In 2000, South Africa was ranked at 58th in the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) report. In the 2020 edition, South Africa’s ranking was 90th, out of 162 countries and territories. The steady decline of the country’s …
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After Nigeria closed its land borders with the Benin Republic in August 2019, life became more difficult for cross-border traders, people living in border communities, Nigerian consumers, and businesses in Nigeria, Benin and other countries along the gulf of guinea. …
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To predict how Ghana will look like on 13th September 2020, following a victory at the polls for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on 7th December 2016, we first need to look at the biggest risks facing NDC rule on …
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South Africa ranks 90th out of 162 countries and territories included in the Economic Freedom of the World: 2020 Annual Report, released today by the Free Market Foundation in conjunction with Canada’s Fraser Institute.
Last year, South Africa ranked …
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Complaints about “neutrals”, “loudmouthed CSOs”, “naysaying Jeremiahs”, “empty critics” and the like have been coming nonstop from politicians throughout my 20 plus years of public policy analysis, advocacy, and activism.
Auntie Lizzie earned her place in the annals of our …
The government is itself to blame for the precarious position in which South Africa finds itself economically. Therefore, it would be unwise for us to then identify government as the solution that those who are economically disempowered have been waiting …
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The negative effects of South Africa’s hard lockdown continue to reverberate through the economy and broader society. The latest flashpoint has been in the taxi industry, specifically in Gauteng, where the South African National Taxi Council (SANTANCO) started the week …
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The Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act (ULTRA) is arguably democratic South Africa’s most important law. Yet virtually no one knows about it. A proposed amendment is currently before Parliament but only one aspect has enjoyed attention: the removal of …
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All of us who enjoy the freedom of the internet and all social media are in for a surprise if the draft regulations published by the Minister of Communications, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, aptly dubbed the ‘Internet Censorship Act,’ come into play. …
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Britain’s vote to ditch the European Union offers the chance of a new beginning—not just for the EU, and the U.K., but for Africa. Since most countries on the continent gained independence in the 1960s and 1970s, they have mindlessly …
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