Opinion
Lifting women lifts economies
Since being specifically tasked to do so five years ago, state development agencies have poured billions of rands into empowering women in a range of businesses, writes Ebrahim Patel
09 August 2020 - 00:00
We are living through extraordinary times - the Covid-19 pandemic is causing severe economic disruptions that strain working families. Recent data indicates that the US economy shrank by 33% in the past quarter, the worst contraction since records were first compiled. In May, the Bank of England projected that the UK may have the sharpest economic output decline in 300 years...
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