Ramaphosa – RET wolf in sheep’s clothing
Ramaphosa is usually depicted as a pragmatist held back from implementing business-friendly reforms by the RET faction within the ANC.
Ramaphosa is usually depicted as a pragmatist held back from implementing business-friendly reforms by the RET faction within the ANC.
In February, Saftu held a protest march calling for a wealth tax, a basic income grant, and nationalisation of major farms, banks and mines.
“When public objection is strong enough, the ANC backs down. This is what has happened, at least for now, on the pending EWC Bill”, says Anthea Jeffery.
Miyelani Mkhabela, founder of Antswisa Transaction Advisory Services, puts nationalisation of the SA Reserve Bank back on the table.
Sometimes the best predictors of the future are historians – because our so-called leaders have a proven capacity to ignore lessons from the past.
Lesetja Kganyago, who is highly respected among his global peers, has once again spoken of the dangers of populism.
Lesetja Kganyago has spoken out about his new battle: this time, with investors who own shares in the SA Reserve Bank and think they have a right to the country’s reserves.
As part of soft infrastructure, South Africa’s financial system is inherently fragile because its strength relies on ecosystems, institutional memory and sound regulation.
The National Policy Conference of South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), has come and gone, and the skies have not fallen.
Anthea Jeffery says South Africa’s real problem is much wider and deeper than what President Jacob Zuma has done this week.