Zuma and allies under pressure: what way forward for the country?
RAYMOND SUTTNER
We are in a very confusing moment of post apartheid politics. At one level much of the support base around President Jacob Zuma is under attack or... →
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NDZ not Zuma’s candidate in ANC leadership race
POLITICAL INSIGHT
Let me start by quoting from the book Dictator, by Robert Harris – a book about Rome and the last 15 years of Cicero: “You have the soldiers but no... →
Latest Econ3x3
Reservation wages found in surveys can be very misleading
ECON3X3
The responses of unemployed workers to the typical survey question about their ‘lowest acceptable wages’ are susceptible to error and... →
Latest Institute for Security Studies
Local election observers are the ones who count
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Election observer missions are under fire after the recent Kenyan elections, which most observers declared free and fair – a verdict overturned by... →
Latest South African Institute of International Affairs
AGOA: It’s time to move on
SAIIA
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has been the cornerstone of US-Africa trade relations since its inception in 2000. AGOA, which... →
Latest Sydney Majoko
Township pop-up markets one way of tackling spatial problems
TOWNSHIP ECONOMY
The one thing about the township economy that is always going to be a hindrance is space. Owing to the terrible spatial planning of the apartheid... →
Latest Saliem Fakir
Enviro rights entail more than just the environment
LOW-CARBON FUTURE
It is important to review where we have come from over the past 20 years and how much has been achieved in that time. South Africa's Constitution... →
Latest The Conversation
Lessons from KPMG: be on guard, South Africans are on your case
THE CONVERSATION
Moses came down from the mount with tablets inscribed with 10 commandments. Most of us know (most of) them, and most of us fail to live by (most... →
Latest CCRED
August Quarterly Competition Review
CCRED
In April 2017, the COMESA Competition Commission (CCC) conditionally approved a large merger between Brasseries Internationales Holdings (BIH) Ltd... →
Latest Real Economy
Tariff push-back
REAL ECONOMY: ELECTRICITY
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has outlined the process it will be following to assess Eskom’s request for a 19.9% tariff... →
Other Opinions
Gupta-owned Oakbay loses court bid to stop bank from closing its accounts
POLITICS
Investment holding firm Oakbay, owned by the Gupta family that has faced allegations of using ties with South Africa's president to wield undue... →
