This Brief considers internal constraints on growth Charles Simkins Jul 21, 2016 Introduction Every year the IMF conducts a consultation with South Africa under Article IV of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement. The…
This is the last Brief in a five part series of Briefs on the IMF and it discusses some conditions necessary for making progress in a bleak environment. Charles Simkins Jul 21, 2016 The first…
BY NEELS BLOM, 01 AUGUST 2016, 05:46 Pravin Gordhan. Picture: THE TIMES FINANCE Minister Pravin Gordhan has in the minds of cogent South Africans established himself as a bit of a hero. Thus elevated, it…
SOUTH AFRICA Tuesday 15 July 2014 – 6:38pm Amir Kahn (L) from Pakistan and Gracias Mapila, from Congo Brazaville, join hundreds of other refugees, mostly from other African countries, to apply for extensions of their…
Wednesday, 18 January 2012 The Census is not a head-count. The Census is not an attempt to count or determine the total number of inhabitants of the country. The census is merely an official tax-payer-funded…
Tuesday, 28 October 2014 A recent article stated that “There are 20.1 million economically active people in South Africa” “South Africa’s economically active population is growing, an indication that more people are coming into the…
Nic Haussamer 29 June 2016 Sometimes as a South African, one does not know whether to laugh or cry in response to news headlines. A recent instance is seen in comments made by Jimmy Manyi…
Martin van Staden 1 August 2016 The minimum wage has been dominating news headlines in South Africa recently again, after the Wits School of Economic and Business Sciences released a report in favour of a national…
Nicholas Woode-Smith 7 July 2016 Among a myriad of movements and individuals there is unfortunately a juvenile obsession with small-scale farming and agrarian society. This perhaps stems from a naïve view of farming as a…
Numerous filling stations in Gauteng have run dry, caused by a strike affecting refinery workers‚ fuel truck drivers, and depot workers. By Staff Writer – July 31, 2016 Numerous filling stations in Gauteng have run…
