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If Putin and Trump had a baby it might look like Rwanda’s Paul Kagame: a leader with imperialist ambitions and a tenuous relationship with…
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The SARB’s schizophrenic policy guidance
To avoid unnecessary market volatility, the monetary policy committee needs to improve how it communicates its judgments and policy preferences.…
Hope is not a strategy in a new Trump world
Donald Trump is no joke. The unpredictability of his presidency is terrible for investment and policy planning – and SA is not immune…
The Expropriation Act bogeyman: It’s not as bad as you think
The new law is no panacea for the state’s glacial pace on land reform…
South Africa’s DRC shame
SA’s influence in Africa will be seriously undermined if the government withdraws its soldiers from a peacekeeping force in the DRC…
Waiting to exhale: Social media holds its breath
Ageing internet users will do anything for validation. Social media platforms will constantly find ways to slurp up that desperation for hearts and clicks.…
The Expropriation Act and the ANC’s reliance on gloved hand-waving
Ramaphosa’s politics of performance risks disappointing the ANC’s supporters when its legislative innovations don’t result in the promised changes…
The Zuma ghost walks, and Cyril freezes in fear
Cyril Ramaphosa should take a leaf out of Donald Trump’s playbook if he wants to counter the Zuma factor that’s holding him back…
Chasing the ANC’s ‘renewal’ unicorn
Waiting for Godot: the ANC renewal version. Think Ntshavheni’s potentially pending corruption charges, Simelane’s new ministry and Mbaks’s yacht…
Ramaphosa’s hard sell at Davos
The president said all the right things at the World Economic Forum in Davos. But he can’t escape the fact that SA’s recovery is…
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