Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-212) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: a post-heroic future ---- 1. South Africas development story --- 2. Expectations of a new country --- 3. Agriculture: more than land --- 4. Selling forever? The services sector --- 5. The manufacturing basics --- 6. Mining: a trail of crumbs and riches --- 7. The social wage and education: from all-pay to a paid job --- 8. A bridge to the future? ---- Conclusion: a pivot from confrontation to competitiveness.
Summary:
The overwhelming challenge that South Africa faces, and has to date failed to address, is unemployment, which falls especially on African youths who were promised a better future after 1994. If the unemployment challenge is not addressed, it will be impossible to sustainably lift many millions of people out of poverty. How South Africa Works reviews the country's major economic achievements over the past two decades. Through numerous interviews with politicians, business leaders and analysts, it examines the challenges and opportunities across key productive sectors - including agriculture, manufacturing, services and mining - illustrative of the policy challenges that leaders face. It scrutinises the social grant and education systems to understand if South Africa has established mechanisms for people not only to escape destitution but be ready to be employed, and identifies steps that some of South Africa's most notable entrepreneurs have taken to build world-class enterprises. Recognising the essential challenge to cultivate more employers to employ people, How South Africa Works concludes by offering an agenda and active steps for greater competitiveness for government, business and labour -- page 4 of cover.
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