Open to talents not capture
Are the talented ones appointed? An important question, because corruption thrives on rigging selection and appointment…
Using WordPress to test and validate ideas
This talk was a little different for me. I have used WordPress for years and have…
Comment on Xenophobia and ease of doing business
Al Jazeera English produced an excellent case study on xenophobia in South Africa I would highly…
Minister Nene’s Budget 2015 Exposes South Africa’s Poor Economic Policymaking Agenda
Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene, in his inaugural budget speech, offers this piece of wisdom, “The challenge…
How the SACP and World Bank Agree on Policies that Restrain Redistribution in South Africa
Have we reached the end of the road for redistribution in South Africa? Recent publications by…
Nene’s Medium Term Budget Fails to Get Balance Right between Fiscal and Social Responsibility
How do we measure the performance of the South African budget? The message from Finance Minister…
Is the ANC Serious about ‘Radical Economic Transformation’?
Presidents’ relish shorthand descriptions of the agenda they are implementing. In Jacob Zuma’s first term of…
Six Reasons Why Rushed Cadre Deployment is Bad for the Cabinet and for the Country
The African National Congress has recently launched its Imvuselelo (Revival) Campaign. At the launch, President Jacob Zuma…
Provincial Centres for Entrepreneurship? South Africa’s New Small Business Ministry Gets Off on Wrong Foot
South Africans of all stripes often lament the general lack of entrepreneurial success and limited support…