We have a debilitating crisis in public health and education, but the provincial governments are cutting staff.
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The State of Labour: 20 Years Later
To pose questions about the conditions of labour under South African democracy is to question the success of the ANC's national project itself. As the liberation party embraced a liberalised economic system, it turned away from the more radical restructuring and...
The State of Labour: 20 Years Later
To pose questions about the conditions of labour under South African democracy is to question the success of the ANC's national project itself. As the liberation party embraced a liberalised economic system, it turned away from the more radical restructuring and...
No winners in the race to the bottom | by Roman Grynberg
Zero corporate tax rates and expensive incentives are not worth the investments they attract, writes Roman Grynberg. The freeing up of international trade and the increased mobility of investment have resulted in what tax analysts frequently call a “race to the...
Time to End the Madness | by C.P. Chandrasekhar
May brought home to the world evidence of the popular rejection of the irrational pursuit of austerity amidst recession in Europe and elsewhere. One telling signal was the victory of Francois Hollande in the French Presidential run-off, making this the first...
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...
Labour productivity is up, with real wages stagnant
Two replies to Loane Sharp by Dick Forslund and Simon Eppel, originally published in Business Report, December 19, 2012: The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) reported in its latest Quarterly Bulletin that labour productivity is going up, as it has since 1994. The...
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...
The World Is Locking Itself Into An Unsustainable Energy Future | by Marianne de Nazareth
The door to 2°C is closing,but will we be “locked-in” ? The world is locking itself into an unsustainable energy future which would have far-reaching consequences, warns the International Energy Association (IEA) in its latest World Energy Outlook report released in...