Our progress to date
POSTED ON: September 29, 2020 IN by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
Much has improved since Cyril Ramaphosa became president but we haven’t quite changed direction yet.
BLSA CEO’s letter 28 September 2020
POSTED ON: September 28, 2020 IN BLSA CEO's Weekly, Employment, Energy by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
With the new IPP bid window announced, we’re finally at the cusp of a real change in energy security and a potentially vibrant new economic cluster.
Labour reform is more urgent than ever before
POSTED ON: September 24, 2020 IN Employment by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
SA needs to deal with labour reform, a topic that lurks in the background but never really comes to the fore.
SAA’s future should partly be about reducing its risk to the sovereign
POSTED ON: September 22, 2020 IN SOEs by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
How would another capital injection into SAA fit into the Presidential State-Owned Enterprises Council’s drive to reform state-owned enterprises.
BLSA CEO’s letter 21 September 2020
POSTED ON: September 21, 2020 IN BLSA CEO's Weekly by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
It was striking how much business could agree with labour and civil society groups at Nedlac on the way forward.
Business and labour backing president Ramaphosa’s plan
POSTED ON: September 17, 2020 IN Economic policy by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
The economic recovery action plan, agreed to by labour, business and other social partners, is with the president. It’s imperative that Cabinet approves it without delay.
A most welcome change in pace
POSTED ON: September 15, 2020 IN Energy by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
The president injected a sense of urgency into our economic revival last week, backed up by action with the timetable being set for getting more renewable energy onto the grid.
BLSA CEO’s letter 14 September 2020
POSTED ON: September 14, 2020 IN BLSA CEO's Weekly by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
My confidence soared when the president showed last week that he’s willing to take responsibility and hold people accountable.
The growth emergency
POSTED ON: September 10, 2020 IN Covid-19, Employment, Political economy by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
The country needs urgent interventions implemented from the economic recovery strategy to address the jobs crisis we’ve long faced, which has been accelerated by a Covid-19 crisis.
Structural reforms a necessity in light of Q2 contraction
POSTED ON: September 8, 2020 IN Economic policy, Energy, Political economy by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
Will today’s Q2 GDP figures prove to be sobering for policymakers? We hope it makes them realise how urgently we need structural reforms.