published: 2008/06/02

Myth 1: Someone is to blame It was encapsulated by a Methodist minister at a discussion on Saturday afternoon, “Who is to blame?” he asked.

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The Food crisis, S.A. politics and divergent solutions

Published: 2008/05/07

The food crisis has now developed into a gale force storm. In SA it is not so much a case of shortages as price. The impact has been made worse by the findings of the Competition authorities about bread cartels.

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Is the bad mood justified?

Published: 2008/04/09

The mood in the country, certainly amongst White people, is quite depressed. An annual opinion poll on how optimistic South Africans are, found that in February 2008 60% of South Africans felt positive...

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Employment Trends, May 2007

Published: 2007/06/19

Why are private equity companies so keen to buy SA retailers? There are a number of reasons, global liquidity and low interest rates amongst them...

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