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Report shows how SA can repair sclerotic infrastructure delivery

News, OpinionBy Busi MavusoMarch 31, 2021

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.

Thulas Nxesi has the hardest job of all: rolling back unemployment

NewsBy Busi MavusoMarch 23, 2021

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.

We must take advantage of changing sentiment to cement recovery

News, OpinionBy Busi MavusoMarch 11, 2021

While we entered 2021 under the cloud of a second wave of Covid-19 infections, the economic news so far has been much better than most of us could have expected.

Ministerial agreements: It’s about accountability

News, OpinionBy Busi MavusoMarch 9, 2021

We can’t rebuild the capacity of the state without holding political office bearers and public servants to greater levels of accountability.

Capable state: Reforms need a professional civil service

OpinionBy Busi MavusoMarch 4, 2021

If South Africa is to fully recover from the effects of Covid-19 and the economy is recast for inclusive growth, we are going to need a capable state.

Unemployment takes a far greater toll on black women

News, OpinionBy Busi MavusoMarch 2, 2021

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.

BUDGET |Welcome reprieve, but we shouldn’t forget Mboweni’s Argentina warnings yet

OpinionBy Busi MavusoFebruary 25, 2021

What a “stark” difference a few months can make in the life and finances of a country. At the tail-end of last year, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni, sounded alarm bells about the possible deterioration in the fiscus to levels comparable to that of Argentina, the poster child of economic ruin over the past three decades.

Expect some good news but the hippo’s mouth is still widen open

OpinionBy Busi MavusoFebruary 23, 2021

This week’s budget speech should provide for surprisingly better headlines about the short-term state of the fiscus compared to previous expectations as higher growth from the bullish commodity markets boosts state coffers, making it unlikely that finance minister Tito Mboweni will have to increase taxes.

Sentiment – it’s no conspiracy

OpinionBy Busi MavusoFebruary 18, 2021

Some political players are resorting to conspiracy theories to pin the blame for the poor investment sentiment towards South Africa on investors.

State of the nation priorities are right, but it’s implementation that counts

OpinionBy Business Leadership South AfricaFebruary 16, 2021

By Busi Mavuso
From every vantage point, the state of the nation address in 2021 was the most difficult for any modern-day SA president given the unusual challenges.

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BLSA reaction to Sona 2021

NewsBy Business Leadership South AfricaFebruary 12, 2021

BLSA agrees with President Cyril Ramaphosa on his four overriding priorities: defeat Covid; accelerate the economic recovery; accelerate economic reform to drive inclusive growth; and fight corruption. A determined focus on those priorities will help to address an array of the country’s problems.

Easing the anxieties of a disrupted state

OpinionBy Busi MavusoFebruary 9, 2021

This year’s state of the nation address (Sona) takes on a much different hue from those of yesteryear for one important fact: we’ve all been disrupted.

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