‘Incapable SA government and consequent inequality has set this tinderbox aflame’ – Piet Viljoen
Counterpoint’s Piet Viljoen says that it is the continuation of SA’s incapable government that has led to the massive inequality.
Economic inequality
Azar Jammine: Trump victory’s critical message for SA, especially business.
SA’s income inequality, already at dangerous levels, has grown even worse. Azar Jammine says the Trump victory should serve as an urgently cheeping canary in SA’s coal mine.
Lessons from China: Does SA stand for ‘Self Absorbed’?
The South African voters have had their say and Shawn Hagedorn says it’s not time for ‘introspection’, drawing lessons from China.
Riaz Gardee: Bill Gates – The emperor has no clothes
Riaz Gardee says Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates delivered a lacklustre 14th annual Nelson Mandela lecture to a packed audience in Mamelodi.
Maynard: SA’s stagnant income distribution. Myth of white control.
Analyst Moeletsi Mbeki says white people do not control the economy of South Africa, that is a myth.
Mailbox: Up for debate – placing deckchairs on the Titanic
Biznews community member JJ van Wyk sees the global economy headed on a RMS Titanic voyage, on course to hit an iceberg unless something changes and fast.
Rock star economist Piketty: ‘BEE not that successful in spreading wealth’
Riaz Gardee attended Thomas Piketty’s lecture in Soweto, he warmed to much of what the rock star economist had to say. But once we get past emotion and self-righteousness, the crux of all this is whether resources are best applied in the common good by those who accumulate them, or by those who would requisition those assets through taxes and levies.
Shawn Hagedorn: Staring at the problem won’t fix income inequality
Shawn Hagedorn reminds us that looking straight at the issue of income inequality will not garner solutions. Rather, it impedes us focusing on the solution.
Alec Hogg: Top 3 essential insights from WEF 2015
Alec Hogg shares with us the most pertinent insights that he has gained from his attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this year. This is one update you don’t want to miss.
Top 10 trends for the world in 2015
The resulting insights, gathered with the help of the Survey on the Global Agenda, ultimately generate the Top 10 trends – a forecast of the key social, economic and political issues that reside on our collective horizon.