Timely commodities bounty should have been more bountiful
What a difference a year makes.
Improved audit outcomes welcomed, but more to be done
We’ve become disillusioned and almost numb to the years of corruption and fruitless expenditure across government departments, feeding into a confidence crisis that has tripped up efforts to propel economic growth, despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
Vaccine rollout | It’s now time for details
The growing unease at the lack of progress in the vaccine rollout was somewhat eased by this week’s announcement that Johnson & Johnson will produce 30-million vaccines for the country.
Report shows how SA can repair sclerotic infrastructure delivery
More than a decade has passed since the last infrastructure-led boom in the SA economy, one fuelled by the need to prepare for the Fifa World Cup and to urgently begin expanding our electricity generation capacity.
Infrastructure for South Africa report
Business Leadership South Africa today launched a report on solutions to boosting infrastructure investment to drive the economic recovery.
Positive signs of our switch to a renewable future
If ever we needed reminding of the electricity challenges that we still face as we head into our colder months, the return of load-shedding over the past few weeks was just it.
Thulas Nxesi has the hardest job of all: rolling back unemployment
By Busi Mavuso
Taking over the political oversight of ailing state-owned enterprises (SOEs) such as Eskom was always going to be one of the more difficult jobs in the administration of President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The tale of Icasa, Nersa and other regulators
The confidence-sapping news of yet another delay in the auction of spectrum for telecommunications operators highlights yet another area of concern in South Africa’s pursuit of structural reforms: the limitations of SA’s key regulatory institutions.
BLSA policy updates
Business for South Africa (B4SA) has been requested by the National Department of Health to set up a private sector structure that co-ordinates private sector vaccine roll out activities and feeds into the National Vaccine Co-ordinating Committee (Co-ordinating Committee).
The most difficult cabinet position after the era of state capture
After almost three years of hearing testimony at Judge Raymond Zondo’s judicial commission of inquiry into allegations of state capture, there can be little arguing that the most difficult job in the cabinet today is that of turning around the prospects of many of our ailing state-owned enterprises.
Ministerial agreements: It’s about accountability
We can’t rebuild the capacity of the state without holding political office bearers and public servants to greater levels of accountability.
Unemployment takes a far greater toll on black women
Of all the structural fault-lines in the SA economy, the decades-long rise in joblessness has been our most difficult to overcome. The pandemic has worsened the jobs crisis, as was showed this week.