ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2020
The FW de Klerk Foundation annually hosts a conference on 2 February in Cape Town (this year’s event fell on Friday, 31 January), to coincide
2020-01-02
The FW de Klerk Foundation annually hosts a conference on 2 February in Cape Town (this year’s event fell on Friday, 31 January), to coincide
Join us for the fourth discussion for 2019 hosted by the Centre for Unity in Diversity (CUD) and supported by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS).
Join us for the third discussion for 2019 hosted by the Centre for Unity in Diversity (CUD) and supported by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS).
Join us for the second discussion for 2019 hosted by the Centre for Unity in Diversity (CUD) and supported by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS).
The Challenge of Economic Growth in South Africa: Structural Transformation and Job Creation
Outline
A Long-Run Growth Trap in South Africa
• Economic Growth and Structural Transformation
The Advent of Deindustrialisation: Global and South African
Evidence
Manufacturing and Low-Wage Employment: A Viable Growth Strategy?
Whither Economic Growth: Building Economic Complexity
Looking to the Future:
• The Fourth Industrial Revolution• South Africa’s Labour Force
Addressing economic equality with pragmatism
Radical land reform – shortcut to poverty
Likely results of constitutional amendment for radical land reform:
Protection of property rights in SA is diminished
Heightened policy uncertainty
Decline in the prices of land & related assets
Negative impact on balance sheets of banks and their ability to provide loans
Reducing Inequality in the schooling system
Outline of the Presentation
• The size and shape of the schooling system
• Progress in addressing inequalities in the schooling system
• Four suggestions for reducing inequality at no or little additional cost
The FW de Klerk Foundation – in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation – invites you to attend our Annual Conference. Our theme for 2019 is: “Addressing Inequality”.
The FW de Klerk Foundation annually hosts a conference on 2 February in Cape Town (this year’s event falls on Friday, 1 February), to coincide with the announcement in Parliament in 1990 of the release of Nelson Mandela and other prisoners and the unbanning of several organisations. Each year the conference tackles a topical theme, with input from a diverse range of influential speakers. Previous speakers include former President Kgalema Motlanthe, Justice Albie Sachs, Dr Mathews Phosa, Ms Rhoda Kadalie, Prof Frans Viljoen, Mr Sipho Pityana, Adv Jeremy Gauntlett, Mr Johann Rupert and former President FW de Klerk.
The FW de Klerk Foundation – in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation -hosted our Annual Conference in Cape Town on 1 February. Our theme