ENCA Interview: Social Employment Fund – The work that the market misses

Government says it has created over R2 million jobs and livelihood support opportunities for unemployed South Africans since October 2020. This was done through the presidential employment stimulus. A social policy specialist, Zak Essa, argues that these programmes alongside social employment funds are important. He argues that public employment should be seen as an investment, not a cost. He has written a piece called The work that the market misses, alongside Bridget Hanna, Innovation Director at the DG Murray Trust, and why it’s so important to employ people to do the work.