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Workers at the bottom rung bear brunt of job losses

Business Day - 18 October 2021 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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Green wheels: The future’s electric — but South Africa’s late out of the starting blocks

Daily Maverick - 13 October 2021 by Ethan van Diemen

Cult of secrecy is at the heart of the rot in government

Business Day - 4 October 2021 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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South Africa miners back gradual move away from coal-fired power

Bloomberg - 27 September 

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History counts when measuring performance in municipalities

Business Day - 20 September 2021 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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Can South Africa become a model for developing nations ditching coal?

Thomson Reuters - 29 September 2021 by Kim Harribserg

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New clean fuel standards could be the end of refineries and lead to job losses

Mail & Guardian - 21 September 2021 by Tunicia Phillips  

 

Net-zero goal could be new ‘shared vision that binds’ South Africa

Engineering News - 14 September 2021 by Terence Creamer

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Lagging investment in SA puts brakes on economic recovery

Business Day - 13 September 2021 by Lynley Donnelly
 
 
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SA exporters need to prepare for the EU's war on plastic

Fin24 - 9 August 2021 by Lameez Omarjee

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‘No choice but to ditch coal’

Mail & Guardian - 8 August 2021 by Sheree Bega
 

Getting back to where we were in the crisis before the crisis requires economic reconstruction

Engineering News - 5 August 2021  by TIPS

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Medupi: How govt's damage control became the poster child of Eskom debt

Fin24 - 5 August 2021 by Lameez Omarjee

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Consider inequality when diagnosing the insurrection

Business Day - 26 July 2021 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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One last chance to decarbonise or forgo the EU market

Business Day - 1 August 2021 by Gaylor Montmasson-Clair (TIPS Senior Economist)

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Cul-de-sac for electric cars in SA?

Sunday Independent  - 31 July 2021 by Edwin Naidu 

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Gas guzzlers are here to stay

Sunday Independent  - 30 July 2021 by Edwin Naidu 

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Freeze new coal plants, or SA's economy will bear the cost - report

Fin24 - 30 July 2021 by Lameez Omarjee

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1,000 businesses shut in 6 months: 'Lack of new businesses even more worrying'

CapeTalk - 28 July 2021 (The Money Show talks to Saul Levin (TIPS) about the latest stats for business closures)

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UN in SA launches 'Raise the Game for Climate Action' campaign

SABC - 29 July 2021 - Interview with TIPS Senior Economist Gaylor Montmasson-Clair

 

Weekly Coal Index Report

Creamer Media's Mining Weekly - 26 July 2021

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New welfare grant is on the table - the question is how much

Business Day -  21 July 2021 by Carol Paton
 
 
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Report calls for freeze on new coal, warns of risks if energy transition is delayed

Engineering News - 23 July 2021 by Terence Creamer

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South Africa: Public Servants Urged to Enrol in Course On Reviving Economy

AllAfrica.com - 15 July 2021

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The green transition is unfolding: Daring to harness its transformative power

Daily Maverick - 13 July 2021 by Gaylor Montmasson Clair (TIPS Senior Economist)

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The double-edged sword of a ‘just transition’: Investing in the coal economy can be done responsibly

Daily Maverick - 12 July 2021 by Avuyile Xabadiya and Shonisani Manyaga

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Innovations in work needed to beat unequal education

Business Day - 28 June 2021 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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RESPONSE TO COLUMN

Letter in Business Day - 29 June 2021: Education requires innovation, not redistribution

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How the state can support women who work

New Frame -  30 June 2021 by Baba-Tamana Gqubule and Nokwanda Maseko (TIPS)
 
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‘Not well’: The post-lockdown diagnosis for small business

Mail & Guardian -  28 June 2021 by Sarah Smit
 
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Covid undoes a decade of progress in small-business ownership

Mail & Guardian -  25 June 2021 by Sarah Smit
 
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