What’s in the recovery bag? | SA’s economic trouble
October 8, 2020Cabinet has spent the last two days in a virtual lekgotla. Miriam Altman of the University of Johannesburg School of Economics talks on SA’s economic trouble with Shahan Ramkissoon. #eNCA Courtesy #DStv403
GDP collapses 51% in the second quarter
September 8, 2020Is South Africa ready to move to lockdown Level 2?
August 13, 2020A convergence of economic recovery plans
July 15, 2020[youtube https://youtube.com/watch?v=kVYSnxqLDvw&we=560&h=315]
Where will Mboweni find the money?
June 24, 2020[youtube https://youtube.com/watch?v=aH–ouvDwj8&we=560&h=315]
Youth Month 2020 | The South African education system under the spotlight
June 16, 2020[youtube https://youtube.com/watch?v=8ZO8ajcZWn4&we=560&h=315]
Economist warns against permanent Covid-19 job losses
June 12, 2020There is a danger that employment losses due to the Covid-19 epidemic will become permanent, causing the rate of unemployment to be significantly raised for years to come, warns a new academic paper published by the Covid-19 economists group.
Read the full story on Business Day: https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/economy/2020-05-26-economist-warns-against-permanent-covid-19-job-losses/
Business Day TV interview with Miriam Altman
June 9, 2020Uncertainty around Covid-19 still holds many economies around the globe hostage. In the meantime, various outcomes are being explored by different analysts and researchers. One such researcher, Miriam Altman who is a Commissioner in the National Planning Commission of the SA Presidency spoke to Business Day TV about her four scenarios for the local economy post Covid-19.