South Africa’s agricultural sector’s potential can only be realized if new government focusses on implementation of existing policies rather than coming up with new ones
Canada is counting on immigrants to drive economic growth. Smaller urban communities can help take pressure off Canada’s most heavily populated regions by attracting and retaining newcomers.
High unemployment rates are among South Africa’s biggest challenges. Three of the president’s advisors talk through what is needed to change the status quo.
The important developmental role that intermediate city municipalities can play in creating employment and stimulating growth suggests they should be prioritised.
To rebuild lost credibility, the South African government can start by listening to social partners and the business sector and implementing less financially costly policies
If the best people management practices of the formal economy were to be deployed in the informal economy, new avenues of stimulating economic and life empowerment may be opened.
As Canada emerges from the pandemic, creating jobs and achieving full employment are top priorities. Relegated to the back burner are balanced budgets and reducing debt.
The pandemic has hit young people very hard. The long-term costs of having them neither studying nor working more than justify investment in a national program to help them enter the workforce.