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…

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…

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…

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…

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…