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.

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BLSA CEO’s letter 28 September 2020


POSTED ON: September 28, 2020 IN , , 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.

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Labour reform is more urgent than ever before


POSTED ON: September 24, 2020 IN 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.

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SAA’s future should partly be about reducing its risk to the sovereign


POSTED ON: September 22, 2020 IN 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.

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BLSA CEO’s letter 21 September 2020


POSTED ON: September 21, 2020 IN 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.

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Business and labour backing president Ramaphosa’s plan


POSTED ON: September 17, 2020 IN 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.

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A most welcome change in pace


POSTED ON: September 15, 2020 IN 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.

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BLSA CEO’s letter 14 September 2020


POSTED ON: September 14, 2020 IN 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.

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The growth emergency


POSTED ON: September 10, 2020 IN , , 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.

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Structural reforms a necessity in light of Q2 contraction


POSTED ON: September 8, 2020 IN , , 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.

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