Farm murders and land expropriation boasts – any cause and effect?
It is more dangerous to be a farmer than a police officer in South Africa, a debate on farm murders heard in the National Assembly.
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Is the DA’s recruitment of Mamphela Ramphele an exercise in futility?
Being the main opposition party in South Africa must be a depressing business. You go out there, you try, and you never seem to make any real headway against the behemoth that is the ANC. The whole thing brings to mind the aphorism about performing a certain bodily function in opposition to a stiff … Read more
Morgan Stanley on Fragile Five, highlighting SA’s vulnerability
From Morgan Stanley: Every time there is a new threat to the health of global markets, such as fresh buzz about the end of quantitative easing, analysts rush to check the pulse of the “Fragile Five.” These countries have one important thing in common—high and rising current account deficits that make them more dependent on … Read more