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This presentation titled: “Changing Section 25 of South Africa’s Constitution to Enable Expropriation Without Compensation (EWC) Akin to the Zimbabwenization of South Africa” was delivered by Rejoice Ngwenya of COMALISO, at the CYPSA Youth Conference on Sunday 16th of December …
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This piece is the transcript of a lecture titled: “Expropriation Without Compensation: South Africa, Welcome to Zimbabwe,” delivered at the Conference on Security of Property Rights in Johannesburg, South Africa, organized by the Free Market Foundation, on November 20th, …
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The constitutional controversies surrounding the debates about the expropriation of farmlands from white farmers without compensation is already tearing South Africa apart and extreme care must be taken not to escalate it into a region-wide catastrophe. In pursuing this policy, …
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Later today, the South African Parliament will find out if constitutional changes allowing for the expropriation of privately-owned farmland without compensation will move forward. The Joint Constitutional Review Committee will deliver their verdict to the National Assembly, and if the …
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South African Airways (SAA) is a bloated and inefficient state-owned enterprise. If the government listened to reason rather than empty rhetoric, SAA could emulate the post-privatization successes of Kenya Airlines.
Like SAA, Kenya Airways was a state enterprise owned by …
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The African integration project took several major steps this year. One of them was the African Union’s adoption of a protocol on the free movement of people. The move has been widely welcomed.
The free movement of Africans between African …
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In September 2018 the Constitutional Court of South Africa passed down a landmark ruling that decriminalised the private use of cannabis. This means that people can grow and use cannabis in the private comfort of their homes. In the aftermath …
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Food insecurity is one of the most persistent challenges facing humanity. Interventions that seek to address it tend to focus on rural food insecurity and increasing food production. However, with the rapid rate of urbanisation in the Global South, urban …
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In the last few weeks, Africa witnessed two major events that could influence the continent’s economic landscape in the coming decades. First was the visit by British Prime Minister Theresa May and her pledge of $5.1 billion in investments continent-wide, …
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The economies of Nigeria and South Africa – the two biggest economies in Africa – may have been in their perilous period. Early this month, the South African government declared that the country’s economy plunged into “technical recession”. Three weeks …
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