The sub-imperial formation called BRICS, which pretends to be a progressive global force could be divided by a series of crises.
- Professor of Political Economy, University of the Witwatersrand
An ideological debate is desperately needed to sort out options South Africa could pursue to find a way out of its economic morass.
In preparing the 2017 national budget South Africa needs to take heed of warnings that its historical austerity measures are hurting the poor and even costing lives.
South Africa’s President, Jacob Zuma, promised radical economic transformation in his 2017 state of the nation address. A lot of what he said in support of this promise is alternative facts.
A grassroots opposition movement against the Donald Trump presidency is growing. The question is can it be harnessed into globalised sanctions campaign?
South Africa is breathing a sigh of relief after escaping a credit rating downgrade. But there are still serious concerns around structure of the country’s economy and finances.
South Africa’s central bank should urgently insulate the rand from further financial chaos by imposing tighter exchange controls.
The United States under the leadership of Donald Trump is expected to pursue isolationist policies which could hurt Africa.
BRICS is slowly being written off as a bloc that can administer coherent political action.
Alors que Johannesburg accueille 182 pays pour étudier les restrictions commerciales touchant 500 espèces, la militarisation des parcs naturels et la financiarisation de la faune nous interpellent.
Military responses to combat poaching are a problem. They marginalise communities where poachers come from and can have longer term implications.
A radical tightening of exchange controls against corporations and wealthy individuals offers a short-term solution to South Africa’s balance of payments crisis.
Grassroots protesters are questioning the logic of export-led ‘growth’ and renewed fiscal austerity pushed through the ‘Africa rising’ narrative. They want policies that meet their basic needs.
South Africans living in communities along the country’s east coast are engaged in intensive protests against mining companies, despite rising danger.
Some hard-to-hear facts are not included in the World Bank’s new discussion note on poverty and inequality in South Africa.
South Africa’s transition into democracy involved compromises that left white privilege intact and black poverty undiminished. Here are a dozen of Mandela’s economic deals that need to be undone.
The next step in South African students’ fight against high university fees could be taken beyond campuses. The final battle will be fought at the country’s National Treasury and Reserve Bank.
Thomas Piketty’s visit reminds us of the need to reconsider South African inequality-fibbery. His inequality critique is vital, but only if it can withstand the neoliberal embrace.
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