South Africa’s civil service should be restructured, but a plan to reward early retirement won’t solve the problem – economist 28th Nov 2024Kim Ingle South Africa’s finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, announced in his October 2024 mid-term budget policy statement that cabinet had approved funding for an early retirement programme to reduce the public sector wage bill. In this article in The Conversation, Andrew Donaldson explains that past initiatives of this kind have done little to reduce costs. In the Media
How to challenge a corrupt system 28th Oct 2024Kim Ingle In this piece for D+C Development and Cooperation Magazine, Fabio Andres Diaz Pabon, together with Hafte Gebrihet from The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, raise the importance of enabling and supporting those fighting corruption for challenging corruption systems and enabling the achievement of developmental goals. In the Media
South Africa’s economy needs a shot in the arm, not austerity: 3 key areas where more public spending would get results 27th Sep 2024Kim Ingle In this piece for The Conversation Africa, Thokozile Madonko from the University of the Witwatersrand, and Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón argue how public investment can help the future of countries, as opposed to mortgaging it. In the Media
Young South Africans want to work, not wait; investing in them can fast-track our economy 25th Jul 202425th Jul 2024Kim Ingle In this The Conversation article, Ariane de Lannoy and Sharmi Surianarian suggest that in the absence of an economy that grows, we can create an economy that moves, and importantly, an economy that moves young people forward, so that they themselves can be the gears with which our rebounding economy can grow. In the Media
The impact of systemic shocks on South Africa’s development – a complexity approach in a context of global disorder 26th Jun 202426th Jun 2024Kim Ingle We are simultaneously experiencing a shift in global power, the growing strength of artificial intelligence, and climate shocks. Their concurrence and the associated instability that this will cause will inevitably impact development in Africa. In the Media
Ecuador: raid on Mexican embassy draws international criticism – but President Noboa hopes voters approve 29th Apr 202429th Apr 2024Kim Ingle Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón, together with Maria Gabriela Palacio, published an article in The Conversation reviewing the Ecuador’s security forces’ raiding of the Mexican embassy in Ecuador’s capital city, Quito. In the Media
Radio interview and media release on the Land Restitution Evaluation Study 27th Mar 2024Kim Ingle Malcolm Keswell was interviewed by Cape Talk about the Land Restitution Evaluation Study (LRES). The University of Cape Town also published a media release about LRES. In the Media
South Africa has spent billions in 4 years to create jobs for young people: how their wages affect the broader economy 28th Feb 202428th Feb 2024Kim Ingle In The Conversation article, Joshua Budlender and Ihsaan Bassier explain how they evaluated the economic stimulus effects of the BEEI, resulting from the spending of participants of the programme, and some of the findings from this research. In the Media
Artificial intelligence: Handling, but with care 28th Feb 202426th Jun 2024Kim Ingle In this Development and Cooperation article, Saldrupian Fabio Diaz and his co-author, Azza Mustafa Babikir Ahmed, explore how artificial intelligence holds the potential to act as a facilitator in achieving the United Nation’s SDGs in Africa, but also has the risk of exacerbating inequalities and tensions on the continent. In the Media
Ecuador’s crackdown on violent crime helped turn the country into a narco state 29th Jan 202429th Apr 2024Kim Ingle In this piece for The Conversation UK, Fabio Diaz, together with María Gabriela Palacio Ludeña from Universiteit Leiden, look at the contradictions of In the Media
