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10th November 2017

The hair-raising revelations in Jacques Pauw’s latest book, ‘The President’s Keepers’, outlining President Jacob Zuma’s association with key figures in South Africa’s underworld add yet another... 


VITAL BAIL-OUT

VITAL BAIL-OUT

3rd November 2017

The exit of South African Airways’ toxic former chairperson, Dudu Myeni, may have been the best bail-out news yet received by the national carrier. Nevertheless, even with the additional support... 


NUCLEAR ACCELERATOR

NUCLEAR ACCELERATOR

27th October 2017

Whether justified or not, the appointment for former State Security Minister David Mahlobo as the country’s latest Energy Minister is seen an attempt by Present Jacob Zuma to push ahead with the... 


MISSING OUT

MISSING OUT

20th October 2017

Largely owing to an exceptional solar resource, this country is often referred to as ‘sunny South Africa’. However, while the world is adopting solar photovoltaic (PV) technology at a record pace,... 


RUNNING ON EMPTY

RUNNING ON EMPTY

13th October 2017

Besides making ongoing losses, PetroSA is also facing an existential crisis, as its gas resources dwindle. Diminishing gas feedstock from its offshore wells, means that the Mossel Bay... 


CORPORATE CASUALTIES

CORPORATE CASUALTIES

6th October 2017

The corporate body count directly attributable to the State-capture project continue to mount. Besides those companies directly associated with the controversial Gupta family, such as Oakbay and... 


POWER STRUGGLE

POWER STRUGGLE

29th September 2017

Amid genuine unhappiness at the state of governance at Eskom, the timing of the utility’s application for a 19.9% tariff hike could not have been worse. What’s more it comes at a time when most... 


TOUGH TO TICK

TOUGH TO TICK

22nd September 2017

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba faces the most daunting Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement yet to be delivered by a South African finance minister. Not only has government’s credibility taken a... 


MISSING IN ACTION

MISSING IN ACTION

15th September 2017

The interventions made by certain corporations following the #GuptaLeaks, as well as the expulsion of Bell Pottinger by the UK’s Public Relations and Communications Association, stand in stark... 


NEW MERGER MIX

NEW MERGER MIX

8th September 2017

Cement producers PPC and Afrisam abandoned their most recent merger negotiations late last month. However. Afrisam insisted that it had not abandoned the consolidation plan entirely and that a... 


CATASTROPHE IN THE MAKING

CATASTROPHE IN THE MAKING

1st September 2017

A recent Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) report confirmed just how big a crisis South Africa has in the area of youth unemployment. The CDE found that, the country’s 20-million citizens... 


NUCLEAR NON-DIPLOMACY

NUCLEAR NON-DIPLOMACY

25th August 2017

The world in 2017 is already a troubled place, with rising inequality, uncertainty over the future of employment as technology displaces people, mass migration from conflict zones, lone-wolf terror... 


DOMINO EFFECT

DOMINO EFFECT

18th August 2017

The most recent no-confidence vote may have failed to unseat Jacob Zuma as South Africa’s President, but the pressure is undoubtedly mounting on him and his faction. There is no question that the... 


EATING AN ELEPHANT

EATING AN ELEPHANT

11th August 2017

The #GuptaLeaks emails have provided incredible insight into just how ambitious the Gupta family and its surrogates were in their efforts to secure mind-bogglingly large revenue steams from South... 


UNRAVELLING

UNRAVELLING

4th August 2017

News reports written since the media came into procession of the so-called #GuptaLeaks emails have been both confirmatory and alarming. Most startling has been the brazenness of the family and... 


POLITICAL HEADWINDS

POLITICAL HEADWINDS

28th July 2017

On paper, many of the 14 points outlined in Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba’s stimulus plan appear to be supportive of the ambition lift South Africa out of it recession. However, business... 


WRONG HEADED

WRONG HEADED

14th July 2017

For South Africa to truly – and radically – address the triple scourge of poverty, inequality and unemployment, quality education is an essential ingredient. Therefore, it is more than a little... 


EXPLOSIVE INFORMATION

EXPLOSIVE INFORMATION

7th July 2017

The court case surrounding the award, by Eskom, of a R4-billion tender to Dongfang, of China, to repair the Duvha Unit 3 boiler, catastrophically damaged in 2011, has some deeply disturbing... 


PUNCH DRUNK

PUNCH DRUNK

30th June 2017

South Africa’s toxic politics has left business, as well as potential investors, punch drunk. Besides the irrational ‘night of the long knives’ Cabinet reshuffle, business confidence has been... 


ELECTRIC STORM

ELECTRIC STORM

23rd June 2017

News that electricity utility Eskom will be seeking a shocking 19.9% tariff hike from April 1, 2018, is not at all welcome, despite the fact that utility absorbed a 2.2% increase this year. To make... 


GRAVY TRAIN

GRAVY TRAIN

16th June 2017

One of the most startling stories to emerge out of the #GuptaLeaks trove is about how a Gupta-family surrogate inserted himself between Transnet and China South Rail (CSR) to earn startling... 


TROUBLING TIMES

TROUBLING TIMES

9th June 2017

For South Africans living through the current African National Congress civil war, with its associated fog, it’s hard to believe things could be as bad elsewhere. The sad reality is that the world,... 


SALE SCANDAL

SALE SCANDAL

2nd June 2017

The illegal sale of the country’s oil stocks by the Strategic Fuel Fund may well go down in history as one of the most brazen thefts of public resources yet committed in democratic South Africa.... 


EXCESS LOAD

EXCESS LOAD

26th May 2017

South Africans have become somewhat numb to outrageous developments at State-owned companies. But the decision of the Eskom board to reinstate Brian Molefe as CEO was sufficient to shock just about... 


POISONOUS PROCUREMENT

POISONOUS PROCUREMENT

12th May 2017

In their April 26 judgment, justices Lee Bozalek and Elizabeth Baartman said it would be “inappropriate for the court to prescribe to the Minister the form of any procurement process to be... 


GREATER VIGILANCE

GREATER VIGILANCE

5th May 2017

The advent of social media has brought many benefits, including the ability of citizens to have a greater say over social and political developments. But there is a dark side, including the... 


NO JOKE

NO JOKE

28th April 2017

Those who dismissed – even joked – about South Africa’s recent downgrades were either displaying unbelievable arrogance, or dangerous ignorance. While the brunt of ‘junk’ has been softened by the... 


IN FREE FALL

IN FREE FALL

21st April 2017

The image and reputation of Africa’s oldest liberation movement, the African National Congress, has been sliding for some time. However, under the leadership of President Jacob Zuma the decline is... 


SHREDDING DEMOCRACY

SHREDDING DEMOCRACY

14th April 2017

President Jacob Zuma’s recent actions have, once again, demonstrated just how far he has veered from the values and principles that defined the struggle for liberation in South Africa and helped... 


SINKING FEELING

SINKING FEELING

7th April 2017

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others,” was one of the late President Nelson Mandela’s many pearls of wisdom.... 


REDISCOVERING DIALOGUE

REDISCOVERING DIALOGUE

31st March 2017

Without doubt, social media has empowered citizens and activists to influence national and international debates like never before. However, these technologies have a dark side. Besides the... 


POLICY & SELF CORRECTION

POLICY & SELF CORRECTION

24th March 2017

The African National Congress released nine discussion documents earlier this month in the run up to its June policy conference. It is far from clear whether the documents will help facilitate the... 


CRACKED CREDIBILITY

CRACKED CREDIBILITY

17th March 2017

The credibility of President Jacob Zuma’s administration is arguably already cracked beyond repair. However, the recent social-grants fiasco brought into sharp focus not only incompetence of... 


ALTERNATIVE PATH

ALTERNATIVE PATH

10th March 2017

Trade protectionism is back in fashion, with US President Donald Trump leading the march against free trade, which he blames for destroying American industries and jobs. The backlash is fuelled by... 


FIXING FOR PROFITS

FIXING FOR PROFITS

3rd March 2017

The mechanics of how currency traders manipulated the buying and selling process to maximise profits and avoid losses are complicated. It is also far from clear whether the collusive actions of... 


NONVIOLENCE AT RISK

NONVIOLENCE AT RISK

24th February 2017

South Africans have arguably become somewhat numb to the violent disruptions that have now become commonplace in Parliament. However, indulging this sort of behaviour carries serious long-term... 


YEARS OF THE CHICKEN

YEARS OF THE CHICKEN

17th February 2017

Last year, South Africa “played chicken” with the US, which threatened to withdraw some of the country’s preferential trade access under the African Growth and Opportunity Act unless restraints on... 


STORM WARNINGS

STORM WARNINGS

10th February 2017

The political weather reports have become increasingly extreme over the past year, with storms breaking out almost daily since the Brexit vote. The dangers have grown all the more intense, though,... 


LIFEBOAT IN JEOPARDY

LIFEBOAT IN JEOPARDY

3rd February 2017

Debate is raging domestically about the motives behind the resurfacing of the so-called Bankorp/Absa ‘lifeboat’ saga, which dates bank to the dying days of apartheid when the South Africa Reserve... 


SOCIAL MANIA

SOCIAL MANIA

27th January 2017

Social Media has become an increasingly powerful weapon for winning hearts and minds. US President Donald Trump was incredibly effective in using Twitter to shape the election narrative and has... 


ANTI-TRADE WINDS

ANTI-TRADE WINDS

20th January 2017

Free trade is under attack and anti-trade winds are blowing across the global economy. First there was the surprise Brexit vote, followed by the stunning victory of populist Donald Trump in last... 


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