Priorities to Protect Employment in our Covid 19 Response

As millions of South Africans return to work today under level 3 there is intense pressure to completely reopen the economy. To this end a recent paper drawing on input and comment from the Covid19 Economists Group, convened by Dr Miriam Altman, outlines three key priority areas for government to focus on in order to minimise the negative effects on an already dire unemployment situation. Business Day TV’s Michael Avery speaks to Dr Altman, Deputy Director General for public employment services in the Department of Labour and Employment Sam Morotoba; UIF Commissioner Teboho Maruping; & Shabir Madhi, Professor of Vaccinology and Director of the MRC Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, at Wits University
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