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What’s in the recovery bag? | SA’s economic trouble

October 8, 2020

Cabinet 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, 2020

A convergence of economic recovery plans

July 15, 2020

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Where will Mboweni find the money?

June 24, 2020

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Youth Month 2020 | The South African education system under the spotlight

June 16, 2020

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Economist warns against permanent Covid-19 job losses

June 12, 2020

There 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, 2020

Uncertainty 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.

https://youtu.be/2nIXE-PbZN4