Without deep reform, forget about a big boost to business confidence.
Business confidence has rarely been at high levels in SA, but since about 2010—bar a few short periods—has been in the doldrums.
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The new Ipsos poll is crazy
Nicholas Lorimer and Terence Corrigan discuss the latest Ipsos poll on the South African local government elections. They also discuss fixing local government, the ANC’s candidate debacle, and the strange case of a South African soldier being compelled to make
A local government design that is fit for purpose
Although largely absent from public conversation, the proposals contained in a recent white paper on local government could herald the most far-reaching set of changes in South African governance since the 1990s. Published in May, it is largely a response
We have the taps, but we don’t have the water
For the past two decades, South Africa has made significant progress in improving access to water. Data from the recently published Living Conditions chapter of the Socio-Economic Survey of South Africa from the Centre for Risk Analysis indicates that in
Is bigger always better?
Africa is much bigger than the Mercator projection makes it look. Correcting that makes sense. Turning the size of a continent on a map into a question of dignity and justice is another matter.
“Durban V” versus moving beyond racial politics
Just as “war is politics by other means,” racial politics can offer paths to power via coercive means.
Franz Kafka lives on in Hong Kong and Washington
In Franz Kafka’s 1925 novel, The Trial, Prague bank clerk Joseph K is arrested but not told why. He was informed neither of the nature of the purported crime nor the names of the accusers. He is left to speculate
Who are the Boks?
To appreciate who the Springboks are, it helps to look back in time to who they were.
Johannesburg will turn 150 in 2036
There is a danger that this will be treated as little more than another anniversary to be marked by a municipal programme, a commemorative logo and a series of speeches. That would be a profound waste of the occasion.