South Africa

Project power: The DA sets out to liberate Western Cape municipalities from Eskom and load shedding pain

By Suné Payne

Business Maverick

Economic reform (Part Two): Operation Vulindlela ushers in significant era of ‘reform-mongering’ in South Africa

By Ann Bernstein

South Africa

Loss of 1.4m jobs proves ‘recovery’ is more myth than fact

By Dominic Brown and Greg Dor

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Tito Mboweni’s unseemly klap at Judge Zondo

By Ferial Haffajee

South Africa

Tito Mboweni’s fine line divides ANC and its Cosatu allies

By Marianne Merten

South Africa

Parliament questions roll-out plan, matrics celebrate success and billions allocated to vaccines for years to come

By Christi Nortier

South Africa

A step backwards for learners’ rights to basic education

By Daniel McLaren, Julia Chaskalson and Demichelle Petherbridge

Business Maverick

Civil society organisations condemn Mboweni’s ‘sugar-coated’ austerity Budget 2021

By Mark Heywood

South Africa

A deafening silence on gender-based violence and femicide

By Sam Waterhouse

Business Maverick

Close, but no cigar: Excise tax on cigarettes should have been increased by 50%

By Corné van Walbeek and Samantha Filby

Business Maverick

Mboweni’s ‘sun behind the clouds’ shrouds a precarious balancing act premised on politically tricky assumptions

By Marianne Merten

Business Maverick

South Africa’s 2021 Budget in a Box

By Sasha Planting