Faculty from the University of Texas and the University of Cape Town are beginning a collaboration on the drivers of the past, present, and future of work in South Africa. In this panel, leading South African economists set the stage for this project to generate much-needed responses to the many economic, legal, and political crises exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Haroon Bhorat
Professor of Economics & Director of the Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town
Busi Sibeko
Researcher, Institute for Economic Justice
Neva Makgetla
Senior Economist at Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies
Imraan Valodia
Economist & Dean of the Faculty of Commerce, Law, and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Moderated by Dennis Davis
Professor of Commercial Law, University of Cape Town
Relevant Research Clusters: Essential Work, Work Across the Global South
