OPINIONISTA: From a two-speed society to one that works for all

South Africa is in trouble. No society can survive 50% unemployment, yet that’s exactly what our expanded unemployment rate can be expected to be by the end of 2020. Before Covid-19, South Africa’s economy was already in recession and the expanded unemployment rate was already at a frightening 42%.

An intervention to put income in the hands of the unemployed and most vulnerable South Africans, thereby protecting livelihoods and stimulating consumption; Reengineering the Covid-19 relief fiscal plan to provide much-needed funding, either interest-free loans or equity, into struggling, but solid businesses;

Introducing an E-Government initiative to transform and modernise the public service, making South Africa a capable country, with a smart and capable state; An ambitious plan to end apartheid spatial planning and create integrated and densified urban centres, close to work opportunities.

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