Briefing Focus: Basic Education Employment Initiative - Is public employment simply a stopgap while we wait for economic growth — or does it need to become a permanent pillar of South Africa’s employment strategy? And importantly, what are the returns for the public purse when these programmes are also improving outcomes in schools and communities?

The National Briefing · Sep 7, 2026 · 16m

Briefing Focus: Basic Education Employment Initiative - Is public employment simply a stopgap while we wait for economic growth — or does it need to become a permanent pillar of South Africa’s employment strategy? And importantly, what are the returns for the public purse when these programmes are also improving outcomes in schools and communities?

Guest: Zama Zulu - Executive Director at Masinyusane development organisation

Guest: Joy Olivier - Programme Director at Binding Constraints Lab

Guest: Prof. Justin Visagie - Associate Professor, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies…