The African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) is deeply disturbed and disappointed that Minister Patel’s New Growth Path (NGP) has not embraced new thinking on agriculture policy which requires breaking from a wholly inequitable and ecologically unsustainable...
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AIDC warns: NGP? Do not repeat the tragedy of GEAR as a farce!
Glimpses of clear sunlight in a long winter only indicate that summer is possible, but are not summer itself (not even spring). The Alternative Information Development Centre (AIDC) welcomes that the government’s New Growth Path (NGP) document recognizes the hard...
Press Statement: NWC statement Following Its Meeting Held on 1 November 2010
2 November 2010Following the National General Council meeting held in September, this year, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ANC was directed to perform a number of responsibilities.The NGC directed the NEC to report the outcomes of the NGC to the ANC...
What Does Wage-Led Growth Mean in Developing Countries With Large Informal Employment?
By Jayati GhoshThe past decade has been one in which export-led economic strategies have come to be seen as the most successful, driven by the apparent success of two countries in particular - China and Germany. In fact, the export-driven model of growth has much...
State Wrestles With 7% Growth Vision as Strike Strangles South Africa
Government decries disruption of schools and hospitals by strikers By Linda Ensor and Hopewell Radebe20 August 2010The government yesterday warned public sector trade unions engaged in an indefinite strike that excessive wage demands would harm the economy and...


