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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 Project on Employment, Income Inequality and Inclusive Growth (REDI3x3) with three discrete focus a...

Carmel Rickard is the new Press Ombud. Rickard replaces Pippa Green who resigned in December 2020. The Ombud would have deputies for the first time due to the Press Council 's restructuring. The Press Council of South Africa (PCSA) announced the appointment of Carmel Rickard as the new Press Ombud on Monday.  The council also announced Rickards' deputies are Herman Scholtz and Tyrone August.  The veteran journalists only recently took up their positions, the organisation's executive director, Latiefa Mobara, said. Rickard replaces Pippa Green who took up the seat in 2019.  Mobara said Gree...

The Covid-19 media survival guide 20 Dec 2020 The M&G offices emptied out during the Covid-19 pandemic, and now most of the staff work from home. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G) At the beginning of 2020, Mail & Guardian chief executive Hoosain Karjieker was feeling upbeat about the year ahead. After a difficult 2019, marred by retrenchments, plans to rebuild were already in the pipeline. Then Covid-19 hit. “When we realised that this was real, we started considering what impact it would have on the business. But it never prepared us for the shock that we had when it happened,” Karjieker says from...