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Why Europe and South Africa should embrace freedom – together
Europe and South Africa have been connected through centuries of conflict and conquest, cooperation, trade, settlement, and investment.
15 July 2026
Europe and South Africa have been connected through centuries of conflict and conquest, cooperation, trade, settlement, and investment.
In a country with such high unemployment we need to encourage job creation.
Scrapping fees for the unemployed is a positive step, but true progress requires removing the deeper regulatory obstacles that keep millions from working.
JSEC is the best policy, grounded in the agency of every individual…
Despite all its programmes and claims of success, the state still has over 30% of its working population unemployed.
Fixing South Africa is actually quite simple, but politics has a way of making it more complicated than it needs to be.
The South African government appears never to have fully understood the rationale behind SEZs.
We need to do away with rigid labour regulation and allow them to enter the market and work.
Martin van Staden was featured in The Citizen on the JSEC as a viable alternative for unemployed South Africans looking to exempt themselves from the national minimum wage.