JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
WHEN Dylann Storm Roof shot to death nine people who gathered this past Wednesday night for a Bible study at a landmark church, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
AT THE end of last month, The Economist published an article about South Africa’s economy. In it, they wrote “THERE is little in the way of bright news about South Africa’s…
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…
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…
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…
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…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
AL-SHABAAB’S militants inflicted damage again in Kenya last week. More than 145 people were killed at Garissa University located in the north-east of East Africa’s economic powerhouse. It’s the…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
IT HAD to happen. I wanted it to happen. Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s outgoing president, lost to Muhammadu Buhari of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Nigeria’s election this past…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
I COMPLETED my undergraduate studies at Rhodes University five years ago, before I transferred to University of Cape Town (UCT) to pursue my Honours degree in Information Systems. I…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
TERENCE DAVIE, the Funding Manager at Free Market Foundation South Africa, and I, were at eNews this past Wednesday, to discuss Minister Nhlanhla Nene’s budget with Dudu Ramela.…