Mboweni rises to the challenge
POSTED ON: February 26, 2020 IN Latest news by Admin
Tito Mboweni has faced up to the challenges and delivered a tough budget that will rescue the state from financial disaster – if it can be implemented.
The toughest budget since democracy
POSTED ON: February 25, 2020 IN Latest news, Political economy by Admin
South Africa’s national finances are in a perilous state and the finance minister will have the difficult task of setting out how they will be managed.
THE BUDGET: “SUBSTANCE OVER BLUSTER”
POSTED ON: IN Economic policy, Political economy, SOEs by Admin
Much is riding in the 2020 Budget speech because a slide into full junk status by Moody’s is a very clear and present danger.
Bold leadership is required to end SA’s jobs crisis
POSTED ON: February 20, 2020 IN Employment by Admin
The dual catastrophes of South Africa’s unemployment and economic growth situations can only be met by leadership with a will to make the right but perhaps politically less palatable choices.
Urgent implementation required on positive Sona messages
POSTED ON: February 19, 2020 IN Economic policy, Employment, Politics, SOEs by Admin
President Cyril Ramaphosa gave a positive SONA 2020 with some real plans to deal with our economic problems. The challenge is implementation.
Cyril Ramaphosa’s Sona is the most significant speech since 1994
POSTED ON: February 11, 2020 IN Latest news, Political economy, SOEs by Admin
It is up to President Cyril Ramaphosa to reinvigorate and inspire confidence in South Africans from all walks of life in his SONA.
Cosatu’s debt bailout proposal for Eskom amounts to nothing more than a free lunch
POSTED ON: February 10, 2020 IN Political economy, SOEs by Admin
SA can’t use public pensions as a convenient piggy bank to bail out our indebted SOEs and avoid fundamental reforms.
The argument against appointing a ‘land tsar’
POSTED ON: February 6, 2020 IN Political economy by Admin
Placing land reform in the hands of a government official – a ‘land tsar’ – will only add another layer of policy uncertainty to South Africa’s economic story.