Softer issue is an important step in rebuilding confidence


POSTED ON: January 26, 2021 IN , , , , , by BLSA

By Busi Mavuso
The government needs to honour its commitment to structural reforms so as to realise its goal of achieving improved growth rates

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BLSA CEO’s letter 25 January


POSTED ON: January 25, 2021 IN , , , by BLSA

By Busi Mavuso
A faster growth rate depends on implementing prudent macroeconomic policies and structural reforms.

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Reforms not monetary policy is our best hope


POSTED ON: January 21, 2021 IN , , , by BLSA

By Busi Mavuso
The dramatic rise in Covid-19 cases and fatalities over the past month has forced us to devote all our time and energy on ensuring that our stressed and limited public and private health sectors don’t collapse.

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Vaccination – the Litmus test


POSTED ON: January 14, 2021 IN , , , , by BLSA

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.

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Increased co-operation is the way through this crisis


POSTED ON: January 12, 2021 IN , , , by BLSA

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.

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BLSA CEO’s letter 11 January


POSTED ON: January 11, 2021 IN , , by BLSA

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

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BLSA CEO’s letter 14 December


POSTED ON: December 14, 2020 IN , , , , by BLSA

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.

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Collaboration between SAPS and security companies paying off


POSTED ON: December 10, 2020 IN , by BLSA

By Fouche Burgers

Sadly, crime is a worrying, almost ever-present threat in South Africa.

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Vaccine and the promise of a 2021 recovery


POSTED ON: IN , , , by BLSA

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

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The year that rudely exposed our decline, even to those in denial


POSTED ON: December 8, 2020 IN , , , , , by BLSA

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.

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