Unemployment: End lockdown and place moratorium on minimum wage – Sakeliga
The political, social and humanitarian consequences of 2.2 million people in South Africa losing their jobs tower above the risk of Covid-19. The lockdown should be abolished immediately and drastic mitigation measures, such as a moratorium on the minimum wage, should be introduced without further delay. Piet le Roux, CEO of the business group Sakeliga, […]
Protect paying end-users against electricity cuts (Resilient Case)
This judgment provides electricity security at the local level, as it prohibits Eskom from cutting off paying end-users’ electricity as a tactic to recover municipal debt.
GDP crash a man-made disaster – end lockdown now
The 16% decline in GDP from the first to the second quarter of 2020 is a man-made disaster. Recovery starts with ending lockdown, which a responsible government would do immediately, including opening international air travel and not extending the state of disaster beyond its next expiry date on 15 September. The next step on the long road to recovery will be to bring about an unprecedented roll-back of the state […]