How Coherent Are The 2020 Production And Labour Market Data? II - The Main Issues

This brief compares production and labour market estimates from different sources. Some of the work has already been done in previous briefs and this will be ...

How Will The Health System Cope Over The Next Four Years?

This is the fourth of a four brief series on health expenditure in the public and private sectors. The first brief deals with commonly ignored components of ...

Minister Trevor Manuel's full speech as presented at the Helen Suzman Foundation's roundtable event on the National Development Plan, 4 November 2013.

Human Settlements In The Metros

This Brief discusses the Department of Human Settlements’ proposed re-orientation of its policies.

Informal Trading has always been a part of South Africa's economy, 30% of which occurs in Gauteng. With an unemployment rate of 25.2%, Informal Trade is, for ...

Issuing additional short-term government bonds to increase funding for COVID-19 Relief

In a follow up to a brief published in May 2020 on the same topic, this brief explores the possibility of allocating to buyers the full amount of short-term, ...

July Production Statistics: An Indication Of A V-Shaped Recovery?

Statistics South Africa publishes monthly production statistics for mining, manufacturing, electricity distributed, the five components of trade, catering and ...

Land Expropriation and South Africa’s Financial Institutions

This brief considers the potential effects of land expropriation without compensation on the financial institutions of South Africa.

Land reform - The developmental state on the job

In this brief, Charles Simkins tracks the land reform process both at the executive and legislative phases and offers insights into the challenges ahead.