UNLOCKING SOUTH AFRICA’S SOCIO-ECONOMIC POTENTIAL
Dr Iraj Abedian, economist, businessman
Monday 19–Tuesday 20 January 7.00 pm COURSE FEES R230; Staff and students R115
There will be a reception on Monday 19 January at 6.00 pm before the lecture.
This two-lecture course aims, firstly, to highlight the country’s considerable potential for economic and investment opportunities and, secondly, to offer high-level pathways for realising this potential. The analysis will focus on the need for, and the requisites of, policy course-correction, which is urgently needed for the nation’s welfare and prosperity.
Lecture titles
- Investment potential
- Policy course-correction
Recommended reading
Abedian, I. 2025. Reviving South Africa’s Economic Growth: A Proposed Action Plan for an Integrated Course-Corrective Shock to Shift the Country’s Growth Trajectory. Unpublished.
Sanei, J and Abedian, I. 2020. Future Next: Re-Imagining Our World and Conquering Uncertainty. Cape Town: Mercury, Burnet Media.
South African National Treasury. 2019. Economic Transformation, Inclusive Growth, and Competitiveness: Towards an Economic Strategy for South Africa. https://www.treasury.gov.za/comm_media/press/2019/ towards%20an%20economic%20strategy%20for%20sa.pdf
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