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The SAA Deal: Smoke and Mirrors
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jun 16, 2021
At first glance it all looked too good to be true. Under the deal, a private equity firm and an airline entrepreneur will take control of
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G7 leaders to save world from the crises they caused
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jun 15, 2021
The leaders of the elitist Group of Seven (G7) countries descended upon the usually quiet little village of Carbis Bay, Cornwall, to save the world.
Is there a growing backlash against wokeism?
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Jun 14, 2021
Earlier this month English football fans took again to widespread booing when teams on the field performed the ritual of ‘taking the knee’ popularised by
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Putting policy pivots in perspective
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Jun 14, 2021
China’s recent policy pivot to grow its workforce highlights how scarcity-abundance-scarcity cycles have become outdated for most societies. The implications for South Africa run deep.
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Israel and Palestine: A liberal challenge
- By Michael Morris
- . Jun 13, 2021
When novelist Ian McEwan finally made up his mind to travel to Israel a decade ago to accept the prestigious Jerusalem Prize – despite many
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In over-stimulated US economy, will inflation be transitory or persistent?
- By Barry D. Wood
- . Jun 13, 2021
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jay Powell is staking his reputation on the current spike in inflation being transitory. Powell and his colleagues on the Federal
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Good news on energy – but how good?
- By Andrew Kenny
- . Jun 13, 2021
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement on Thursday that industries will be allowed to generate up to 100 MW of their own power for their own use
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Why are we celebrating the Constitution if we’re destroying it?
- By Martin van Staden
- . Jun 12, 2021
The year 2021 marks 25 years since the adoption of the 1996 Constitution. Celebrations have been held in Parliament, in newspaper columns, and at university
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Surprise! Licence-free private generation cap lifted to 100MW
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jun 11, 2021
In a shock announcement yesterday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the cap for private power generation without a licence would be raised from 1MW to
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Frankness needed on bonds
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Jun 11, 2021
Just be frank. That was the advice by President Ramaphosa’s economic advisor in 2018 as the campaign to change the Constitution to ease expropriation without