By Busi Mavuso
The latest rounds of loadshedding could not come at a worse time as we fret over the surge in Covid-19 cases that already have a significant impact on our economic recovery hopes.

By Busi Mavuso
The first two bans cost the alcohol industry 165,000 jobs, with the expectation that the third ban might have a similar impact and add more unemployment woes.

By Busi Mavuso
President Ramaphosa gave the country a glimmer of hope when he laid out plans for the Covid-19 vaccination programme, assuring that 20-million doses had been secured.

By Busi
We start 2021 with the second wave of the pandemic in full swing. The numbers and death rates continue to rise as we face a new and more infectious strain.

By Busi Mavuso
It is disappointing that the government has not ordered any vaccine despite Aspen Pharmacare having secured a contract to produce 300-million doses

The spirit of working together is going to be critical in 2021. We have to rebuild the economy to be able to give every South African the opportunity to meet their full potential. BLSA is ready to play its part in that joint effort.

By Busi Mavuso
To say this year has been tumultuous is an understatement. We had to deal with the pandemic, the downgrading of our credit rating and the Zondo Commission.

By Busi Mavuso
Sadly, crime is a worrying, almost ever-present threat in South Africa – and the lack of trust in SAPS has led to an increase in the number of private security companies being utilised by those who are able to afford it

By Busi Mavuso
Never in a million years anyone would have anticipated that 2020 would be shaped by an outbreak from Wuhan City in Hubei Province, China.

By Busi Mavuso

The president showed the right balance in his nuanced approached to imposing more stringent local measures.