How to reduce unemployment? Two opposing views
How do we reduce unemployment? That is possibly the most important policy question facing South Africa.
GroundView | 18 February 2019
Low wages will not solve South Africa’s unemployment problem, argues economist
Growth in manufacturing is essential but not at the expense of workers
By Aidan Jones
Interview | 18 February 2019
South Africa’s failure to create manufacturing jobs
To reduce unemployment South Africa needs to prioritise labour-intensive work instead of higher wages, write professors Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Nattrass
By Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Nattrass
Opinion | 18 February 2019
Lawlessness at Gupta mines was behind deadly tragedy
Men trapped underground at Gloria Coal Mine were allegedly stealing cable
By Ciaran Ryan
Feature | 18 February 2019
CPUT shuts building after flood
One student arrested, suspected of causing flood and “more arrests expected to follow in due course”
Brief | 18 February 2019
CPUT nursing students say residences are not secure
Athlone campus SRC deny college management met with them
News | 15 February 2019
Load shedding is killing small businesses
“We are losing profits. Our clients are impatient and always in a hurry. They can’t wait for about two and a half hours.”
By Mary-Anne Gontsana, Thembela Ntongana and Tariro Washinyira
News | 15 February 2019
Buffalo City mum on its shoddy RDP houses
Residents say they occupied the poorly built, incomplete houses after they had stood empty for six months
News | 15 February 2019
Nelisa Pambane travels hundreds of kilometers to sell scrap metal
“I may not be employed but I will never let my children and me starve.”
News | 15 February 2019