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The coming showdown over racial quotas: To defy or comply

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For the ANC, the key metric of how well the party is doing and the progress it is making towards its nirvana of the National

The DOGE: A new gold standard for governments?

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What is exceptional about the plans by the incoming Trump Administration to set up a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is that this has never

Argentina: A year on for Javier Milei as a radical libertarian President

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Javier Milei, who describes himself as a radical libertarian anarcho-capitalist, has now been President of Argentina for almost a year. He promised to end the

Public Enterprises: Watch out for the “China Model”

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Rather than getting on with a serious turnaround strategy and reforms, the ANC is fumbling on plans to manage the country’s failing state-owned enterprises. The

Municipal Collapse: Waiting for the voters to elect councils that can do the job

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In South Africa we have rolling crises that sometimes ease, but more often, worsen in phases. We have been through multiple crises in recent years:

The tale of two elections and the consequences: Botswana and Mozambique

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Last week, for the first time ever, Botswana elected a new President who was not from the party that has ruled since independence in 1966.

A hurricane and a collapsed power grid: Time for change in Cuba

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Last week Cuba was hit by two disasters, one natural and the other a man-made own goal. A hurricane hit the island, and the electricity

What are acceptable levels for Eskom tariff hikes?

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Eskom wants to raise power tariffs by more than 36 percent next year, and follow this up with big hikes in the two following years.

Tito Mboweni (1959 – 2024): Defender of central bank independence

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When Tito Mboweni, who passed away over the weekend at the age of 65, was appointed Governor of the Reserve Bank, there was some market

Pressure works for reform: state backs down to Starlink

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About two weeks ago President Cyril Ramaphosa met Elon Musk in New York. The topic that must have been touched on in their talks was