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South Africa’s land reform programme will fail if it continues to neglect smallholder farming.
Post-harvest management will reduce losses and improve food availability.
South Africa’s land reform process will fail if it continues to neglect small and emerging black farmers.
The Mark Lamberti case shows that South African business suffers from deeply rooted racial prejudices.
Inequality is decried at campaign rallies and in the global commentariat. But little is being done at any policy level.
All Steinhoff directors should be held accountable for the international corporate scandal.
South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, needs to quickly address key challenges to restart the economy.
Some communities on South Africa’s Platinum Belt have received substantial mining revenues, but these are controlled by chiefs.
Across countries, we find that FDI inflows driven by new projects in new industries increased by 58% in the two years following a giant discovery
South Africa’s new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has done well so far but more challenges relating to reigniting the economy lie ahead.
Continental free trade area’s potential impact includes boosting intra-Africa trade, manufacturing exports, job creation and poverty alleviation.
The South African Reserve Bank needs to guide the market on how it is going to treat VAT increase in its inflation targeting approach.
The South African Reserve Bank was justified in placing VBS Mutual Bank under curatorship.
Trapped in low growth trajectory, South Africa needs to boost small business development.
South Africa’s food making giant, Tiger Brands, could have handled the listeriosis crisis better.
South Africa needs a robust economic policy agenda to make it more open, productive and inclusive.
Corporates are willing to embrace corporate social responsibility initiatives. But many fail due to cultural insensitivity and misplaced communication strategies.
South Africa’s land policy is flailing around in the dark, with the haziest of understandings of how well or how badly land reform is doing.
A new study reveals the challenges faced by people living with disabilities who want to open their own businesses.
Land expropriation without compensation in South Africa will be resolved by opening up the economy and addressing inequalities.
South Africa is seeing a growing body of class action.
South African commercial law courses do not address the question of what norms and procedures govern business relations in indigenous African communities.
A massive rural on-grid electrification programme in Rwanda has delivered considerable benefits. But is it the most sensible way to deliver power to remote areas?
South Africa’s idea of radical economic transformation is missing a critical element.