When it comes to saving jobs, Ebrahim Patel’s department hasn’t been industrious
The department has multibillion-rand industrial incentive programmes, and yet we have heard little about using them in the time of Covid-19
Love it or hate it, we can all agree that the Covid-19 lockdown has had a severe social and economic effect. Many would agree with me that a major aim of the government needs to be to nurse the economy through this period, preserving as many jobs as possible to prevent the measures taken to contain the pandemic from having a crippling effect on SA’s economic performance in the years to come.
Jobs are the key. If we can keep people employed in the bad times we will be better prepared for the recovery, however slow and unsteady that might be. President Cyril Ramaphosa introduced a R500bn stimulus package to try to dampen the effect of Covid-19, and while it has its flaws, it has made a difference...
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