South Africa’s mineral wealth belongs to all her people
The mineral wealth of a country belongs to the people of that country, to dispose of and use as they choose. This is a widely accepted. Many groups go further, like the Freedom Charter, and argue that...
View ArticleLibel Liability – Ernst & Young
New York’s attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, has filed a lawsuit against Ernst & Young (one of the Big Four auditing firms) over the collapse of Lehman Brothers. The civil case is built on claims of...
View ArticleNationalisation or freedom: What would Julius do?
Julius Malema and his posse are right: the unemployment situation in South Africa, the inequality, the lack of economic freedom, is a ticking time-bomb that cannot be ignored. The poor will eventually...
View ArticleThe New Consumer Protection Act: Has The Government Gone Too Far?
The first of April 2011 sees the South African consumer Protection Act finally being rolled out. The Act now means South African consumers are in the fortunate position of being the most protected...
View ArticleA Poor Problem
When considering the previous post on South Africa’s problem with poverty, it is important to bear in mind that this war not only manifests in the form of police brutality, but in other, more ‘passive...
View ArticleBest Shore: Johannesburg
When last were you, when addressing a problem with your printer or shiny new Apple junk-Mac, patched through to a call-centre in Alexandra? Numerous of those dreaded service-related calls have resulted...
View ArticleSwaziland’s Mystery Bailout
A few weeks ago, Swaziland was reaching the point of collapse. The country has been firmly heading for collapse for a while, with pensions cancelled, HIV/AIDS medication running out and schools closing...
View ArticleYouth want more than education
Youth Day 2012 in South Africa was thoroughly hijacked by the education activists. June 16th was about more than education access. Sure, education was, and still is, an important issue but the...
View ArticleSA needs a national airline
SAA needs another bail-out. The market-oriented commentators are livid. How, they ask, can it be reasonable for a country like South Africa to continue to pay for an unprofitable airline. A country...
View ArticleOne way Kenyans can think about sanctions
The thing about Koffi Annan’s recent statement on Kenya was the sense one got of his “finger wagging”. Being a career diplomat he obviously did not do it literally but you got the clear meaning of it...
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