"Adcorp's Employment Index" (AEI) has reached the Office of the Presidency of South Africa. Speaking at the Wits Business School, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthle reportedly claimed that labour productivity in SA has "declined by 41.2% since 1993" (polity.org.za,...
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Attacks on wages: the case of the construction industry | by Amandla! editorial staff
Average real wage within Construction (contractors), 1994-2011 1. Wage increases above inflation? Yes, of course! The wage Bargaining season is here again and the media will again complain about "wage demands are inflationary". Read: "Wage demands are too high". But...
Productivity is rising even as wage share dips, data show
Last week, the Reserve Bank (SARB) issued its latest Quarterly Bulletin. It covers economic development in South Africa up to June 2011 and economic prospects for the coming period, as the SARB views it. As usual, the bank also discussed developments in labour...
Wages, profits and labour productivity in South Africa: A reply
Forslund’s final reply to Sharp and Kantor, originally published on PoliticsWeb.co.za and SA LabourNews.co.za, 24 January, 2012. In this final reply, I will correct an error, account for a new finding and try to give a principled answer to the replies Brian Kantor and...
‘My blood will nourish the tree that will bear the fruits of freedom. Tell my people that I love them. They must continue the fight.’
Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu – 10/07/1956 – 6/04/1979 AMANDLA ISSUE 24 | EDITORIAL: The Amandla! Editorial Collective joins millions of our compatriots, comrades and friends in South Africa and around the world in congratulating the African National Congress on...
A Marxist Critic on the Keynesian analysis of the economic crisis | by Henri Houben
John Maynard Keynes keeps a main influence on the current economic thinking. Even if the neo-liberal movement dominated over the last decades, the Keynesian ideas remain enduring, especially at times of recession. When the subprime mortgage crisis started, it was...
A Marxist Critic on the Keynesian analysis of the economic crisis | by Henri Houben
John Maynard Keynes keeps a main influence on the current economic thinking. Even if the neo-liberal movement dominated over the last decades, the Keynesian ideas remain enduring, especially at times of recession. When the subprime mortgage crisis started, it was...







