Economic Society of South Africa

🌟 ESSA's Council for 2025 to 2027 ⭐ Following our nomination and election process earlier in 2025, we are delighted to announce our new Council who will be leading ESSA for our next two year term. ESSA is led by our President, Jen Snowball, and President-Elect, Harold Ngalawa. Our Executive Committee includes our immediate Past President, Daniela Casale, our Executive Secretary, Kim Adonis, and the Managing Editor of the South African Journal of Economics, Steve Koch. The ESSA Council also includes the Executive Director of Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Fouché Venter. Our returning Council members include: Carolyn Chisadza, Debra Shepherd, Derek Yu, FRIKKIE BOOYSEN, Heinrich Bohlmann, Jessika Bohlmann and sibanisezwe khumalo. We are excited for this next term of Council, as we continue to grow and expand the reach of ESSA.

📢 Call for Applications for Associate Editor of the South African Journal of Economics (SAJE) 📢 ESSA invites applications for the position of Associate Editor of the SAJE. The SAJE is one of the oldest and most respected regional journals in economics. It publishes high-quality research across all fields of economics, with a particular emphasis on developmental and African contexts. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the advancement of economics scholarship in Africa, work with leading academics in the field, and play a key role in shaping the future of the SAJE. Refer to the Call for Applications for more information. The closing date for applications is the 15th November 2025.

In September we celebrated our 100-year anniversary with our Centenary Conference in Somerset West. The conference was a massive success and we have received overwhelmingly positive feedback from both long-standing ESSA members as well as other participants. We had close to 300 participants from academia, government and industry, with over 200 papers being presented. We would like to thank our headline sponsor, PPS for their support and collaboration, together with our other sponsors for the event include the South African Reserve Bank, Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Bureau for Economic Research (BER) and Interledger Foundation, who helped to make this event a huge success. Another big thank you goes to our student volunteers from University of the Western Cape, University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University. The conference included many Special Sessions that were arranged by some of the leading economics research organisations in the country, these included: South African Reserve Bank, Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), University of Cape Town (DataFirst), DSI/NRF SARChI in Industrial Development, Development Policy Research Unit, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research, African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), University of Pretoria (Energy Economics Research Unit (EERU)),Stellenbosch Universityy (Research on Socio-Economic Policy (RESEP)),UNU-WIDER - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Researchh (SA-TIED) andStellenbosch Universityy (Laboratory for the Economics of Africa's Past (LEAP)). It was wonderful to connect with our community of economists, and we look forward to continued engagement and growth as a Society.

At ESSA's Centenary Conference in September we celebrated our 100-year anniversary and hosted a wonderful Gala Dinner. We were honoured to have 11 of our Past Presidents in attendance at the Gala Dinner, including: (back row) Philippe Burger, Heinrich Bohlmann, Daniela Casale, current President Jen Snowball, Jannie Rossouw and Waldo Krugell (front row) Stan Du Plessis, Estian Calitz, Gavin Keeton, Raymond Parsons, Elsabé Loots and Peet Strydom. We also handed over medals and certificates to our Founders' Medal winners for 2023 and 2024. It was a truly memorable event, marking a significant milestone in our history as a Society. We would like to thank PPS, our headline sponsor for the conference, their support and partnership has been a big part of the success of the conference.

Today marks the second day at our Centenary Conference. Daniela Casale delivered her Presidential Address entitled, "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Reflections on Gender". She explained central features of feminist economics, making equity and efficiency arguments for gender diversity, and turning the lens inward, she provided evidence of diversity in the economics profession in South Africa and why women's under-representation matters. The full text of her sobering and inspiring address will be published in the South African Journal of Economics, ESSA's flagship journal.

Today marks the beginning of our Centenary Conference 🌟 hosted at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West. We are excited to welcome our ESSA members and conference participants. We have put together an exciting and rich programme for the next 3 days that showcases diverse economics research in South Africa.

📢 ANNOUNCEMENT We are holding two Special Session Panel Discussions at the Economic Society of South Africa 2025 Centenary Conference! We invite attendees to join!

10 Days Until Registration Closes Reminder to register for our Centenary Conference. This year ESSA celebrates 100 years and we will be celebrating this significant milestone at our biennial conference. REGISTRATION CLOSES on the 25th July 2025. For more information on the conference, and to register, please use this link - https://lnkd.in/diRa4-UQ

Reminder to register for our Centenary Conference. This year ESSA celebrates 100 years and we will be celebrating this significant milestone at our biennial conference. For more information on the conference, and to register, please use this link - https://lnkd.in/diRa4-UQ

Our March 2025 issue of the South African Journal of Economics features papers on Basel III and South African Banking. Refer to the document below for abstracts from three of the papers contained within this issue. To get online access to the SAJE, visit out website and sign up to become an ESSA member (www.essa.org.za).