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When seeking care from a hospital or doctor, patients will now be required to present their proof of registration with the National Health Insurance (NHI) Fund to access healthcare services. Registration can be refused. Never before have South Africans’ constitutional …
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You cannot legislate people out of poverty. You cannot regulate jobs into existence. Jobs need to be created, and at the moment, the South African government is slowly but surely suffocating businesses’ ability to create jobs by continuously adding more …
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Trade between people is one of the greatest ways to increase prosperity around the world. We each bring different skills and resources to the table, and specialization has resulted in the lowering of costs of all sorts of goods. Whereas …
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Access to more data is vital for economic growth and education. Young people spend more and more time on mobile devices—the fewer regulations and the more competition we have in South Africa, the more they will be enabled to access …
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President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) on 20 June. The speech was filled with rousing language as well as conciliatory offers to work together with members of the opposition. Unfortunately, no new details of …
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The latest GDP numbers show that the South African economy declined by 3.2 percent for the first quarter of 2019. This comes after President Ramaphosa announced a R50 billion stimulus package in September 2018. Since that stimulus followed on a …
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South African Airways’ sometimes-controversial CEO, Vuyani Jarana, has resigned. When the news broke on Sunday, many were caught by surprise, perhaps because it follows only a week after the resignation of another state-owned enterprise (SOE) CEO, Eskom’s Phakamani Hadebe. The …
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South Africa’s new national government and nine new provincial executives have taken office following recent elections. They all have a huge job to do, and it cannot be business as usual.
The country is at a turning point following the …
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Speaking at the Goldman Sachs investor conference on Wednesday, President Ramaphosa attempted to address investors’ concerns regarding expropriation of property without compensation (EWC). He has repeatedly said that EWC will happen, while also trying to reassure both South Africans and …
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Expropriation without compensation (EWC) is likely to become the biggest barrier to entry into the modern economy for millions of South Africans. It also has the potential to destroy the unstable, complicated and unreliable economic organization that has evolved in …
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