On a recent flight from Johannesburg to London, I sat next to a South African nurse who was returning from a short holiday to her job in Wales. Queeneth, decided to swap working at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, for a quiet, well paid job in a nursing home
The ANCs recently released election manifesto charts the course for its top priority areas over the next five years. It places the Creation of decent work and sustainable livelihoods as its number one priority and states, We underscore that the creation of decent work is at the centre of all
Unemployment has been a national crisis for too long. As with any national crisis, bold, creative and, in many cases, unpopular decisions have to be taken. When there is a crisis of national magnitude it is necessary to ask whether it is a manifestation of a structural fault requiring corrective
Government budgets tell citizens a great deal about the kind of government they have. Does the wording of the budget speech reflect a recognition that it is taxpayers and not government that must take the credit for the building of infrastructure, provision of services, and anything else listed on the
Mexico City – A central theme of the global forum on health research and the associated Ministerial meeting, taking place here until Saturday, is that too little is spent on developing drugs for the diseases suffered by the poor. Activists here are touting a proposed new global R&D treaty, which
SAs 2007 budget speech was arguably not particularly encouraging for the majority of tax-paying citizens. In the build-up to his speech the Minister of Finance mentioned a number of recommendations and opinions sent to him directly by the public through the ingenious mail service known as tips for Trevor. The
