THOUGHT

On the 25th of March, the South African Reserve Bank announced its Monetary Policy decision to keep the policy rate unchanged at 3.5%....

South Africa has been progressive in terms of openness to trade, developing a sophisticated financial market and privatising entities. These

On the 23rd of February 2021, StatsSA released the Q4 2020 estimates of the unemployment rate. The statistics are announced in the...

It is imperative that we level the playing field so that women and men alike can contribute to and benefit from economic development.

When Singapore became independent in 1959, it was poor with low per capita income, low levels of education and high unemployment. One...

As Black History Month drew to a close, I found myself thinking about how African states’ dependence and subordinate role in the global...

Key concepts: Tax, Government spending, Economic stimulus. The Minister of Finance Tito started the 2021/22 fiscal year with good news...

Key concepts: Economic shocks, Austerity, Fiscal Policy, Covid-19. Delivering arguably the most anticipated policy statement of the year,...

The State of the Nation Address (SONA) by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the 11th of February 2021 which my colleague coined the State of...

"When the tragedy of the commons applies, what is optimal for the individual in the short run is not sustainable and thus not optimal for...

South Africans are in a state of need. As the economies of the world battle to control the effects of the pandemic that has rendered them...