Martin Kaggwa

• Tshwane University of Technology

Background: Many countries in the world are still struggling to control COVID-19 pandemic. As of April 28, 2020, South Africa reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Sub-Sahara Africa. The country took aggressive steps to control the spread of the virus including setting a national command team for COVID-19 and putting the country on a com...

Background: Many countries in the world are still struggling to control COVID-19 pandemic. As of April 28, 2020, South Africa reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Sub- Sahara Africa. The country took aggressive steps to control the spread of the virus including setting a national command team for COVID-19 and putting the country on a co...

This research study explored workplace challenges that women in the South African mining sector still face despite progressive gender sensitive regulations. The purpose of the research was to come up with evidence-based recommendations on how to promote sustainable gender equality in South Africa's mining sector. A survey approach was used for the...

The South African government planned to introduce a carbon tax from 2013 as part of its efforts to reduce pollution levels emanating from domestic economic activities. The government sought buy-into the carbon tax policy from all stakeholders before its introduction. The position of organized labour has, however, ranged from outright rejection to r...

This paper examines the dynamic relationship of Foreign Direct Investment shocks (FDI), economic growth (GDP) and other macroeconomic variables in South Africa. Using a structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) model like Sims (1980), results show that on the one hand the impact of FDI on GDP is positive, yet minimal and insignificant, while on the o...

Investment in robotic automotive manufacturing and inherent electronics has played a pivotal role in the growth and competitiveness of the South African automotive industry. Government's offering of incentives was intended to lessen the cost of local industry's expensive, but necessary investment. Despite the growth, industry trade balance has been...

Investment in state of the art machinery and tooling and in R&D is widely seen as a prerequisite for achieving industry competitiveness in the long term. Investment-based incentives that countries provide for these inputs are perceived as a way of supporting industry competitiveness. Despite this being a global phenomenon, there is no formal proces...

The use of selective industrial policy to reintegrate South Africa’s previously protected automotive industry into the global business is one of the few successful cases on the African continent in recent times. South Africa’s success provides a useful reference point for other African countries in which selective industrial policy is a key part of...

Addressing economic and social disparities created by the legacy of apartheid was one of the priorities of the new democratic government in South Africa (Bruggemans 2004: 67). A key socioeconomic objective of the government was to create a better life for the poor, the vulnerable and the excluded in society through economic empowerment. As such, po...

Using selective industrial policy, South Africa succeeded in re-integrating its previously protected automotive manufacturing industry into the global value chain. In the period 1995 to 2006, the industry experienced significant growth in both vehicle production and exports. Despite these successes, the future of automotive manufacturing in South A...

Investment in the state of art machinery, tooling, and R&D is widely seen as a prerequisite for achieving industry competitiveness in the long term. Therefore, the provision for investment-based incentives by countries is perceived as a way of supporting industry competitiveness. Despite this being a global phenomenon, there is no formal process to...

In 2000 the South African Government introduced an investment incentive for the automotive industry, the Productive Asset Allowance (PAA). This was intended to support the objectives of the Motor Industry Development Programme (MIDP). This paper presents an empirical assessment of the PAA's prospects for supporting the competitiveness of South Afri...

The article consists of a Powerpoint presentation on assessment of an incentive for investment in automotive manufacturing in a developing economy for promoting global competitiveness. The areas discussed include: investment incentive; investment under PAA (Productive Asset Allowance); investment breakdown; production volumes and revenue of PAA pro...

South Africa has been has been giving investment and export-based incentives to the automotive industry as a means of supporting the industry attain global competitiveness. Whereas industry investment, production and exports have increased in the period 1995 to 2004, employment and sourcing of domestic components have lagged behind general industry...