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Angolans will exercise their democratic rights on August 23 when they pick lawmakers and in the same vein elect a new president.
The Southern African oil producer will for the first time in close to four decades have a new …
Continue readingThe Southern African oil producer, Angola, will go to the polls on August 23 to elect a new president. The election is significant for the simple reason that the winner will replace long-serving leader Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who steps …
Continue readingSince 1999, successive governments have at least two things in common; ASUU and strikes. ASUU strikes. The ASUU strikes always follow the same pattern; initial noise about a possible ASUU strike, a warning strike, government ignores ASUU all along, the …
Continue readingWith low economic growth prospects, ever-increasing unemployment and destitution, government appears to be more concerned with the useless prestige and status that comes with our national airline, than the wellbeing of the South African people.
In mid-July, EWN reported finance …
Continue readingA terrifying flock of pterodactyls — gigantic dinosaur-era flying reptiles long presumed extinct — was spotted in our skies last week. Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba reassured us that there was nothing to fear.
His incoherent explanation intimated that because junk …
Continue readingIn this video Dr Martyn Davies answers Leon Louw’s questions on what makes Chinese SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES (SEZs) special and why, if South Africa is serious about RADICAL ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION, it should learn from China.
Is China a special …
South Africa is in the ever-tightening grip of a neo-Marxist state with key economic nodes and policy being run and directed by an anti-business, anti-free market, crony-authoritarian cabal of Leftists. They claim that the ‘Developmental State’ model of their Leninesque …
Continue readingEvery year since 1999, the United Nations has continued to celebrate the youths all over the world. Eighteen years after, the youths have continued to gain increasing recognition as agents of change in the society – since they have very …
Continue readingBurundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo all have a similar history of suppressive governments. The political leaders of the region do not allow the population to express themselves or work freely. Economic freedom and individual liberty are …
Continue readingSarah Logan, International Growth Centre
Critical elections are being held in Rwanda and Kenya. In Rwanda, the incumbent Paul Kagame will face Frank Habineza, of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and independent candidate Philippe Mpanyimana.
In Kenya…
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