Why South Africa needs to go Irish
‘Money’ author David McWilliams isn’t writing South Africa off yet – but it needs to shake off its emerging-market curse and kickstarts its factories…
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Godongwana’s third act: Another box office flop?
Budget 3.0 lands without the VAT hike. But with weak growth, rising costs and party tension, it’s another instalment in search of a new…
South Africa’s jobless, growthless trap
South Africa’s jobless growth trap persists, with unemployment at 32.9%. The deeper causes are structural, stubborn and politically inconvenient…
The JSE’s listings crisis demands some honest introspection
The slow-motion collapse of our public equity market lies with the very industry meant to steward the nation’s savings…
Debt crisis: South Africa’s not there yet, but …
Scrapping the VAT hike isn’t going to push South Africa into a debt crisis. But without real growth and spending cuts, we’re drifting closer…
What Trump’s trade rivals might use as payback
As Trump focuses his attention on slapping tariffs on imported goods, rivals eye the US’s powerful services sector for retaliation…
Why ‘America First’ economics won’t fly
Despite last week’s pause, White House advisers are apparently still full steam ahead on Trump’s tariff plan. Sanity, it seems, will not prevail…
Legal heavyweights join forces to fight BEE rules
Bowmans, Webber Wentzel and Werksmans are joining Norton Rose Fulbright to challenge BEE rules they say could derail real transformation…
Torching the dollar: The thinking behind Trump’s massive tariff gamble
The US’s desire to drive down the value of the mighty dollar is regarded as central to the unpredictable and hugely volatile tariff war…
Mashaba’s budget coup rescues ANC, as the DA fumes
ActionSA has come to the ANC’s aid to get the budget over the line. But at what cost to the government of national unity?…
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Did RMH overpay its executives?
RMH executive bonuses may have been based on problematic computations…
A R1.5-trillion habit South Africans can’t afford
South Africa’s gambling industry is booming. But with R1.5-trillion wagered…
The cost of Eskom’s secret pricing deals
Open Secrets’ fight for Eskom’s South32 pricing deal reveals how…
Behind the economic thinking of Paul Mashatile
How does Deputy President Paul Mashatile believe the economy should…
