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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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The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams’ proposal for the deployment of 5G makes room for extensive infringement on South African property owners’ rights. Although it is crucial for South Africa to join developed nations in the Fourth …
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This week was crucial in the stand-off between Finance Minister Tito Mboweni and the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) Minister Pravin Gordhan for the future of failed, the state-owned airline, South African Airlines (SAA). This preposterous attempt to resurrect SAA, …
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South Africa’s government-imposed COVID-19 lockdown was supposedly instituted to buy the government time to manage the spread of the virus and to allow the public healthcare sector to prepare its own facilities adequately for an increase in COVID-19 cases. But …
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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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Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni, started his emergency budget speech by alluding to the two solutions the government must implement: stabilizing debt and reducing the deficit. Alas, the initial spark of hope soon died. According to Mboweni, almost half of all …
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South Africa has entered a far too familiar terrain with its ban on tobacco. Unfortunately, this journey the government has embarked on is doomed. Placing a statewide prohibition on goods that are mutually exchanged often leaves sour marks on the …
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Since the lockdown began in South Africa on 27 March 2020, only 207 additional critical care beds and 350 ventilators have been added in the public health sector. According to a recent article on News24, there were 2,512 critical care …
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The devastating effects of South Africa’s draconian lockdown are playing out in front of our eyes. Implemented on 27 March 2020, the lockdown has piled on the misery for an economy that was already taking its last breaths. The myriad …
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