Buffalo in the Kruger National Park, South Africa.
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The economic, social and conservation reasons why hunting remains relevant in southern Africa.
Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste was an excessively dominant, forceful and feared boss.
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Steinhoff was the darling of investors, asset managers, analysts and financial journalists. But its success was built on shaky foundations.
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The main reason land reform in South Africa has been lethargic is not the Constitution, but a flawed approach.
The Gauteng City-Region is home to a quarter of South Africa’s population.
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The latest data offer a vital resource for understanding Gauteng’s multi-faceted challenges.
Tom Moyane has been fired as South Africa’s tax boss on the recommendation of a commission of inquiry.
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Moyane’s axing ends one of the last vestiges of Zuma’s continued influence in the country’s governance.
A large number of poor South Africans live in informal settlements.
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Initiatives to boost South Africa’s economy could reinforce structural weaknesses without addressing the high levels of inequality.
There’s a need to secure Africa’s 282 massive “lionscapes”.
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A billion dollars a year would secure Africa’s lions and its landscapes as well as millions of people living nearby.
Kuben Naidoo, South African Reverse Bank deputy governor and CEO of the country’s Prudential Authority.
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One of the main lessons from the VBS Bank collapse in South Africa is that audit reports need to be treated with a degree of circumspection. In some cases they will require independent verification.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a recent investment summit.
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South Africa’s president has firmly thrown his weight behind the private sector. This could prove significant.
South Africa needs to create more jobs - but there’s no clarity on how this might happen.
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South Africa’s job summit ignored the great chasms that exist on how to create jobs.
South Africa’s Finance Minister Tito Mboweni must walk a fiscal tightrope.
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South Africa’s finance minister has chosen to walk a tightrope rather than face tough choices about cutting expenditure or raising taxes.
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South Africa and Kenya have some valuable lessons for other African countries on how to finance urban infrastructure development.
South Africa’s Finance Minister Tito Mboweni must answer several big questions about the country’s economic plans.
Sebastiao Moreira
The damage done during the preceding decade will have a negative effect on South Africa’s public finances and the economy for some time to come.
South African workers protesting against a proposed minimum wage earlier this year.
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Proposed changes to South African labour laws threaten to set back workers rights.
Private companies can provide services - like catering - for inmates.
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Turning prisons into a market opportunity could open them up to corruption.
Informal trading in Fordsburg, Johannesburg.
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South Africa needs to rethink the role of the informal economy as it mulls over ideas to beat joblessness.
A significant number of South Africans can’t find jobs and scrounge for a living on the sidelines of the economy.
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South Africa’s jobs summit failed to acknowledge fundamental issues in the approach to development and job creation.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, left, introduces the country’s new Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni, in Cape Town.
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South Africa’s new finance minister comes with considerable skills and political finesse needed to steer the country out of its economic quagmire.
Cyril Ramaphosa’s economic stimulus package shows that he and his political allies are in charge of economic policy.
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Ramaphosa’s stimulus package is more interesting for what it says about the politics of economic decision making than for its likely impact on the economy.
Relationships at work affect employees’ decisions to stay in jobs.
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While pay and profit are not irrelevant in employees’ work decisions, there are other motivators.