Prescribed Assets – a dangerous path

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The recent talk of prescribed assets by many high-ranking members of the African National Congress (ANC) as well as comments from its alliance partner, the

An ethical imperative

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Last week, I drew attention in these pages to the fact that the government’s plans to empower itself to expropriate property without compensation needed to

‘Wooing’ international development financiers while ‘screwing’ local banks

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President Cyril Ramaphosa remains intent on attracting R1.2 trillion in fixed investment by 2023 and so restoring the country’s failing infrastructure. Earlier this week, at

Sovereign Wealth Fund, Government Bank, and More: The ANC’s vision for a Bigger State

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The ANC envisages a big role for the state in the country’s future, despite current high debt and the need for cuts. The party has committed

South Africa needs a leader, but we don’t have one

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It’s taken about two years for the captains of industry to recognise something that less-powerful and less-connected people have known for a good while –

Do not be fooled by JP Landman’s soothing noises on expropriation

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Earlier this month Nedbank Private Wealth published a note in which JP Landman promised to “cut through the noise” about expropriation without compensation. Mr Landman

The hard truth about SA in 2020 – no reformists means no reform

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Will 2020 will be the year of great political reform in South Africa? This is the question I was asked to address just a few

The flaw in the fable

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Nelson Mandela has, fittingly, been recalled to public consciousness this week in the various statements and events marking the 30th anniversary of his release in

Slimming down Eskom

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I knew of a company once where some of the head honchos became a bit bored doing the jobs they were handsomely paid to do.

F W de Klerk 30 years ago

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There is a flurry of retrospective judgements on the character and achievements of F W de Klerk, whose amazing speech 30 years ago this month