Articles for Jeremy Seekings

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Has the national government abandoned vaccination?

Vaccine uptake has dropped dramatically and there appears to be no push from the President or the national health department to change this

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Analysis | 16 February 2022

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Vaccine rollout: the government has made three mistakes

As a result, we have at least 13 million unused vaccines

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Analysis | 6 December 2021

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Covid-19 vaccines: Current challenge is not supply but using the available vaccines

The government’s plan requires vaccinating one million people per week, but it has only fully vaccinated 1.4 million people in nine weeks.

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Analysis | 22 July 2021

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We shouldn’t shift vaccines away from the elderly

Less than 40% of people over 60 have been vaccinated

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Analysis | 30 June 2021

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Why is the government in such a muddle over vaccination?

Decisions are chaotic and lack transparency

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Opinion | 17 June 2021

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South Africa’s vaccine rollout can succeed

But it will require leadership and tough negotiations with drug companies

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Analysis | 14 June 2021

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Can the vaccine rollout be sped up?

There are several bottlenecks that need to be fixed

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Analysis | 7 June 2021

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South Africa’s vaccine rollout needs a boost

The number of vaccinations is far below the number of vaccine doses in the country. The available vaccines need to be used urgently.

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Analysis | 27 May 2021

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Who is responsible for government’s failure to deliver?

Food and social grant commitments have fallen woefully short

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Analysis | 3 July 2020

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Feeding poor people: The national government has failed

But civil society, provincial and local governments have tried to fill the gap

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Analysis | 2 June 2020

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SASSA’s big test: When will the emergency Covid-19 social grant be paid?

Many South Africans have no income

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Analysis | 19 May 2020

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Covid-19 grant: We can learn from Namibia

Emergency grant was paid out to hundreds of thousands within three weeks

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Analysis | 29 April 2020

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Covid-19: Ramaphosa’s plan is good, but the budget is insufficient

An in-depth analysis of the social grants component of the relief package

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Analysis | 23 April 2020

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South Africa’s failure to create manufacturing jobs

To reduce unemployment South Africa needs to prioritise labour-intensive work instead of higher wages, write professors Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Nattrass

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Opinion | 18 February 2019

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Minimum wages: too high will hurt poor people

At Cosatu's demand of R4,500 per month, we risk increasing unemployment

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Opinion | 15 February 2016

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National minimum wage part three: the options

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is hosting a social dialogue between business, labour and other constituencies over setting a national minimum wage (NMW). This is the final installment of a three part series by two University of Cape Town professors.

Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings

Analysis | 26 November 2015