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[Opinion] Beyond the supplementary budget: how the South African government will respond to its worsening economic and fiscal position
Frans Cronje and David Ansara discuss how SA govt will respond to its worsening economic and fiscal position.
CRA services to continue under Coronavirus contingency plan
Following the announcement by President Ramaphosa last night, Sunday 15 March, a national state of disaster has been declared in South Africa to mitigate the risks of the global Coronavirus pandemic.
[News] Eastern Cape SA’s most unequal province
White South Africans are getting paid three times more than their black African counterparts at work.
[Video] Economists warn of investment downgrades
Some economists have warned that unless South Africa puts its economic house in order soon, it faces the possibility of an investment downgrade.
[News] Key factors driving unemployment discussed
He listed and deeply analysed the following issues: low economic growth; hostile broader economic policy framework; poor education; low skill level, and labour policy as key drivers of unemployment.
[News] South Africa’s Youth Are Deserting the Party of Nelson Mandela
Twenty-five years after the African National Congress ended apartheid, it faces being brought down by an increasingly young and urbanized electorate.
[Opinion] Open the economy, but lock down the schools
If you want a petri dish and distribution network to accelerate the Covid-19 pandemic through South Africa’s towns and cities, then schools are it, writes Frans Cronje.
[News] ‘Pink Vote’ an untapped market for SA political parties
“Gerbrandt van Heerden, the author of The SA Pink Vote report, said if political parties continued to ignore the LGBTQ voting bloc during elections, they risked missing out on an active, dynamic and electorally valuable market.”
[Opinion] Pompeo on land reform: Is SA's trade relationship with the US under threat?
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s criticism of the South African government's proposed policy of Expropriation without Compensation suggests that the US-SA commercial and diplomatic relationship could be under significant strain.
[Opinion] Protecting Property Rights Key to Economic Recovery
South Africa’s intention to expropriate private property without compensation will have damaging effects on the already ailing economy.
[News] Ramaphosa’s Challenge May Be Bigger Than That Faced by Mandela
When Nelson Mandela came to power in 1994, he faced the challenge of uniting a nation divided by apartheid and healing an economy shattered by sanctions and mismanagement.
[News] Ramaphosa’s Dependence on the Left Stymies South African Reforms
“The wrestling match over the ANC tiller is now essentially between a hard-left faction and aggressive racial nationalist faction all under the supervision of a captain who cannot break the deadlock or inspire a third way,” the Johannesburg-based Centre for Risk Analysis said in a report it gives to clients. Ramaphosa “believes, fatally in our view, that maintaining unity among the crew is a priority,” it said.
[News] SA economy ‘not in the doldrums, but the nasties’ - economists
We’d be lucky to see 0.9% growth, which is the World Bank’s expectation, and could already be in a depression rather than a recession, one expert said.
[News] SA will be hard to sell in Davos for Mboweni
Economists are sceptical that Finance Minister Tito Mboweni and Team SA delegation will succeed in inspiring investor appetite in the South African economy at the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos this week.
[News] SARB cuts Repo rate
SARB cuts the Repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25% in Q1 2020, following a unanimous vote by the SARB MPC.
[Opinion] Taxman at your door
David Ansara writes if necessary policies aren’t implemented, taxpayers will continue to pay for government’s profligacy.
[News] Tito’s budget should keep Moody’s off our backs – post-Budget reaction
For the first time in five years, government gave some relief to over-stretched South African taxpayers.
[News] 'We are still crying': Anger at poor public services 25 years into SA's democracy
According to the 2019 Socio-Economic Survey published by the Centre for Risk Analysis, a policy research institute, the number of regular houses in SA has increased by a quarter since 1996. The number of people with access to electricity went up by 61%, and access to flushing toilets rose 30%.
[News] Weak economic growth exacerbating unemployment: Experts
South Africa's unemployment rate remains unchanged at 29.1%.
