Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu

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A worker fits solar panels for South Africa’s first municipally owned solar plant in 2025. Photo by RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images

South Africa’s move to greener energy is creating new jobs, but benefits aren’t evenly spread

Jessika Bohlmann, University of Pretoria; Getrude Njokwe, University of Pretoria; Kehinde Oluwaseun Omotoso, and Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, University of Pretoria

A just transition to a green economy with broad growth in employment will require deliberate efforts.
Context should shape approaches to gender equity. Namthip Muanthongthae via Getty Images

Gender equality is the goal, but how to get there? Case study of South Africa and Australia shows that context matters

Roula Inglesi-Lotz, University of Pretoria; Anna Maria Oosthuizen; Getrude Njokwe, University of Pretoria; Heinrich Bohlmann, University of Pretoria; Helen Cabalu; Hiroaki Suenaga, Curtin University; Jessika Bohlmann, University of Pretoria; Julian Inchauspe, Curtin University; Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, University of Pretoria, and Nguyen Tuan Khuong Truong, Curtin University

Achieving gender parity could take more than a century. South Africa and Australia show why context matters – and why there’s no single formula for equality.
Shacks in Khayelitsha, a shanty town on the Cape Flats in the city of Cape Town. Photo by: Marica van der Meer/Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

A basic income support grant can address extreme poverty and inequality in South Africa ‑ economic model shows how

Carolyn Chisadza, University of Pretoria; Eleni Abraham Yitbarek, University of Pretoria; Kehinde Oluwaseun Omotoso; Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, University of Pretoria; Nicky Nicholls, University of Pretoria, and Ramos Emmanuel Mabugu, Sol Plaatje University

Economic modelling suggests that a basic income grant for all individuals aged between 18 and 59 could significantly reduce poverty and inequality in South Africa.
The reduction of environmental pollution has offered countries the opportunity to start from a position of reduced pollution. Photo by Wikus de Wet/AFP via Getty Images

South Africa could achieve economic recovery, and lower emissions. Here’s how

Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, University of Pretoria; Helene Maisonnave, Université Le Havre Normandie; Martin Henseler, Université Le Havre Normandie, and Ramos Emmanuel Mabugu, Sol Plaatje University

Investment in green technologies in sectors which cause significant environmental pollution can create a double dividend.
Women are more likely to work in sectors hit hard by the pandemic, like hospitality. Guillem Sartorio/AFP

How Covid‑19 has made life harder for South African women

Helene Maisonnave, Université Le Havre Normandie; Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, University of Pretoria; Martin Henseler, Université Le Havre Normandie, and Ramos Emmanuel Mabugu, Sol Plaatje University

The pandemic has increased vulnerability and poverty for female-headed households more than for male-headed households.
State-owned enterprises, such as Transnet, which runs South Africa’s ports, loom large over the economy. Getty Images

Corruption in state‑owned companies hurts low skilled workers the most: we show how

Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, University of Pretoria; Helene Maisonnave, Université Le Havre Normandie; Martin Henseler, Université Le Havre Normandie, and Ramos Emmanuel Mabugu, Sol Plaatje University

Corruption and fraud make a few rich households richer. But the already poor and low-skilled lose their jobs and become poorer.
People queue for food aid south of Johannesburg. The impact of COVID-19 on people’s livelihoods has been severe. Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

COVID‑19 has hurt some more than others: South Africa needs policies that reflect this

Jessika Bohlmann, University of Pretoria; Helene Maisonnave, Université Le Havre Normandie; Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, University of Pretoria; Martin Henseler, Université Le Havre Normandie, and Ramos Emmanuel Mabugu, Sol Plaatje University

South Africa’s economic recovery plan must focus on at least three areas: protecting vulnerable populations, supporting the vulnerable sectors and external trade diversification.

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