Busisiwe Mavuso | The public-private partnership model will be crucial in upgrading SA’s ports
POSTED ON: April 29, 2022 IN by Admin
By Busisiwe Mavuso
Today we have a situation where ships are spending days or weeks lying at anchor before they can be processed at our ports. This affects businesses across the port logistics supply chains who experience significant delays as well as financial losses.
New municipal councils must be held to account on delivering water security
POSTED ON: November 25, 2021 IN by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
Among our many problems, we face a water and sanitation crisis with failing wastewater treatment and subsequent pollution of the country’s water resources a particular problem, prompting the SA Human Rights Commission to declare it a national disaster.
The promises of the newly elected councillors
POSTED ON: November 9, 2021 IN Political economy by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
Residents and businesses are quite entitled to expect their municipalities to deliver basic essentials such as a reliable water and electricity supply, efficient refuse removal and sewage collection and disposal.
BLSA CEO’s newsletter – 27 September 2021
POSTED ON: September 27, 2021 IN BLSA CEO's Weekly, Infrastructure by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
Businesses must now worry about the prospect of a major cut in bandwidth for those who connect through cell-phone networks, with ICASA pressing ahead to terminate access to emergency spectrum at end-November.
Icasa call on ‘Covid-19 spectrum’ is a shock
POSTED ON: September 21, 2021 IN Covid-19, Infrastructure, Political economy by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
One of the key structural reforms SA desperately needs is far greater access to spectrum. Economic growth is being choked by a lack of data bandwidth at reasonable prices.
SA should lower restrictions in boosting economic recovery
POSTED ON: September 13, 2021 IN Employment, Infrastructure, small business by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
Our jobs market remains one of the worst in the world, with unemployment in Q2 reaching 34.4%, the highest of 80 industrialised nations tracked by Bloomberg.
Record unemployment will worsen if we can’t unlock infrastructure promise
POSTED ON: August 30, 2021 IN Employment, Infrastructure by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
If we thought we had a jobs crisis on our hands before this pandemic, we now we have something much, much larger than we had ever imagined.
Rebuilding confidence of small business is key to jobs and growth crisis battle
POSTED ON: August 10, 2021 IN Economic growth, Employment, small business by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
July protests add to a series of unfortunate events for women in SA
POSTED ON: IN Covid-19, Employment, Infrastructure, small business by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
We should consider the real impact of the protests and the various lockdown measures on women, especially black women in the country.
Resilient South African businesses start road to recovery after protests
POSTED ON: August 2, 2021 IN Infrastructure, small business by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
As BLSA, we’ve asked the state to step in and aid the rebuild effort. National Treasury’s R39bn package to provide relief to businesses and the poor should be welcomed.