Monthly: January 2023

The Economist is right, it’s time for “a coalition of the clean”


JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

IN April 2019, weeks before South Africa’s six national elections, London’s popular global magazine, The Economist, ran a cover story endorsing Cyril Ramaphosa for President of South Africa.…

Hard time for South African delegation in Davos


JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

The 53rd annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is underway in Davos, Switzerland. The Forum takes place at a critical time in the post-Cold War era. Some…

Let’s stop with populism on the SARB


JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

SINCE the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) raised interest rates for the third time in the year 2022 last November,  by 75…