The invisible unemployed Severe, entrenched unemployment is arguably the most significant social and economic problem in South Africa. Its consequences include poverty and inequality. But articles like this one and this and supporters of the minimum wage (MW) concentrate on its purported benefits on already employed people. Once again, the unemployed are ignored and forgotten. Supporters claim it spurs real and sustainable economic growth without saying how exactly. As example, they point to developing countries, like Brazil, where it was implemented but omit to say those economies are different to and far more efficient and productive than ours where MWs might painlessly be absorbed, utilised and create "spill over [economic] effects". In fact, Brazil with its current economic problems is not an economic poster child. The minimum wage-linked social, pension and unemployment benefits rose dramatically, increasing national debt, which was 60% GDP in 201...