It’s easy to get economic growth
It is easy to get economic growth; there’s nothing to it. The winning formula could not be simpler. Every time in history, all around the
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Fixing infrastructure not enough to restart SA’s economic engine
South Africa's economy is stagnating. From 2012 to 2023, the average annual growth rate was just 0.8%. In 2024 it declined to 0.5%. In the first quarter of 2025 it slowed to a barely perceptible 0.1%, according to figures released
What’s needed in confronting serious corruption
The following is an edited version of my submission to the Constitutional Review Committee of the National Assembly, focusing on four key recommendations relating to tackling corruption, revising the electoral system to match the demands of coalition politics, reforming the
For those at the back: “Just and equitable” compensation is (above) market value
“Market value is not the constitutional standard” is a common argument in the discourse around compensation for expropriated property. And it is correct. But most immediately assume that this implies below market value compensation as a possibility. Instead, mere market
The false threat of revolution
Marius Roodt and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the ongoing public debate around BEE and South Africa's lost potential. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO28lq-V3rI
The victimhood complex of MAGA men
A white reporter from America who travelled to South Africa to investigate claims of genocide was cruelly mistreated upon boarding his aeroplane. The political right has long criticised the “woke” left, quite fairly, over what has become known as the
SA economy in a coma
Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the dismal GDP growth figures for Q1 of 2025. They also talk about government plans for yet another SOE and the removal of Floyd Shivambu as MK secretary general. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x-GBqja0V4
Of Trump, tacos, chickens and the nastiest of questions
On 2 May, Financial Times writer Robert Armstrong used the term TACO in an article, defining it as "Trump Always Chickens Out." He was referring to Trump's tariffs − Trump's predilection for threatening huge punitive actions and then backpedalling soon