News Event Democracy and Political Culture FES UP Winter School on Social Democracy and Civic Participation for Young Leaders Half day web-seminar hosted by the University of Pretoria (UP) in partnership with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES).
News Publication Democracy and Political Culture UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE PATHWAYS FOR SOUTH AFRICA A literature review informing critical policy choices report on the National Health Insurance
News Democracy and Political Culture Evaluation of debt moratorium, a financial solution during the COVID-19 pandemic: The pros and cons According to TransUnion’s research, almost eight in ten South Africans say their household income has been cut by the Covid-19 pandemic, while one in ten had already lost their jobs (West, 2020).
News Democracy and Political Culture Do the economic consequences of Covid-19 advance or hinder the structural transformation in Africa? The outbreak of COVID-19 halted daily economic activity in a way not seen before. As things stand, many companies are struggling to survive and this has resulted in the laying off and in some cases the retrenchment of workers in various...
News Democracy and Political Culture Covid 19 is a Hindrance to Economic Structural Transformation and Socially Guided Regional Trade. Free trade in Africa was expected to boost intra-African trade from 18% to about 50% between now and the year 2030. The ACFTA is an obvious direct casualty of COVID-19, largely as a result of the closure of national borders, sea ports...
News Publication Socio Economic Eskom Transformed: Achieving A Just Transition for South Africa Before Covid-19 replaced Eskom’s crisis as the central issue facing the country, it was only unions and their very close allies that held a consistent line both against the proposed ‘unbundling’ of the utility and against the incursions...
News Democracy and Political Culture South Africa’s City Surfers Ride Again In effect, waste pickers subsidize South Africa’s entire recycling industry. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research reports that they collect between 80 and 90% of the country’s used packaging and paper. However, their...
News Democracy and Political Culture Why COVID-19 threatens to reverse Africa’s industrialisation While the impact of COVID-19 on Africa is still manifesting, the consensus is that this disease will be most consequential in this continent than in other regions of the world.
News Do the economic consequences of Covid-19 advance or hinder the structural transformation in Africa? The Covid-19 crisis might be hindering structural transformation, but it would be an illusion to assume that it sweeps away the serious problems that existed prior to the pandemic.
