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Why it doesn’t matter if Zuma reads our letter

Suntosh Pillay by Suntosh Pillay 14 April 201615 April 2016

Thirteen of us wrote an open letter to President Jacob Zuma last week asking him to resign. It was first published on The Daily Vox, and then republished just about everywhere. Did he read it? I doubt it. Do we care? Not really. I’m being glib, but I was asked by print and radio journalists […]

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Unemployment fuels social unrest

Lee-Roy Chetty by Lee-Roy Chetty 18 March 2013

Jobs influence who we are and our relations with others. In most societies, jobs are a fundamental source of self-respect and social identity. Jobs also connect people with others through networks. The workplace can be a place to encounter new ideas and information and to interact with people of different cultures and ethnicities. The distribution […]

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