DPRU in the Media
2021
It's about the elections': Scientists decry Ramaphosa's Covid-19 gamble, Sunday Times, 3 October 2021.
What we’ve been reading: Highlights from the 2021 Jobs and Development Conference; World Bank Blogs, 9 Sept 2021.
Minimum WAGE: New report reveals workers should earn more, The South African, 12 August 2021.
A living wage enables people to choose dignity, UCT News, 5 August 2021.
Reintroduction of SRD grant offers renewed hope to those struggling financially, CapeArgus, 26 July 2021.
COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a rise in hunger in South Africa, The Conversation, 21 July 2021.
No livelihood or hope: The warning signs of violence, Mail & Guardian, 14 July 2021.
WATCH: NIDS cram wave 5; Business Day TV (10:53-15:00 & 22:42-24:48), 12 July 2021.
Extending the Covid-19 relief package – research done by UCT Development Policy Research Unit, Power FM (Power Business), 6 July 2021.
South Africa is not emerging from the unprecedented economic shock, Moneyweb, 6 July 2021.
R350 Grant a ticket into the labour market: report, Mail & Guardian, 29 June 2021.
Of SA jobs lost, only a quarter were due to lockdown itself: experts, Sunday Times, 12 May 2021.
Covid kills a decade of employment growth in SA, Mail & Guardian, 8 May 2021.
Retirement? What retirement? Why we need to work into our twilight years – and how, Daily Maverick, 22 March 2021.
Jabulani Sikhakhane | The budget will sail through without a peep from the nap chamber, Fin24, 2 March 2021.
Higher minimum wage for South Africa was not a ‘thumb suck’: minister, Business Tech, 22 February 2021.
3 key recommendations to stimulate South Africa’s economy, BusinessTech, 5 February 2021.
The South Africa economy, Al Jazeera English news interview with Haroon Bhorat, 31 January 2021.
Belville Police action was painful to watch, Social Development Minister admits, IOL/Weekend Argus, 17 January 2021.
2020
https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2020-11-20-new-uct-fellows-crucible-momentsNew UCT fellows’ crucible moments, UCT News, 20 November 2020.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/business/2020-11-15-covid-19-leaves-permanent-scar-on-sa-employment/Covid-19 leaves permanent scar on SA employment, Sunday Times, 15 November 2020.
https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2020-11-10-college-of-fellows-welcomes-new-membersCollege of Fellows welcomes new members, UCT News, 10 November 2020.
Presidency displaces Treasury as the heartland of economic policy, Daily Maverick, 21 October 2020
Recovery plan shows Ramaphoria no longer a stand-in for tough reforms - economists, Fin24, 16 October 2020
S Africa must put into effect revenue collection – Haroon Bhorat; Engineering News, 16 October 2020
South Africa’s COVID-19 hunger relief efforts are working: why they must continue, The Conversation, 15 October 2020
SU’s Economics Department to celebrate centenary with Nobel Prize winner address, Yiba, 5 October 2020
Did COVID-19 grants work? Survey reveals the answer, Brenthurst Foundation News, 1 October 2020
How Covid-19 lockdown has impacted on gender wage inequality, IOL news, 30 September 2020
Covid-19 has made inequality worse, researchers find, GroundUp, 30 September 2020
Covid-19 has made inequality worse, researchers find reprint, 30 September 2020
South Africa must redouble its policy and relief efforts to stave off hunger, MSN News, 30 September 2020
Black economic power matters: Is South African transformation dead? African Business Magazine, 1 September 2020
OPINION: How grants eased the Covid pain, Financial Mail (Business Live), 20 August 2020
Sifiso Skenjana | SA's Fantastic Four - and their collective bargaining superpower, Fin24, 14 August 2020
The day the bottom fell out of South Africa – a triple pandemic has hit us, Daily Maverick, 15 July 2020
Are social grants reaching the people? Are social grants targeting the most vulnerable during SA’s lockdown? Evidence from the Nids-Cram data suggests that’s true – and policymakers should consider extending grant top-ups beyond October, Financial Mail - Feature, 15 July 2020
Group of leading scientists come out in support of Glenda Gray who dared to criticise lockdown rules, Times Live, 23 May 2020
Rwf800 billion to accelerate Rwanda's economic recovery, The New Times (Rwanda), 10 May 2020
Haroon Bhorat: Economic fallout is ferocious, but health crisis must be focus, News24, 8 May 2020
UNECA United Nations Economic Commission for Afr : ECA leads discussion on Africa's COVID-19 lockdown exit strategies, MarketScreener.com, 7 May 2020
New index ranks physical-interaction aspect of Covid-19 transmission risk across occupations, Engineering News, 5 May 2020
Why the development state model has worked in Asia, but not in SA and the rest of Africa, Business Maverick Webinar, 5 May 2020
South Africa’s poorest workers are more likely to lose jobs, says data report, Daily Maverick, 24 April 2020
Joburg’s public transport may not be ready for coronavirus, New Frame, 18 March 2020
Government to look at measures to stop South African retrenchments, Business Tech, 13 March 2020
What’s at the heart of SA’s fiscal challenges? Inconsistent policy stance, All Africa.com, 6 March 2020
What’s at the heart of SA’s fiscal challenges? Inconsistent policy stance, CityPress Business, 27 February 2020
2019
African Economic Conference 2019: Experts identify hindrances in increasing jobs for youth, DevDiscourse, 4 December 2019
First Presidential Economic Advisory Council meeting to get underway, CreamerMedia Engineering News, 8 October 2019
Counting women’s work, UCT News, 7 October 2019
Forget the policy advisers – Ramaphosa will be crushed unless he reforms the ANC, Daily Maverick, 2 October 2019
Meet Ramaphosa’s new economic advisory panel, Citizen, 2 October 2019
UCT professors for President’s Economic Advisory Council, UCT News, 30 September 2019
Ramaphosa's economic advisory council: what you need to know, Herald Live, 30 September 2019
South Africa: Presidential Economic Advisory Council members appointed, 7th Space.com, 28 September 2019
Ramaphosa appoints Economic Advisory Panel to prompt growth in SA, Briefly.com, 28 September 2019
Local and Foreign Economists on New Council to Ignite South African Economy, SAPeople.com, 28 September 2019
Ramaphosa announces members of presidential economic advisory council, The Zimbabwe Mail, 27 September 2019
Ramaphosa unveils 18-person economic brain trust, Fin24, 27 September 2019
Presidential Economic Advisory Council members announced, Mining Weekly, 27 September 2019
Ramaphosa copies Mnangagwa; unveils Presidential Advisory Council, Bulawayo24.com, 27 September 2019
CCMA discusses impact of minimum wage, Midrand Reporter, 27 September 2019
Counting women’s work, Poverty and Inequality Initiative, UCT, 23 September 2019
Seven suggestions for improving SA’s economy, UCT News, 12 September 2019
Temporary employment services seek to address youth unemployment, Boksburg Advisor Local News, 2 August 2019
Op-ed: Minimum-wage gamble, Financial Mail, by Haroon Bhorat, 1 August 2019
Op-ed: SA’s missing middle, Financial Mail, by Haroon Bhorat, 27 June 2019
New ‘fully funded’ scholarship for top young researchers, UCT News, 6 June 2019
AFRONOMICS Podcast: Analyzing Inequality in Africa, World Bank Africa, 1 June 2019
The political economy of corruption, PoliticsWeb, 7 May 2019
FACT CHECK: ‘One South Africa For All!’ - DA’s 2019 Election Manifesto, EWN.co.za, 6 May 2019
UCT’s increased focus on the SDGs, UCT News, 15 April 2019
SU hosts dialogue on pursuing a socially just and sustainable economy in SA, Bizcommunity, 22 March 2019
The problems are mounting for South Africa’s ailing economy, World of Finance magazine, 11 January 2019
2018
Jobs Fund hosts think tank event on the future of work in South Africa, Fourways News, 6 December 2018
UCT Well Represented on the Motlanthe High-Level Panel, University of Cape Town’s Poverty and Inequality Initiative (PII) NEWS, 15 November 2018
Numsa party could be a political force, Financial Mail, 15 November 2018
Prevention of violence and crime is an important benefit of CWP, PoliticsWeb, 15 October 2018
Jobs Summit pact hailed, Classic FM Business Breakfast/Moneyweb, 5 October 2018
How the Jobs Summit plans to create 260 000 jobs annually, Moneyweb, 4 October 2018
#YouthReport2018: Generation jobless and the high inequality economy, BizCommunity, 7 September 2018
#YouthReport2018: Who are those 'SA millennials' you're marketing to? BizCommunity, 6 September 2018
Dot by dot, state capture emerges Mail & Guardian, 31 August 2018
A new period of labour stability? Business Live, 30 August 2018
Shadow State: The Politics of State Capture - how it all came together News24, 21 August 2018
Read an excerpt from Ivor Chipkin and Mark Swilling’s Shadow State: The Politics of State Capture Wits Press, 21 August 2018
South Africa: Minister Michael Masutha Appoints Advisory Committee On Legal Fees AllAfrica.com, 20 August 2018
The Rise of Tyranny: New book tracks the patterns and repercussions of state capture Daily Maverick, 19 August 2018
Bye, brokers: Hello, service providers Mail & Guardian, 10 August 2018
Keeping communities alive after mine closures Classic FM/Moneyweb Radio, 17 July 2018
Finding ways to keep communities alive after mine closures The Conversation, 15 July 2018
Did the DA-led Western Cape create ‘75% of all jobs’ in SA last year? ‘Confusing’ claim correct AfricaCheck.com, 26 June 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa's high self-employment rate behind income instability: expert Xinhua, 7 June 2018
South Africa's Prof. Bhorat Delivers Lecture On Economic Growth and Inequality in Africa AllAfrica.com & UNECA, 6 June 2018
How South Africa's services sector can help tackle poverty and inequality MENA Financial News (MENAFN The Conversation), 6 June 2018
South Africa's strike rate isn't as bad as it's made out to be The Conversation, 24 April 2018
The huge task of ‘recapturing the state’ It’s about much more than rooting out corruption MoneyWeb, 23rd March 2018
Elections, racially divisive rhetoric biggest risks to Ramaphosa’s governance - academic Fin24, 22nd March 2018
Unemployment likely to grow, even with predictions of growth Business Report, 20th February 2018
Wanted: leadership with integrity and fixes for our broken institutions Business Day (Opinion), 12th February 2018
SA’s whale-sized public sector wage bill approaches a cliff MoneyWeb, 12th February 2018
People Power Is The Condition Of Our Democracy’s Survival Huffington Post Blog ZA, 7th February 2018
SA's Labour-Broker System Does Not Favour Unemployed Youth Huffington Post ZA, 1st February 2018
ANC job creation boast ignores SA’s increased unemployment rate Africa Check, 17th January 2018
2017
Industrialize Africa - Strategies, Policies, Institutions and Financing AllAfrica.com, 20th November 2017
Qatar University roundtable discusses Africa's growth prospects MENAFN, 19th September 2017
A monopoly on corruption MoneyWeb, 14th September 2017
Understanding growth power in sub-Saharan Africa and defining Africa's middle class BizCommunity.com, 23rd May 2017
What Junk Status Means For The Country, And For You The Daily Vox, 7th Apr 2017
Rating downgrade could hurt inclusive economic growth, say experts EyeWitnessNews, 5th April 2017
Corruption is an Enemy of the Poor – an open letter to Cabinet, the ANC NEC and Parliament Daily Maverick, 31st March 2017
Young graduates not interested in working for the government Business Day, 30th March 2017
Mechanisation is but one reason minimum pay could eliminate jobs Business Day [Opinion], 3rd March 2017
Davos – When chickens come home to roost EyeWitnessNews, 20th January 2017
2016
Adjustment to national minimum wage needs maximum care and oversight Business Day, 29th November 2016
Unemployment Keeps Growing. What A Surprise, Said No One Ever. High unemployment and low economic growth is on trend in SA Huffington Post, 23rd November 2016
What you need to know about the national minimum wage debate Daily Vox, 22nd November 2016
Treasury warns national minimum wage will lead to 715 000 job losses Mail & Guardian, 21st November 2016
Proposed R3 500 minimum wage sparks heated debate Fin24, 21st November 2016
How have SA’s democratic laws impacted on your life? IOL Opinion, 21st November 2016
Youth employment subsidy has been 'positive' and should be extended BizCommunity, 10th November 2016
Varsities must meet labour needs Mail & Guardian, 4th November 2016
Top 500 to publish Pravin Gordhan's take on the way forward MoneyWeb, 1st November 2016
Is Zuma to blame for the decline of the ANC? Rand Daily Mail, 31st October 2016
Investing in early childhood education pays off Mail and Guardian, 14th October 2016
Exemptions may render national minimum wage harmless MoneyWeb, 5th October 2016
Millions subsist in SA’s 'second economy' IOL.com, 2nd October 2016
The buck stops here… IOL Opinion, 26th August 2016
On My Mind: National minimum wage can be made to work Financial Mail, 25th August 2016
SA academics call on Jacob Zuma to end 'the war' against Gordhan and the treasury Mail & Guardian, 25th August 2016
Poverty and unemployment in South Africa New Era.com, 25th August 2016
National basic wage a pro, con balancing act Times Live, 21st August 2016
How have our laws built our society? IOL Opinion, 15th August 2016
National minimum wage: Is it time to pay up? Financial Mail, 12th August 2016
Big money in little spazas; accessing informal sector spend BizCommunity.com, 11th August 2016
A minimum wage needs to balance risk and opportunity, says DPRU UCT News, 27th June 2016
Skills gap needs broad effort Business Day, 24th June 2016
Black economic empowerment is not black economic empowerment Thought Leader M&G, 20th June 2016
New generation faces an old problem: lack of skills and education Business Day, 15th June 2016
Minimum wage talks stalled IOL.co.za, 25th May 2016
Public to get chance to critique Parly’s work IOL Politics, 25th May 2016
How unions have boosted pay and job security in democratic South Africa BusinessTech, 8th May 2016
How effective have unions been in SA? And are they still relevant? MoneyWeb, 7th May 2016
How unions have boosted pay, job security in democratic SA SABC News, 1st May 2016
We’ve Nose Dived Into The Firepool But Is This Really Our Biggest Crisis? Daily Vox, 8th Apr 2016.
Let’s be honest about wage-jobs trade-off Business Day, 6th April 2016
South Africa: Nation Nose Dives Into Jacob Zuma's Pool All Africa, 5th April 2016
Why South Africa isn’t cashing in on its demographic dividend IOL.com, 3rd April 2016
Labour market: Inching to reform Financial Mail, 31st March 2016
Why South Africa isn’t cashing in on its demographic dividend The Conversation, 30th March 2016
When polemic distorts the research evidence IOL.co.za, 17th March 2016
LETTER: SA’s public disservice Business Day Live, 7th March 2016
Admin jobs surge in public healthcare Business Day Live, 29th February 2016
Elite workers’ myth needs tidying Business Day Live Opinion & Analysis, 29th February 2016
Many workers on state's payroll are overwhelmed Rand Daily Mail, 29th February 2016
Sygnia board’s transparency disarms investor activist Business Day Live, 25th February 2016
The Budget 2016 and South Africa’s care economy Daily Maverick, 25th February 2016
Public sector union members earn more Business Day Live, 24th February 2016
Everything you need to know about SA’s government workers BusinessTech, 19th February 2016
Minimum wage will cost small businesses the most IOL.co.za, 16th February 2016
GroundUp: Zuma dropped the ball on the national minimum wage Daily Maverick, 16th February 2016
GroundUp: A too-high minimum wage will hurt poor people Daily Maverick, 16th February 2016
Cosatu's high minimum wage demand will increase unemployment Rand Daily Mail, 16th February 2016
South Africa: Zuma's National Minimum Wage 'Own Goal' GroundUp/All Africa.com, 15th February 2016
The Forgotten Half: What about the students who didn’t make it to matric? Daily Maverick, 9th February 2016
Motlanthe to lead panel to probe efficacy of laws made by Parliament Business Day Live, 19th January 2016
2015
Academics in South Africa voice their dismay at Zuma's actions ENCA OPINION, 14th December 2015
Africa's education and gender equality goals 'well achieved' southafrica.info, 3rd November 2015
Experts Call for Better Policies to Promote Income Distribution in Africa All Africa.com, 12th October 2015
What do minimum wages look like in sub-Saharan Africa? World Economic Forum: Agenda, 13th October 2015
Wealth tax - the way to end inequality? Fin 24, 12th October 2015
Stop dismissing Piketty without giving alternatives to fix inequality Rand Daily Mail, 9th October 2015
FactCheck: is South Africa the most unequal society in the world? The Conversation, 30th September 2015. And re-published: All Africa.com; Mail & Guardian and Times Live.
Experts poke holes in claim of labour-broking cataclysm Business Day, 18th September 2015
Ramaphosa says business, labour must be open to ‘trade-offs’ to create jobs Business Day, 11th September 2015
Don't rush basic wage decision Mail & Guardian, 10th September 2015
Labour broking changes ‘bled jobs’ Business Day, 10th September 2015
LETTER: Report didn’t add up Business Day, 8th September 2015
Labour broking changes ‘bled jobs’ Business Day, 7th September 2015
Wages: Delicate Balance Financial Mail, 27th August 2015
The costs of transferring money to Zimbabwe, GroundUp Moneyweb, 26th August 2015
Promoting economic growth through education Mail and Guardian, 14th August 2015
A jump to the left or a step to the right? Daily Maverick, 21st July 2015
Why is Africa so unequal? Mashada.com, 7th July 2015
Why aren't SA youth attractive to prospective employers? Radio 702, 2nd July 2015
Without real inclusivity, there can be no growth Business Day Live, 29th June 2015
Connecting with Survivors report unpacks the power of the informal market, BizCommunity.com CNN (Africa View), 22nd June 2015
Manufacturers make needs known at metals indaba Business Day Live, 29th May 2015
Rich getting richer, poor getting poorer? Africa's inequality struggle CNN (Africa View), 12th May 2015
CCMA contributes to economy by saving over 100 000 jobs in five years Business Report, IOL.co.za, 1st April 2015
Radical economic transformation remains a pipedream Mail & Guardian Opinion, 19th March 2015
South Africa: Non-Income Poverty Levels Drop in Democratic South Africa All Africa.com, 19th March 2015
Non-income poverty levels drop in democratic South Africa SouthAfrica.info, 18th March 2015
South Africa in the age of austerity Mail & Guardian 'Thought Leader", 5th March 2015
The state of labour 20 years after democracy International Viewpoint, 27th January 2015
2014
South Africa now more unequal than under apartheid: report My Broadband.co.za, 11th December 2014
National Minimum Wage will improve lives of millions - Zwelinzima Vavi speech Politicsweb, 4th December 2014
GroundUp Op-Ed: What is at issue in the minimum wage debate? Daily Maverick, 27th November 2014
Labour brokers – friend or foe? Cape Business News, 17th November 2014
The downward spiral of SA unions Mail & Guardian, 14th November 2014
Labour brokers created more jobs in SA than any other sector since 1995 Radio 702, 12th November 2014
It’s not a minimum wage that cuts jobs IOL Business Report, 15th October 2014
Farmers are mechanising and consolidating Giles' Files, 19th September 2014
Higher minimum wage ‘might hit farming jobs' Business Day, 18th September 2014
Minimum wage, maximum debate Mail & Guardian, 12th September 2014
Ramaphosa's minimum wage remarks stir up maximum debate Mail & Guardian, 12th September 2014
Treasury’s Jobs Fund plans ‘next funding level’ Business Day, 2nd September 2014
Minimum wage versus job losses conundrum Sunday Independent (& IOL.co.za), 24th August 2014
New Wesgro board announced Cape Business News, 20th August 2014
Minimum Wage: Puzzle of proper pay Financial Mail, 14th August 2014
KPMG’s probe of gender-based violence costs to help state spend more effectively Business Day (Online), 3rd July 2014
Amcu claims strike victory Times Live (Online), 24th June 2014
After Apartheid and Mandela: South Africa’s 2014 Elections Economic and Political Weekly, 14th June 2014
Pointlessness of job promises The Cape Times (Online), 19th May 2014
Service delivery in SA – it's about what could have been Daily Maverick, 4th May 2014
Cash-strapped unions bleed as workers lose faith Business Day (Online), 27th April 2014
Chinese growth projections; CNBC AFRICA: Business News, 26th March 2014
Projects on the Map: South Africa PM Network, March 2014
Strikes, foreign investment, and South Africa; CNBC AFRICA: Business Tonight, 24th February 2014
2013
Economic Inequality Is a Major Obstacle (Updated) The New York Times (Opinion Pages), 6th December 2013
The presidents and Nelson Mandela Politico, 5th December 2013
Strike Hysteria (Haroon Bhorat interview by John Maytham), 567 Cape Talk, 6th November 2013
Strikers are not about to destroy our economy, Business Day, 6th November 2013
Workers from South Africa's motor industry sector begin strike, Africalink on Air, 9th September 2013
En Afrique du Sud, les grèves font craindre une hausse du coût du travail (In South Africa, strikes fears are raising labor costs), Le Monde, 29 August 2013
Cut costs but not bonuses, state told. Unions rail against the plan to cut bonuses at the government’s ‘model of excellence’ – the treasury, Mail & Guardian, 16 August 2013
Economic Inequality Is a Major Obstacle, The New York Times (Opinion Pages), 28th July 2013
Skills mismatch probed, Financial Mail, 23rd May 2013
No balance of payments, Financial Mail, 16th May 2013
DP based on Cape land reform - Zille, Business Day, 25th February 2013
Minister reveals new minimum wage for farm workers, Business Day, 4th February 2013
2012
New study shows 70% of SA consumers live on the edge, Moneyweb, 23rd October 2012
Labour Problems in South Africa, Cii Broadcasting, 1st October 2012
Self Inflicted Harm: Labour Productivity, Financial Mail by Claire Bisseker, 5th September 2012
Labour law amendments will jeopardise jobs, SABC by Sejamothopo Motau, DA, 5th August 2012 14:34
Young, jobless and desperate – Degrees with no guarantees, City Press, 16th June 2012
Cutting labour costs not the answer, Mail & Guardian by Doron Isaacs and Ilan Strauss, 8th June 2012
Over Half Of Youth Unemployed In South Africa by Anders Kelto on National Public Radio, 28 May 2012
Stop quibbling, fix unemployment Business Report by Joel Netshitenzhe, 23rd April 2012 at 08:10am
Labour law amendments Unintended consequences, Financial Mail by Claire Bisseker 5th April 2012
Research Fundamentals Panel Discussion, 14th March 2012
Labour Watch, Tuesday, Leadership Online, 14th February 2012
Global socialism needed to solve crises, Cosatu tells union conference, Business Day, 10th February 2012
Going for broke: Is Cosatu missing the point?, Mail & Guardian, 7th February 2012 at 10:48
Pay gap still starts in schools by Jabulani Sikhakhane, Independent Online News. January 5 2012 at 07:06am
2011
A wage for living by Chiara Reid, Euronews, 22nd December 2011 17:41 CET
Labour broking - Job creation - Laws need to limber up by Claire Bisseker, Financial Mail, st1 December 2011
Europe recession shouldn't affect SA employment. Paul Vecchiatto, BusinessLIVE, 22nd November 2011
“The Missing Middle” in South Africa Sean Jacobs, 29th September 2011
Special Report: How does the South African media report on the economy? by SACSIS, 27th May 2011
Leaked labour report to hit govt, Jan de Lange, Fin24, 17th January 2011
2010
Is Inequality Good or Bad? The South African Civil Society Information Service, nonprofit news agency. 11th November 2010
2009
New approach needed to improve SA's labour-absorption potential. Terence Creamer. Polity News. 27th Nov 2009
Cape Town A Racist City - Study: Where do all the black people work? Donwald Pressly, Cape Times, Business. 22 October 2009 at 09:27AM This article was originally published on page 11 of Cape Times on 22 October 2009
Jobs massacre at small firms. Jan de Lange, Fin24.com. 14 August 2009
Cape Town a racist city - study [South Africa] A damning new study has found that Cape Town is seen to be hostile to black people, while white people are still being appointed and promoted at rates suggesting "positive discrimination". Cape Times, October 22, 2009 p 1 & 11
The day the bottom fell out of South Africa – a triple pandemic has hit us, Daily Maverick