Stephen Grootes talks to Justin Visagie, Associate Professor, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies about how Gauteng’s economy has changed over the past decade, whether it still deserves its status as the engine room of South Africa, and how shifts in migration, sectoral growth and persistent load shedding have reshaped provinces like Gauteng and the Western Cape.
In other interviews, Premal Ranchod, Head of Research at Alexforbes talks about new research unpacking South Africa’s “talent balance sheet” with the report highlighting a widening disconnect between the country’s education outcomes and the skills required by the modern investment and financial services industry, particularly in scarce areas like quantitative analysis, portfolio management and data science.
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