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(Comments)
...tor and reform the state starting from libertarian principles in the informal sector. Given that 40% of
South
Africa
ns earn their living in this sector (even though it only makes up 6.5% of the econo...
Saturday, 11 August 2007
2.
(Comments)
... not at all shy to draw attention to it, as if somehow it\'s the formal sector\'s fault. Thabo Mbeki, in
South
Africa
, happily speaks about the \"first\" and \"second\" economy, and the need to addres...
Saturday, 11 August 2007
3.
(Comments)
Nope, Freedem, doesn\'t wash. The
South
Africa
n government disputes the connection between HIV and AIDS and won\'t distribute medication even though it\'s been donated. The US government doesn\'t li
Wednesday, 25 July 2007
4.
(Comments)
Ah, so the article got you in exactly the way it was intended. I called
South
Africa
a \"microcosm\" and waved the \"race\" flag around the way many people (like Naomi Klein) do. The issues are not
Wednesday, 18 July 2007
5.
(Comments)
... commenting. However, I detest the \"its so incorrect I won\'t even dignify it with a response\" so: >
South
Africa
has a mature black lead government >Many of the wealthiest people and surely the ...
Monday, 16 July 2007
6.
(Comments)
... individuals and families; Russia 3) Big-firm - most of the economy exists in a few large corporations;
South
Africa
4) Entrepreneurial - most of the economy is controlled by small firms; er, no-one...
Thursday, 12 July 2007
7.
(Comments)
... as if you are unable to appreciate that we have two overlapping, and occasionally blurred, economies in
South
Africa
. There is plenty of wealth in the informal economy - which is why it exists. A...
Thursday, 03 May 2007
8.
Government and Business, Panic and Rescue
(Analysis/Analysis)
...the reasons why it failed in the first place. But the confusion that abounds makes it very easy for the
South
Africa
n government to justify the R 12 billion they have squandered on
South
Africa
n Airw...
Thursday, 27 November 2008
9.
Taxing the poor so that the rich can buy expensive cars
(Analysis/Analysis)
...a tax as a necessary evil for saving jobs, and – at once – everyone is satisfied. Welcome to
South
Africa
’s motor-industry, where the
South
Africa
n taxpayer subsidises the purchase-p...
Thursday, 20 November 2008
10.
Zimbabwe's Hope Deterred
(Analysis/Analysis)
...high levels and whoever gets to run the economy will have to contend with this problem as well. Former
South
Africa
n president, Thabo Mbeki, flew into Zimbabwe on Monday 13 0ctober 2008 in an effort...
Sunday, 09 November 2008
11.
The charity of dumping
(Analysis/Analysis)
...of the Niall Mellon Township Initiative? Maguinness has a program that, since 2002, has built houses in
South
Africa
n townships for the homeless. The house-building volunteers, from rich countries i...
Thursday, 06 November 2008
12.
Zimbabwe: The beginning, and ending, of the beginning
(Analysis/Analysis)
...otiation had fallen through with no agreement in sight, and all seemed a lost cause. The announcement by
South
Africa
n president, Thabo Mbeki, that a deal had finally been reached created optimism amo...
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
13.
After Conceit: Recovering from the Credit Crunch
(Analysis/Analysis)
Wealth is created through an economic sleight of hand. All the money in circulation is a promise, not only of the value already in existence, but of the future value that people have promised to crea
Sunday, 12 October 2008
14.
The Revenge of the Markets
(Analysis/Analysis)
...tive, that is twice the entire value of Russian-listed companies, and almost four times the value of all
South
Africa
n-listed firms. As the terror has taken hold, investors are selling their shares ...
Friday, 10 October 2008
15.
Trade Liberalisation isn't only between Rich and Poor
(Analysis/Analysis)
The Olympics in China achieved their ends. The Beijing government treated the event as a major marketing shin-dig with world leaders flying in for the opening ceremony. Unnoticed in the all the exc
Friday, 03 October 2008
16.
Possession of state assets has become an end in itself
(Analysis/Analysis)
...jor power stations, roads, or hospitals take years to build and a budget must be raised in advance. The
South
Africa
n government has committed itself to spending billions on infrastructure for the Wo...
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
17.
Mozambique's Lessons for South Africa
(Analysis/Analysis)
...ccords that settled Mozambique, there is still no main bridge across the Zambezi River linking north and
south
. The current bridge requires that Mozambiquans travel via Malawi. There is, however, a ...
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
18.
Apple, the destroyer of comfort-zones
(Analysis/Analysis)
...ed much in the past decade. We use them for phone calls and to send short messages via SMS. Outside of
South
Africa
the growth of cheap bandwidth means that people enjoy watching television or playi...
Tuesday, 02 September 2008
19.
The Remarkable Power of Remarkable People
(Analysis/Analysis)
...ial, religious, gender or sexual orientation laws also act to select for, or against particular groups.
South
Africa
’s Apartheid laws denied dark-skinned citizens not only the right to vote, bu...
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
20.
How to cross a river...
(Analysis/Analysis)
...d with a river – wonder how they will cross it, not who will bridge it for them. It is clear that
South
Africa
's rural areas no longer contain people who are self-reliant. All these people...
Saturday, 16 August 2008
21.
South Ossetia: Russia and Georgia's dangerous game
(Analysis/Analysis)
...cted regions as diverse as Aceh (part of Indonesia) and Cabinda (an exclave of Angola). It also affects
South
Ossetia, a break-away province of Georgia. Russia’s Perfect War Russia wants a war...
Saturday, 09 August 2008
22.
Everything gets tested but political ideas, they become policy
(Analysis/Analysis)
...rtunity to vote out idiotic political hacks and replace them with people you hope will undo the damage.
South
Africa
n taxpayers have little expectation of seeing the padded rears of ANC fat-cats depa...
Thursday, 07 August 2008
23.
The errors of selection and confirmation bias
(Analysis/Analysis)
...usion. My email inbox is full of high-minded spam articles lamenting the demise of positive thinking in
South
Africa
. JP Landman, a well-paid executive at BOE Investment Research, declares that the...
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
24.
No way out; ducking the Eskom bullet
(Analysis/Analysis)
...terprise. The shareholder here is the taxpayer. Government must pay money derived from the earnings of
South
Africa
ns to cover the cost of the investment in state-owned firms. If government increas...
Sunday, 20 July 2008
25.
Dealing with the consequences of Zimbabwe
(Analysis/Analysis)
...o currencies available for alternative use with which Zimbabweans are familiar are the US dollar and the
South
Africa
n rand. The US dollar poses concerns about exchange controls with what will have ...
Saturday, 28 June 2008
26.
Xenophobia and the end of the African Renaissance
(Analysis/Analysis)
...have been treated to the spectacle of their relatives and friends being tortured and murdered by mobs of
South
Africa
ns. The initial response from President Thabo Mbeki – the man who would have...
Friday, 13 June 2008
27.
When big businesses stop submitting to autocrats
(Analysis/Analysis)
...hat a government can be dictatorial up to its borders but, beyond these, they have to obey the law. In
South
Africa
the government has yet to be faced with any major company saying, "No." ...
Thursday, 29 May 2008
28.
Taxing the Future, Confusing the Present
(Analysis/Analysis)
...budget speech. It was a plea, not only to the new Zuma / Motlanthe alliance within the ANC, but also to
South
Africa
's taxpayers. Behind the glib remarks he was begging taxpayers, "Please k...
Friday, 23 May 2008
29.
Overcoming the Conservation of Energy
(Analysis/Analysis)
...lly become rusted heaps if they aren't maintained correctly. Such neglect is visible throughout the
South
Africa
n economy; most obviously in public schools, public health, and public electricity....
Saturday, 10 May 2008
30.
The hazard of market dominance
(Analysis/Analysis)
...d the greater the impact on price inflation. Effective control of the economy is in very few hands. The
South
Africa
n government comprises over 34% of the economy, as well as defining prices through ...
Friday, 02 May 2008
31.
When no-one is held accountable, everyone suffers
(Analysis/Analysis)
... Kenya was the main despatch and purchasing hub for international buyers. Back home, the failure of the
South
Africa
n government to hold the health ministry to account sees millions dieing from AIDS....
Wednesday, 09 April 2008
32.
Netscape, the Internet and Creative Destruction
(Analysis/Analysis)
...te endeavour that created power generation in the first place. The price of internet use has plunged in
South
Africa
, from hundreds of rands a month for dial-up services to as little as R 45 per mont...
Wednesday, 09 April 2008
33.
Electricity Redux - Electricity Quotas Will Work About As Well As Race Quotas
(Analysis/Analysis)
In 1998 the US state of California partially deregulated electricity production and sales. The "partially" bit is where things came ungummed. The private companies that purchased the righ
Wednesday, 09 April 2008
34.
Of Chiefs and Presidents
(Analysis/Analysis)
... many leaders still under colonial oppression. He came with a lot of promise, leading the breadbasket of
south
ern
Africa
, and on many occasions leading the SADC on politics. Twenty-eight years on, th...
Wednesday, 09 April 2008
35.
Funding departments instead of people cheats everyone
(Analysis/Analysis)
...fe and Medi-Clinic, is worth about R 63 billion a year. Yet this large number is only 4.6% of the total
South
Africa
n economy. State spending, as a proportion of total economic income, is 34.2%. I...
Saturday, 15 March 2008
36.
Jacob Zuma, Inflation Denialist?
(Analysis/Analysis)
...b Zuma – the
Africa
n National Congress' newly elected president – declares that he finds
South
Africa
's high interest rates unfair on the poor. When you borrow money from your ban...
Thursday, 06 March 2008
37.
Higher food prices mean downgrading that Turkey to a Chicken
(Analysis/Analysis)
...of agriculture. In the developed world agriculture is now only 2 – 3% of economic production. In
South
Africa
agriculture is a "mere" 4% of total GDP. This shrinking profitability h...
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
38.
The Speculator: Pricing in the Future
(Analysis/Analysis)
...' national revenue given over to agriculture (10%) and industry (35.5%) is strikingly different from
South
Africa
's. Our agriculture is 3.8% and industry is 32%. Both sectors are in rapid de...
Thursday, 14 February 2008
39.
Simba the Saviour?
(Analysis/Analysis)
...his expertise as a business consultant, but more so for his ten-year stint as Executive Secretary of the
South
ern
Africa
n Development Community, (SADC). Dr Makoni is reported to have the backing of So...
Sunday, 10 February 2008
40.
Exports and parliamentary laziness
(Analysis/Analysis)
...t to allow them to send money abroad to pay for all these marketing and sales junkets. Sharma says that
South
Africa
has a "mere" 2 000 exporters when we should have 6 – 8 000 exporte...
Wednesday, 30 January 2008
41.
Podcast: China's expansion in Africa offers risk and opportunities
(Podcasts/Emerging Market Risk)
China is rapidly becoming
Africa
's largest investor. They require little in the way of good governance and are aggressively creating new infrastructure in their drive to secure resources for
Monday, 28 January 2008
42.
Of Capitalism, Socialist Greed, Poverty and Remaining Silent
(Analysis/Analysis)
... and need to be based in a safe environment that respects property rights. One of the worst excesses of
South
Africa
n state negligence has been regarding HIV / AIDS. Many large firms, from Anglo Ame...
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
43.
South Korea
(Emerging Markets/Eastern Asia)
Poorest 20%: Market Opportunity: potential for social and economic mobility, as well as the prospects for engaging the poorest 20% as a direct market Productivity + Cost of Workforce: politics
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
44.
South Africa
(Emerging Markets/Southern Africa)
Poorest 20%: Market Opportunity: potential for social and economic mobility, as well as the prospects for engaging the poorest 20% as a direct market Productivity + Cost of Workforce: politics
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
45.
Central African Republic
(Emerging Markets/Middle Africa)
Poorest 20%: Market Opportunity: potential for social and economic mobility, as well as the prospects for engaging the poorest 20% as a direct market Productivity + Cost of Workforce: politics
Monday, 21 January 2008
46.
Podcast: The US dollar's decline effects aid and trade in Africa
(Podcasts/Emerging Market Risk)
Aid and trade are essential to
Africa
's further development. The US dollar declined by 30% during 2007. This has an effect both on the real value of aid and on the world economy. Download th
Saturday, 19 January 2008
47.
Searching for objective measures of value
(Analysis/Analysis)
...ce and – by 1980 – it was $641/ounce. An interesting caveat to this story is its effect on
South
Africa
. Without this exponential rise in the value of gold Apartheid would never h...
Thursday, 03 January 2008
48.
This festive season: the accumulating effects of individual activity
(Analysis/Analysis)
...m work and start preparing dinner, bathing, and watching television. In small family groups. Given that
South
Africa
n electricity monopoly, Eskom, hasn't invested in their network for thirty year...
Saturday, 15 December 2007
49.
Trevor Manuel and the "Plunder of Skills"
(Analysis/Analysis)
Trevor Manuel,
South
Africa
's long-serving Minister of Finance, has had a busy time of it. When he hasn't been demanding reform at the IMF, he has been lecturing the US and Western Europe on
Sunday, 09 December 2007
50.
Contradictions resolve in ways you don't intend
(Analysis/Analysis)
"Run your small business as if it is a big business," says Erik Parker,
South
Africa
's franchise guru, as one of his points for business success. Or, if you're more of a socialist,
Thursday, 29 November 2007
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