Perspectives
2024 | News articles
- Diana Vela-Almeida | The just energy transition ignores labour outside the formal economy. So is it just? | 12 November 2024
- Ruth Castel-Branco | A decade ago, such a protest movement in Mozambique would have been difficult to fathom | 11 November 2024
- Moina Spooner with Hannah J. Dawson, Imraan Valodia and others | Africa’s ‘youthquake’: No jobs, the wrong skills and little hope | 4 September 2024
2023 | News articles
- Edward Webster | Labour’s future hangs in the balance | 26 October 2023
- Edward Webster | Trade unions: new ways of organising in the digital age | 1 October 2023
- Fikile Masikane | Riding to survive: food couriers in three African cities | 23 June 2023
2022 | News articles
- Edward Webster and Ruth Castel-Branco | Worker organisations can survive the digital age. Here’s how: 14 November 2022
- Ruth Castel-Branco | Social grants offer cash, but they aren’t a magic bullet response to inequality in the global south | 16 October 2022
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Ruth Castel-Branco and Boaventura Monjane | Mozambican unions hit snooze on a national strike: why it’s a bad thing for workers | 16 August 2022
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Hannah J. Dawson and Ruth Castel-Branco | Digital labour platforms subject global South workers to ‘algorithmic insecurity’ | 16 June 2022
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Ruth Castel-Branco and Hannah J. Dawson | 4IR - a seductive idea requiring critical engagement | 27 June 2022
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Ruth Castel-Branco, Seipati Mokhema and Hannah Dawson | A reflection on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a critical framing | 27 May 2022
2021 | News articles
- Ruth Castel-Branco, Sarah Cook, Hannah Dawson and Edward Webster | The Future of Work in the Digital Age | 05 November 2021
- Ruth Castel-Branco | South Africa’s basic income versus jobs debate: a false dilemma | 12 August 2021
- Hannah J. Dawson, Liz Fouksman and William Monteith | Work as we knew it has changed. Time to think beyond the wage | 13 September 2021
- Hannah J. Dawson | Stereotypes about young jobless South Africans are wrong: what they’re really up to | 14 June 2021
- Hannah J. Dawson | South African president extends special COVID-19 grant. Why this is not enough | 12 February 2021
- Sandiswa Mapukata, Shafee Verachia and Edward Webster | Decoding Algorithmic Control | 5 November 2021
- Edward Webster | Informal workers and flexible organisation: Seizing the Covid moment | 8 March 2021
Moneyweb’s new podcast explores the realities of street-level business in Africa. In this inaugural episode, experts Ruth Castel-Branco and Laura Alfers unpack the complexities of informal work, explore its policy implications, and reveal why it deserves more recognition in Africa’s economic narrative. Ramela, D. (Host). (2025, April 4). From street stalls to structural change [Audio podcast episode]. In The Business of Africa. Moneyweb.