Monthly: May 2015

South Africans, education is key


JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

LAST WEEK, I wrote about Roland Fryer, a man who became a professor of economics at Harvard University at the age of 30. He’s a figure young people…

Roland Fryer – an inspiration to troubled Black communities


JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

WHEN THE American Economic Association (AEA), the professional body of academic economists in the United States of America, announces the winner of the John Bates Clark Medal each year, acknowledging…

Markets should drive job creation in South Africa


JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

WHEN I visit home in Kwa-Zulu Natal, I’m always saddened by seeing young unemployed people wandering around the township streets. Amongst these young people, there are many I…

Nkurunziza should do what is best for his people


JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

WHAT’S happening in Burundi is a disgrace. President Pierre Nkurunziza’s response to the people who protest his seeking of the third-term has been despotic. He’s violently cracked down…