[Opinion] Business closures herald a looming disaster
Company liquidations and employee retrenchments are a stark reminder of the extensive and continuing impact on economic activity of the Covid-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdown.
[Opinion] The Invisibles: South Africa’s growing underclass
Poor people with little education and no work, and who generally live under difficult conditions, find themselves relying on state support, while being unable to occupy centre stage in public discourse. They are the underclass — often neglected and ‘invisible’ — yet increasingly, they are becoming a potential source of unrest.
[Opinion] SA’s middle class taking strain
Key indicators reveal the impact of South Africa’s economic crisis on the middle class.
[Opinion] Protecting Property Rights Key to Economic Recovery
South Africa’s intention to expropriate private property without compensation will have damaging effects on the already ailing economy.
[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.