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Mpiyakhe Dhlamini
Mpiyakhe Dhlamini is the CEO of the African Free Trade and Defence Society. He is also a policy fellow at the IRR, worked as a Data Science Researcher for the Free Market Foundation, and been a columnist for Rapport, the IRR's Daily Friend, and the Free Market Foundation . He believes passionately that individual liberty is the only proven means to rescue countries from poverty.
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The AfCFTA investment protocol is meaningless if investors can’t enforce it against Governments
- By Mpiyakhe Dhlamini
- . Apr 12, 2024
While colonialism may explain why Africa was underdeveloped up to the point of independence, it offers an inadequate explanation of why Africa is still poor
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Mashonishas – loan sharks South African-style
- By Mpiyakhe Dhlamini
- . Oct 21, 2023
South Africans are governed in a way that implies they should seek permission rather than assuming that anything that is not violent is allowed. There
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US dollar has proven itself
- By Mpiyakhe Dhlamini
- . Sep 9, 2023
The BRICS summit has ended, and as expected, all the talk about a BRICS currency to challenge the US dollar has come to nothing. What
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Treasure South Africa’s institutions
- By Mpiyakhe Dhlamini
- . Aug 5, 2023
Amid the noise from the Red Berets’ children’s party last weekend and the coup in Niger: two seemingly unrelated events, the question in my mind
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What developments in US politics mean for South Africa
- By Mpiyakhe Dhlamini
- . Jul 8, 2023
Something interesting is happening in the United States. There are some signs that the present political situation could be the peak of the worst for
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Winter has come – here’s what South Africa should do about it
- By Mpiyakhe Dhlamini
- . Jun 17, 2023
South Africa is facing a serious challenge. The European Union (EU), one of our main and most important trading partners, is moving towards making the
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Liberals must be activists
- By Mpiyakhe Dhlamini
- . Jun 10, 2023
Liberals and libertarians have to become more activist about their beliefs and this does not mean the type of activism typically seen on the left,
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How to get South Africa moving
- By Mpiyakhe Dhlamini
- . May 6, 2023
South Africa should pursue two sets of objectives in order to sustainably solve poverty and grow the national wealth. The first should be a policy
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Let the market set interest rates
- By Mpiyakhe Dhlamini
- . Apr 1, 2023
The world is currently facing a banking crisis reminiscent of the 2008 global financial crisis –although policymakers are reluctant to draw the comparison. This comes
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Transformation at all costs is not worth it
- By Mpiyakhe Dhlamini
- . Mar 11, 2023
One of the things that may keep the ANC in power, although with a reduced vote share, is its status as the home of victimhood.