Mboweni’s MTBPS – Delaying the tough decisions

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Back in February, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni set the crucial debt-to-GDP target to peak in three years. It was inevitable that yesterday’s Medium Term Budget

SA needs more jobs – not social grant beneficiaries

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Rather than creating wealth, South Africa has been stuck for the past decade in redistributing existing wealth. This much is evident in the inexorable growth

SA needs more jobs – not social grant beneficiaries

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Rather than creating wealth, South Africa has been stuck for the past decade in redistributing existing wealth. This much is evident in the inexorable growth

Coronavirus truths, half-truths and conspiracy theories

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It is hard to keep fact separated from fiction in the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Many critics of heavy-handed government action are prone to exaggerate their

Coronavirus truths, half-truths and conspiracy theories

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It is hard to keep fact separated from fiction in the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Many critics of heavy-handed government action are prone to exaggerate their

Right of reply: Momentum and race

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In response to the Daily Friend article, Racial discrimination: two questions for Momentum, Momentum Metropolitan noted that the statement that ‘a benefit is being granted

Right of reply: Momentum and race

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In response to the Daily Friend article, Racial discrimination: two questions for Momentum, Momentum Metropolitan noted that the statement that ‘a benefit is being granted

Sneaking in more power for the failing state

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In one respect at least, the government’s latest economic plan is a vast improvement on its most famous predecessor: at 38 pages, the South African

Sneaking in more power for the failing state

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In one respect at least, the government’s latest economic plan is a vast improvement on its most famous predecessor: at 38 pages, the South African

Why the ANC shuts poor people out of the economy

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Why does the ANC despise poor people? Why is it so determined to shut them out of the formal economy? President Ramaphosa’s recent speech on