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19 May 2013
                       
 
 
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23 Jan 2013
 
 
In danger of being a failed state?
INSIGHT AFRICA
The last Insight which you received in early December was a lead-up to the ANC's important electoral and policy-making conference later in the month.  We focused in particular on the probable...
 
 
25 Jul 2012
 
Mining industry reality will sink Sims – Spicer
LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT
Reality would get in the way of the implementation of most of the proposals for the South African mining industry made in the State Intervention in the Minerals Sector (Sims) document, Business...
 
 
11 Jul 2012
 
 
 
President Banda announces the establishment of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Economy
STATEMENT
On 29 June 2012 President Banda opened the National Dialogue on the Economy in Malawi held at the Nkopola Lodge in Mangochi on Lake Malawi. Co-organised by the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst...
 
 
10 Jul 2012
 
South Africa after the ANC
SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATIONS
Few analysts are prepared to make bold forecasts about South Africa’s future political landscape. This paper breaks from that pattern and argues that the ANC is dying and will lose its...
 
 
03 Jul 2012
 
South Africa after the ANC
South African Institute of Race Relations
Few analysts are prepared to make bold forecasts about South Africa’s future political landscape. This paper breaks from that pattern and argues that the ANC is dying and will lose its...
 
 
29 May 2012
 
'Growth plan important for economy'
ECONOMY
The New Growth Path is an important instrument to promote employment and growth in the economy, the African National Congress (ANC) and Business Unity South Africa (Busa) said on Monday evening....
 
 
22 Aug 2011
 
SA: Statement by Government, responding to comments made by Michael Spicer (22/08/2011)
Statements

Michael Spicer has been at the helm of Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA), for seven years. He has had ample time to make a meaningful contribution to the transformation of business in...

 
 
01 Jul 2011
 
ANC leaders look impotent amid destructive nationalisation rhetoric
NATIONALISATION
Many South Africans probably breathed a slight sigh of relief last week when two key business organisations indicated that they were ready to engage in a “robust” debate on the merits, or the...
 
 
21 Jun 2011
 
Big business warns on investment costs of nationalisation debate
MINE NATIONALISATION
Mine nationalisation was not only a “bad idea”, but big business in South African argued on Tuesday that the manner in which debate was currently being conducted was eroding policy certainty,...
 
 
15 Apr 2011
 
Business and government workshop on SA hosting global climate change talks
CLIMATE CHANGE
In preparation for South Africa’s hosting of the global climate change negotiations in December, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa on Friday declared the “road to Durban...
 
 
22 Feb 2011
 
 
 
Big business ready to name, shame, expel ‘good corporate citizen’ transgressors
BUSINESS ETHICS
Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA), which represents the largest 84 domestic and foreign companies operating in the country, has released a ‘code of good corporate citizenship’, which, if...
 
 
17 Feb 2011
 
News this week
UPDATE
South-South trade is growing fast; carbon regulation, and in particular taxation, must not disadvantage South Africa economically; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that, while he...
 
 
15 Feb 2011
 
Pricing of water should reflect infrastructure costs
WATER MANAGEMENT
Infrastructure degradation, water inefficiency, backlogs in providing access to basic water services, wastage and problems such as acid mine drainage were exacerbating water scarcity in South...
 
 
14 Feb 2011
 
Proposed labour law changes could spur job losses, lawyers warn
LABOUR LEGISLATION
South Africa’s proposed amendments to its labour laws lacked clarity and definition and were likely to attract material criticism from both business and trade unions at public hearings next week,...
 
 
15 Oct 2010
 
Economic growth insufficient — Sexwale
ECONOMY
South Africa's economic growth, which is currently below 4%, is "insufficient," the Minister of Human Settlements Tokyo Sexwale said on Friday.
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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