South Africa’s national minimum wage (NMW) legislation is supposed to guarantee a basic level of income for workers, but its real effect is to exacerbate unemployment. Those who are sincere about solving the joblessness crisis in South Africa should reject the minimum wage in favour of an alternative approach.
A study also found that more than 90 percent of participants said animals trampled and destroyed their crops, disrupting plant growth and reducing yields.
The Gambian democracy has become so focused on changing leaders that we have forgotten to change the institutions that actually determine whether people live better lives.
When passengers buy a flight ticket in Nigeria, they assume they are paying the airline for fuel, crew salaries, and aircraft maintenance. But in reality, they are paying a massive toll to the government.
For three decades, the Nigerian government justified state ownership of petroleum refineries under the premise of protecting national interests.
Although the dismissal of the three officers shows that the force is willing to take action when its personnel are found to have acted outside the law, misconduct within the police is not limited to cases that end in dismissal or make national headlines.
Perception has real effects, and a continent habitually drawn smaller than it is will be habitually taken less seriously than it deserves. But perception was never Africa’s binding constraint.
Atiku Abubakar said he will reopen Nigeria’s land borders if elected president. This promise asserted that the country’s borders are closed, a claim The Liberalist found to be misleading.
While the former Vice President’s statement may be a political rhetoric, bringing back the subsidy would cause a renewed strain on government finances and divert huge public funds from managing critical sectors in the country.
The report warns that the erosion of rule of law, judicial independence, and public security is making it harder for countries to translate economic potential into broad-based prosperity.
Blaming immigrants for unemployment, crime and failing public services may be politically convenient, but it will not solve South Africa’s problems
The ECO’s initial rollout may finally bring West Africa closer to monetary unity.
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