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Factory nostalgia is a wasted dream amid stark economic reality
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (883+ words) South Africa’s productivity crisis needs an economy-wide fix, not a Soviet-era bet on reviving a manufacturing base that no longer fits the people it’s meant to serve Yet manufacturing’s share of GDP has fallen from about 21% in the mid-1990s to…...
NATASHA MARRIAN: Idac reckoning is Ramaphosa’s test
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (819+ words) The scandal engulfing Idac has created a rare opportunity to rebuild South Africa’s anti-corruption Can Andy Mothibi turn the battered Independent Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) around? The head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is promising a far-reaching shake-up of…...
MICHAEL AVERY: Water reform is coming. The politics will be brutal
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (607+ words) South Africa’s water crisis is less about scarcity than about broken municipal governance. The new action plan proposes structural reforms that could reshape local government Last week I argued that the National Water Action Plan deserves to be taken seriously…...
Inside Gauteng’s bid to fix South Africa’s insolvency crisis
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (590+ words) Dedicated insolvency programme takes the fast track to justice South Africa’s insolvency guild is used to bad press for breakfast. On the morning of February 27, damning allegations of corruption in the Tongaat Hulett rescue soured a Business Rescue in Action…...