EXPERT OPINION: Energy transitions – The role of institutions and market structures

Posted on October 07, 2021

With policymakers in pursuit of sustainable solutions for the global environmental crisis, the value of good governance should be seen as the first and main tool for achieving climate change mitigation, writes UP’s Prof Roula Inglesi-Lotz.

EXPERT OPINION: UP Economics professor rates Minister Tito Mboweni’s Budget Speech

Posted on February 26, 2021

“Mboweni came out of this Budget round unscathed, like Houdini, even though he seemed stuck,” writes Prof Jan H van Heerden of UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences on this year’s Budget Speech.

COVID-19 has hurt some more than others: SA needs policies that reflect this, say UP researchers

Posted on February 03, 2021

As is often the case during economic crises such, there are winners and losers, and in this case, it is the least skilled workers and poor females who suffer the most, say UP researchers.

Social distancing in macrodynamic models

Posted on October 28, 2020

During the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers have often relied on epidemiology models to track the spread of the outbreak. However, such models lack the necessary tools to account for individual behaviour potentially influencing the dynamics of the pandemic. This column integrates individual...

Prestigious scholarship granted to Economics alumnus

Posted on September 09, 2020

Mr Pieter Scribante, a top alumnus of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences’ Department of Economics, has received the prestigious Chevening Scholarship to pursue an MSc degree in Political Science and Political Economy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Top UP Econometrics alumnus excels at LSE

Posted on September 09, 2020

Ms Katie Kironde, who passed her BCom Econometrics and honours degrees at UP with distinction in 2014 and 2015, completed her MSc in Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE) this year, graduating with merit.

SA needs new path to growth post-COVID-19, says SARB Governor Lesetja Kganyago at webinar celebrating bank’s partnership with UP

Posted on August 13, 2020

“South Africa’s debt situation is critical. And our rebound from lockdown is looking weak compared with other countries. As a country, we need to find a path back to fiscal sustainability and growth.”

South Africa’s economic slowdown is not cyclical – we have a massive structural problem, writes UP economics professor

Posted on July 27, 2020

A typical business cycle in economics is cyclical and looks like a sine curve: it has peaks and troughs at regular intervals, and can be likened to the seasons: after winter comes spring, then summer, autumn, and low and behold, winter again. It is predictable.