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NEVA MAKGETLA: Trump tariffs ― so much for the apocalypse
Platinum, gold, diamond exports to US are rising, but car exports have fallen
NEVA MAKGETLA: Empowering women economically is critical to ending gender violence
Care work is systematically undervalued in economic policy
NEVA MAKGETLA: How to effect the structural change to fix SA’s jobs deficit
The country needs to find solutions that fit our peculiar realities.
NEVA MAKGETLA: Reviving SA’s industrial edge: can government tilt beneficiation scales?
SA’s manufacturing edge hinges on cheaper local inputs — and rethinking who gains from mining profits
NEVA MAKGETLA: Bolstering investment is not all that matters
Public investment began falling well before the Covid-19 pandemic
NEVA MAKGETLA: Learning from the brutal US trade deals
Analysis finds extraordinary bias against middle-income countries
NEVA MAKGETLA: The AfCFTA and SA development
The trade agreement can drive growth if bolstered by efforts to lift investment in regional logistics
NEVA MAKGETLA: RDP housing and the dilemmas of reconstruction
Almost one in five RDP houses is over half an hour from a health facility, the same as for other low-income housing
NEVA MAKGETLA: Closing inequality gaps by class stalls, though improves by race
Limited progress towards more equitable income distribution helps to explain slowing growth and deep divisions
NEVA MAKGETLA: Jobless figures reflect our destructive past, not poor data
It is more important to deal with the challenges of high unemployment than to crunch the numbers




















