XHANTI PAYI: SA’s search for equality
How do we begin to unwind apartheid’s legacy of inequality when wage growth is the biggest threat to employment?
24 October 2019 - 05:00
"I think I’ve just been retrenched." These were the first words a friend said in a phone call I received as I started writing this piece.
"What do you mean?" I responded, caught by surprise. You see, this friend is a director of an NGO formed to help stem the crisis of youth unemployment. The irony was painful, given our efforts to create jobs and shared prosperity...
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