Interview on Unemployment Data – Quarter 2 / 2021
The recent labour force data paints a worrying picture. The scale of the problem has grown,…
Thoughts on predistribution and B-BBEE: lessons from trade union investment companies and ESOPs in South Africa
A bit of nervous in introducing the concept of predistribution at a webinar hosted by the…
Talking MTBPS 2020
I enjoyed chatting about the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement 2020 with Nwabisa Nontenja from YFM. I…
Can you hear the pandemic in MTBPS 2020?
‘We listen to everyone; only hear a few’ Minister Mboweni deviated from his Medium Term Budget…
Using open contracting to connect the dots
We are a nation of dot connectors, yet some dot connections are more equal than others.…
Elections 2019- Why small business policies should be less certain
The 2019 election manifestos reveal ‘what is possible’ for small business and entrepreneurship policy in South…
Counting structural unemployment.
Unemployment is either “frictional” or “structural”. In textbooks the definitions are precise, but for this article:…
A Budget Imaginary to tackle Very Real Inequality
Can public expenditure be egalitarian? This question is all but absent in discussions on Budget 2019…