Jonathan Katzenellenbogen

The business rescue of SAA has been a prolonged and tortuous process over the past six months. That is largely due to the government wanting

The battle over post-Covid-19 economic policy has begun with diametrically opposed policy approaches from organised business and the African National Congress (ANC) being released last

South Africa’s municipalities, with a few notable exceptions, are spiralling into an ever-deeper mess. Many are now in a cadre-created management and political rut from

The recent economic history of Zimbabwe demonstrates that a crisis can drag on for decades without a turnaround. For much of the past 25 years,

With South Africa in a deep recession and at risk of entering a debt crisis, it was expected that the emergency budget delivered yesterday by

Business confidence, the magic ingredient that lies behind investment and economic growth, has all but collapsed in the country. The Business Confidence Index (BCI) for

South African Airways (SAA) is suffering a tortuous demise as decisions on its future are delayed, to the heavy cost of the taxpayer.  Government now

The African National Congress’s (ANC) vision of a ‘new economy’ is now on the table, marking an apparent victory for the Radical Economic Transformation faction.

Many of South Africa’s lockdown measures have been a combination of the bizarre and the misguided, albeit with evident reasons. Then there are others that