LETTER: Growth and jobs trump all
We should all work to make youth unemployment a top issue for the next general election
My recent articles have so far generated three letters (Millions of unemployed youths need sweeping structural transformation, August 17, and Jobs plan should make large cities opportunity centres for more people, September 1). Ivan Turok says I am dismissive of smaller cities and towns (Omissions in jobs plan, September 5). The Centre for Development and Enterprise’s (CDE’s) report looking at cities, towns and townships argues that SA should focus investment and economic strategies in areas with economic potential. Economic growth will always be unbalanced. Some places have more economic potential and will grow faster than others. Trying to spread growth more evenly leads to policies that "fight prosperity rather than poverty". Adam Cracker essentially supports our position (Start joint action for jobs, September 4). The right relationship between state and business could drive much higher employment and growth rates and lead to sustainable transformation and inclusion for millions...
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