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Game Changer: The rise of the MK Party

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Just months before the election, a new party is upending earlier polls and multiplying the coalition possibilities after May 29th. The uMkhonto we Sizwe Party,

Budget 2024/25: Rules to curb deficit and debt just won’t work in SA

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When Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers the budget this afternoon, we are likely to hear mostly bad news. Slower than expected economic growth will mean

The paths to economic decline and crisis?

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Some years ago, I was among a group of journalists invited to an embassy function in Pretoria. To get the discussion rolling we were asked:

The Big Trade-off: Holding on to SOEs vs Faster Economic Growth

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Later this month the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, will present a budget against a backdrop of disappointment. The country’s economic growth rate this year

After the Hague: Claiming the moral high ground creates its own problems

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Both South Africa and Israel have claimed victory in the ruling handed down by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last week. In much of

SA, Iran and the wider war in the Middle East

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The Israel-Hamas war in Gaza has sparked a wider Middle East war, which could yet draw in the world’s major powers and threaten a global

Lawfare: South Africa at the ICJ

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The South African government is proud of its activist foreign policy in speaking out on the big international issues of the day. Its case before

Lessons from Argentina: What if a libertarian becomes President of South Africa?

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In Argentina, Javier Milei, a radical libertarian who promised shock therapy to severely cut the role of the government, was recently inaugurated as President. Milei

Making privatisation and ending BEE key to the election

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At the launch of his political party, ‘Change Starts Now’, last year, Roger Jardine said he would soon be asking the public for policy suggestions.

2024 Elections: A watershed if the ANC gets less than 50 percent

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The national and provincial elections next year could be a watershed in our post-1994 history. There is a good chance that the African National Congress