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Will the Just Energy Transition investment plan save SA?

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South Africa is about to embark on a massive and risky state-led plan to change from a fossil fuel-based economy to one based on renewable

What can be done about decaying public infrastructure?

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One of the reasons why South African growth prospects are so dismal is our pitiful level of new investment. Investment in South Africa is a

Eskom and Transnet: millstones around the neck of the economy

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Don’t look to this afternoon’s presentation to Parliament of the Medium-term Budget Policy Statement, which covers the next three years, for a path to economic

Dis-Chem’s disaster

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It remains unclear whether Dis-Chem has withdrawn its moratorium on the hiring of white people. A letter to the public earlier this week on the

Coalitions and the problem of the small parties 

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The DA-led coalitions in metros across Gauteng might soon be history, for the time being, as the ANC puts its new support base in place.

Universal lessons from the UK Mini-Budget and the SA land seizure bill

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The mini-budget in the UK that set off a market panic last week was certainly British in its setting, but the lessons of the disaster

It is all about politics: How can we get out of the mess?

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The South African economy has been stuck in a low-growth, high-unemployment trap for years. Eskom’s power cuts and low confidence are throttling any prospects of

Eskom: Not much can be done ‘at once’

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has cut short an overseas trip to return to deal with the Eskom crisis. How this will help solve the crisis, which

Eskom: The make or break of the South African Economy and the ANC

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Eskom’s performance has now become the make-or-break factor for the South African economy. It could also make or break the ANC. The ANC is so

Towards an ANC-EFF coalition?

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The ANC and EFF could be on the way to sharing power in municipalities and might be moving to a national coalition, and possibly even