[Opinion] Save Stats SA
The slow crippling of Stats SA through budget cuts and understaffing constitutes more than a threat to one institution. It stands to pull the rug out from under SA’s ability to formulate effective policy
[Opinion] Falling consumption spells disaster for economy
Consumers in South Africa are under enormous pressure and anyone who is concerned about the economy should pay close attention to consumer behaviour during the Covid-19 pandemic.
[Audio] Stats SA weakened and incapacitated due to lack of funding
Gerbrandt Van Heerden, research analyst at the Centre For Risk Analysis (CRA), spoke to Power FM's Thabiso Kotane about how cuts in government funding are threatening Stats SA’s ability to fulfil its core mandate − to produce key statistics that are vital to understanding the nature of South African society.
[Video] Webinar | PANDA | Centre For Risk Analysis - Thursday 23 July 2020
In this CRA webinar, Nick Hudson, co-founder of Pandemics ~ Data and Analytics (PANDA) assesses the human and economic cost of an extended lockdown. PANDA is a multidisciplinary group seeking to inform an appropriate policy response to the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa.
[Opinion] Stats SA's poverty survey is Covid-19's latest victim - and we can't afford to lose it
Much has been said these past few months about 'essential' services. Some activities have to happen for the basics of life to proceed. This idea has been central to the conversation around the immediate goal of restricting the spread of the Covid-19 virus; but it is a useful guide to so much more.
[Opinion] Will fiscal pressure breed reform?
In his supplementary budget on 24 June, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni painted a dire picture of South Africa’s public finances in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis and the government-imposed lockdown.
[Opinion] Beyond the supplementary budget: how the South African government will respond to its worsening economic and fiscal position
Frans Cronje and David Ansara discuss how SA govt will respond to its worsening economic and fiscal position.
[Video] COVID-19: The Hunger Challenge
Dr Frans Cronje of the Centre For Risk Analysis spoke to Carte Blanche about the flaws in the South African government's national lockdown strategy. Cronje argues that the economic deprivation caused by the lockdown risks triggering social instability in the country.
[Opinion] Open the economy, but lock down the schools
If you want a petri dish and distribution network to accelerate the Covid-19 pandemic through South Africa’s towns and cities, then schools are it, writes Frans Cronje.
[Audio] The ideological basis of SA’s COV19 lockdown - ETM Macro Podcast with Dr Frans Cronje
Dr Frans Cronje, Director of the Centre For Risk Analysis, speaks to Russell Lamberti of ETM Macro Advisors about the Covid-19 crisis in South Africa and the economic impact of the lockdown.
[Video] Economic consequences of the lockdown in South Africa
David Ansara of the CRA discusses the South African government's national lockdown strategy and the problems associated with it, including the artificial distinction between "essential" and "non-essential" services.
[Audio] SARB lowers interest rates by 1%*
The SARB has announced a 100-basis point reduction in the repo rate, to 5.25%. The Prime lending rate now falls to 8.75%.