An open letter to Andre de Ruyter
An open letter to Andre de Ruyter
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
DEAR Andre,
I read your book! Well done!
I thought I should write to you. My letter will be simple and straightforward, no sophistication at all, just a simple thank…
The smart people Ramaphosa should listen to on public policy
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
LAST week on Twitter, chief economist of Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), Isaah Mhlanga, suggested that Eskom, South Africa’s troubled state-owned electricity supply company, be privatised.
With his tweet, Mhlanga…
A market economy will uplift South Africa’s poor
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa’s Energy Minister, Gwede Mantashe, has blamed the private sector for South Africa’s blackouts that have destroyed businesses and jobs. Surprised? I am not.
Politicians who believe in…
An open letter to Herman Mashaba
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
DEAR Mr. Mashaba,
After hearing that your political party Action South Africa (Action SA) will hold its inaugural policy conference in September this year, I thought I should write…
Preying on the poor
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH Africa’s national election is now a year away. Between now and then, politicians will be hard at work campaigning for votes. What that means, is that they…
Malema must learn from Mandela
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
THE Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is mobilising a national shutdown for next week. The protest is against everything that the EFF believes is wrong about South Africa -…
My dream for Africa
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
WHEN Martin Luther King Jr. made the famous I Have a Dream speech in 1963, he dreamed of the United States of America where people would not be…
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…