News Articles

Eastern Cape Provincial Jobs Strategy

Posted: 07 May 2012
Source: ECSECC

The Eastern Cape provincial government has developed a Provincial Jobs Strategy to present the Provincial Government’s understanding of the present provincial jobs and skills crises. You can download the strategy here.

District Socio-Economic Factsheets

Posted: 19 April 2012
Source: ECSECC

Looking for easy access to economic information about districts in the Eastern Cape? Please take a look at ECSECC's new district factsheets.

Fighting AIDS in a time of austerity

Posted: 10 April 2012
Source: ECAC

Join us for a discussion seminar that will examine how the rules and norms of global governance have shaped the context of policy responses to the pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa, and how these material struggles are intimately bound up with struggles over the frames through which the disease is portrayed and perceived by key policy actors and the public.

Four Accords - Five Million New Jobs by 2020

Posted: 03 April 2012
Source: ECSECC

Government and its social partners recently signed a number of accords. Acdords were signed in the area of Skills, Basic Education, Local Procurement and Green Economy. ECSECC's Policy Brief no 1 2012 contains the text of the four accords.

37% unemployment rate among youth in the Eastern Cape

Posted: 03 April 2012
Source: ECSECC

In 2011 more than 60% of youths between 15 and 19 years and more than 50% of youths between 20 and 24 years in the EC were unemployed. ECSECC's economic update on Youth Employment and Unemployment provides an analysis of some of the labour market challenges facing young people in the Eastern Cape

Eastern Cape Automotive Cluster launched

Posted: 20 March 2012
Source: ECSECC

The Eastern Cape Automotive cluster was launched in Port Elizabeth on the 19th of March 2012. The initiative will see joint collaboration among stakeholders to respond to opportunities and challenges in the sector.

Eastern Cape Auto-sector cluster to be launched in March

Posted: 27 February 2012
Source: Engineering News

The Eastern Cape automotive cluster will be launched in early March, despite governance arrangements for the cluster still needing to be established prior to that, Eastern Cape automotive cluster support initiative provincial coordinator Martin Sycholt tells Engineering News.

Mother-tongue schooling a vital factor in better results

Posted: 23 February 2012
Source: Daily Dispatch

The history of language medium policy demonstrates the positive impact that a mother-tongue-based approach has on matric results. ECSECC's Daryl Braam writes about the importance of mother-tounge based education in the Daily Dispatch.

Eastern Cape to launch auto sector cluster in March

Posted: 31 January 2012
Source: Engineering News

The Eastern Cape will launch a provincial automotive industry cluster in March, with the aim of improving and sustaining the competitiveness of the region as a vehicle manufacturing hub.

Working Paper 15 released

Posted: 30 January 2012
Source: ECSECC

ECSECC Working Paper 15 entitled Benchmarking study on municipalities and communities in mining initiatives has been published.