SA needs a new strategy to drive growth and jobs

MoneywebJeremy Maggs · 16 October 2026 at 15:39

‘We have to make sure that we encourage entrepreneurship, we encourage individuals and small companies to innovate, and we also find partnerships,’ says Alan Hirsch, head of the Migration Governance Reform in Africa programme, New South Institute.
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