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SA voters tired of ‘vote for jobs’ lure

l Job destruction cancels job creation

Parties across the political spectrum are leaning heavily on the lure of jobs to secure votes, but experts warned it is easy to promise, difficult to deliver.

UKZN economics professor Dr Harold Ngalawa said it was “quite easy” to sell the idea that you would create jobs but the issue was, at what rate?

“The process of job creation and job destruction is continuous. Jobs are being created at the moment.

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