Mboweni leaves a legacy of a successful transformation from a freedom fighter to a businessman, central banker and politician.
- Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
Confidence in banking is hard-earned and easily shocked. This makes individual banks and the banking sector susceptible to knock-on effects from other institutions.
The underlying reason for the price increases is the acceleration in the international price of crude oil, linked to the Russian war in the Ukraine.
Periods of high food inflation affect poor households the most. This is because they spend a higher percentage of their income on food.
Inflation is bad for any country’s economy. It also hurts the wealth and financial well-being of individuals and households.
The sums aren’t adding for South Africa on either the spending or revenue side. It’s a problem that’s developed over time with no action being taken.
Policy changes that forced government departments to buy locally produced vehicles would be good for the economy.
Most South Africans think prices are rising much faster than is actually the case. This makes the central bank’s job of managing inflation expectations much harder.
There’s an assumption that a change of ownership would automatically mean a change in the role the Bank plays
South Africa can’t afford its national airline anymore – nor can it afford to close it down. What’s the next step?
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 Africa’s new finance minister comes with considerable skills and political finesse needed to steer the country out of its economic quagmire.
The push to nationalise South Africa’s Reserve Bank is informed by the mistaken view that private shareholders affect monetary policy.
South Africa’s ruling party, the ANC , is mishandling the process leading towards land expropriation without compensation.
All Steinhoff directors should be held accountable for the international corporate scandal.
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.
There are several steps South Africa’s governing party must take to strengthen democracy now that Jacob Zuma has resigned.
The shake up at South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, sends a good signal about where Cyril Ramaphosa is taking the country.
A change in the ownership of the South African Reserve Bank from private shareholders to government shouldn’t impact the constitutional mandate of the central bank in any way.
A suit of highly paid professional services seem to have failed investors in the unfolding Steinhoff corporate scandal.
South Africa waits with bated breath for the 2017 medium term budget policy statement from new Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba, as it might reveal key signals of where economic policy is headed.
KPMG South Africa executives have set a new benchmark for the country assuming responsibility for wrongdoing in their organisation.
South Africa’s Public Protector, has been exposed as incompetent after trying to meddle with the constitutional mandate of the country’s central bank.
The prevailing mandate of the South African Reserve Bank is informed by sound economics and the need to protect the institution from the whims of politicians.
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