The reasons for not using money from the Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account are political, not legal or economic
By Gilad Isaacs and Kelle Howson
Opinion | 31 October 2023
It just needs political will
By Aliya Chikte and Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 28 July 2021
If you want people to stay home and businesses to stay shut, you have to pay them to do so
By Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 12 May 2020
A major step forward, but some warning lights are flashing
By Gilad Isaacs
Analysis | 22 April 2020
Some of the most vulnerable could be left in the cold
By Ruth Castel-Branco and Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 13 January 2017
Aspects of the proposal may render a minimum wage ineffective
By Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 14 December 2016
President is placating business and wavering on policy
By Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 15 February 2016
Every day millions across South Africa do arduous work in jobs that cannot keep them and their dependants out of poverty. These are the “working poor” and according to a new study, there are about five and half million of them.
Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 25 August 2015
The low wage argument is a red herring, argue Gilad Isaacs and Ben Fine in the latest contribution to the minimum wage debate.
Gilad Isaacs and Ben Fine
Opinion | 17 December 2014