Articles for Gilad Isaacs

Budget cuts: Why doesn’t the government use some of the money in this R459-billion account?

The reasons for not using money from the Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account are political, not legal or economic

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Opinion | 31 October 2023

Yes, we can afford a Universal Basic Income Guarantee

It just needs political will

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Opinion | 28 July 2021

Covid-19: The lockdown is being torn apart on the rocks of fiscal miserliness

If you want people to stay home and businesses to stay shut, you have to pay them to do so

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Opinion | 12 May 2020

Covid-19: Unpacking President Ramaphosa’s rescue package

A major step forward, but some warning lights are flashing

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Analysis | 22 April 2020

National minimum wage: not enough protection for part-time workers

Some of the most vulnerable could be left in the cold

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Opinion | 13 January 2017

National minimum wage: the devil is in the detail

Aspects of the proposal may render a minimum wage ineffective

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Opinion | 14 December 2016

Zuma's national minimum wage "own goal"

President is placating business and wavering on policy

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Opinion | 15 February 2016

South Africa’s 5 million working poor

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

Minimum wage debate: the old cheap labour system will get us nowhere

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