Articles for Gilad Isaacs
Budget cuts: Why doesn’t the government use some of the money in this R459-billion account?
The reasons for not using money from the Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account are political, not legal or economic
By Gilad Isaacs and Kelle Howson
Opinion | 31 October 2023
Yes, we can afford a Universal Basic Income Guarantee
It just needs political will
By Aliya Chikte and Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 28 July 2021
Covid-19: The lockdown is being torn apart on the rocks of fiscal miserliness
If you want people to stay home and businesses to stay shut, you have to pay them to do so
By Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 12 May 2020
Covid-19: Unpacking President Ramaphosa’s rescue package
A major step forward, but some warning lights are flashing
By Gilad Isaacs
Analysis | 22 April 2020
National minimum wage: not enough protection for part-time workers
Some of the most vulnerable could be left in the cold
By Ruth Castel-Branco and Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 13 January 2017
National minimum wage: the devil is in the detail
Aspects of the proposal may render a minimum wage ineffective
By Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 14 December 2016
Zuma's national minimum wage "own goal"
President is placating business and wavering on policy
By Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 15 February 2016
South Africa’s 5 million working poor
Every day millions across South Africa do arduous work in jobs that cannot keep them and their dependants out of poverty. These are the “working poor” and according to a new study, there are about five and half million of them.
Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 25 August 2015
Minimum wage debate: the old cheap labour system will get us nowhere
The low wage argument is a red herring, argue Gilad Isaacs and Ben Fine in the latest contribution to the minimum wage debate.
Gilad Isaacs and Ben Fine
Opinion | 17 December 2014