BLSA CEO’s letter 15 February
POSTED ON: February 15, 2021 IN BLSA CEO's Weekly, Covid-19, Economic policy, Energy, Political economy by BLSA
By Busi Mavuso
There were many positives in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state-of-the-nation speech last week.
State of the Nation: Corruption should be the focus
POSTED ON: February 11, 2021 IN Covid-19, Economic policy, Energy, Infrastructure, Political economy, Politics, SOEs by BLSA
By Busi Mavuso
President Cyril Ramaphosa faces a mammoth task of leading the charge to tackle the pandemic, with a death toll nearing 50,000, when he delivers his Sona speech.
Vaccine, then reforms to get the economy going
POSTED ON: February 4, 2021 IN Covid-19, Economic policy, Employment, Energy, Infrastructure, SOEs, Unemployment by BLSA
By Busi Mavuso
The successful rollout of vaccines to health workers will provide the country with an opportunity to redirect its efforts to put the economy back on a recovery trajectory.
Softer issue is an important step in rebuilding confidence
POSTED ON: January 26, 2021 IN Covid-19, Economic growth, Economic policy, Energy, Political economy, Politics 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
BLSA CEO’s letter 25 January
POSTED ON: January 25, 2021 IN BLSA CEO's Weekly, Covid-19, Economic policy, Energy by BLSA
By Busi Mavuso
A faster growth rate depends on implementing prudent macroeconomic policies and structural reforms.
In solving SA’s energy crisis, we have options
POSTED ON: January 19, 2021 IN Busi Mavuso, Covid-19, Employment, Energy, small business, SOEs, Unemployment by BLSA
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.
The year that rudely exposed our decline, even to those in denial
POSTED ON: December 8, 2020 IN Covid-19, Economic policy, Employment, Energy, Political economy, Rating agencies 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.
Ratings agencies fire warnings about lack of implementation
POSTED ON: November 26, 2020 IN Covid-19, Economic policy, Energy, Rating agencies, small business, SOEs by BLSA
By Busi Mavuso
There was no reprieve for SA as our credit ratings were pushed deeper in “junk” status, with ratings agencies implying a lack of faith in our recovery efforts post the pandemic.
SABC restructuring a necessity, as with other SOEs
POSTED ON: November 24, 2020 IN Covid-19, Employment, Energy, Political economy, SOEs by BLSA
By Busi Mavuso
The SABC crisis is evidence of how a culture that encourages a lack of good governance, accountability and sustainability can eventually have on the many stakeholders in a company
Transport sector key to move economy forward
POSTED ON: November 18, 2020 IN Covid-19, Employment, Energy by BLSA
Lockdown may have put the brakes on everything, but BLSA members have kept the wheels moving by providing support where it’s needed most.