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The Gift of the Givers conference, ‘Preparedness for Humanitarian Disasters’, will kick off at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.

Why isn’t it a priority for National Treasury, which has not provided funds for extending the programme from next year?

Why isn’t it a concern for National Treasury, which has not given funds for prolonging the program from

The massive, ambitious programme offers participants - and the economy - real hope

In 2012, shortly before the end of the first term of former South African President Jacob Zuma's administration, with the economy sluggish and inequality and unemployment stubbornly high, the National Treasury, then led by Pravin Gordhan, saw a new urgency for strong evidence to shape appropriate policies. The Treasury invited the University of Cape Town's Southern African Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) to establish an independent, national research project, the Research...

In addition to the challenges of funding and accumulating debt, National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) students have had their accommodation allowance capped at R45,000 per annum. Students and institutions have expressed disappointment with this decision but NSFAS is not budging. NSFAS s...

Unemployment continues to plague some major economies, but one holds the questionable distinction of having the highest unemployment rate of all, and that country is South Africa. At 29.1 percent, South Africa’s colossal unemployment rate is regarded as the top concern by many of the nation’s citizens and government officials. Joblessness is particularly devastating for youth, women and blacks, but what steps must the government take to improve the situation?

“A Measurement of Our Ills – and How We Might Fix Them” is based on SALDRU’s Research Project on Employment, Income Distribution and Inclusive Growth.

Professor Kelly Chibale has become the first editor-in-chief from Africa of an American Chemical Society publication.

The term “middleclass” is a bit of a misnomer in South Africa, a country far poorer than you probably realise.