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Greatest AfricansAfricaJoburgSouth AfricaGreatest AfricansAccording to the African News Agency (ANA), the Western Cape’s investment promotion agency Wesgro said on Tuesday it had helped secure R2.85 billion in investments in the province during the 2018/19 financial year which would be realised over a five year period and create nearly 1,000 jobs.It said this followed a successful fourth quar...
South Africa’s election season is underway. But current debates are stuck in a time warp. The country needs to look beyond the familiar nostrums that have held sway for much of its first decades of democracy.In his February, 2019 State of the Nation speech, President Cyril Ramaphosa followed the classic fix-the-business-environment for...
Economic thinking governs much of our world. But the discipline’s teaching is stuck in the past. Centred around antiquated 19th-century models built on Newtonian physics, economics treats humans as atomic particles, rather than as social beings.While academic research often manages to transcend this simplicity, undergraduate education ...
President Donald Trump has made no secret of his disdain for the World Trade Organization.Since taking office, the Trump administration has been blocking the appointment or reappointment of WTO judges – imperiling the essential work of its court in issuing trade rulings. The president has even threatened to leave the global body if it ...
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is rich in minerals such as coltan, tantalum, tin and gold. All are coveted for their widespread use in modern technologies, like semiconductors for cars and mobile phones.These minerals are widely held to be at the heart of over two decades of conflict in eastern DRC, involving dozens of armed gr...
Considering the upcoming elections, I think it is paramount to interrogate some of the very conventional socio-political instruments that exist in South Africa and how these instruments affect the economy. It is also important to provide...
South Africa, since its birth as a democracy, has long faced an unemployment issue. Now, it must be understood that while employment, its provisions, types as well as unemployment remain an increasingly relevant issue, they are also hist...