SA needs new ideas for fiscal stimulus and financial support through the second wave and beyond.
Read moreIntellidex chair, Dr Stuart Theobald, assesses South Africa's performance over the last year and looks forward to the challenges of 2021
Read moreA lot of misdirected conclusions have been drawn from the court judgment on the public sector wage bill
Read moreThe lack of evidence-based thinking has also been prevalent in the economic response to the pandemic. Ultimately, evidence-based policy must be a culture more than a set of rules.
Read moreThe government should just get on with the business of dealing decisively with energy policy, show some leadership and cut the stalling.
Read moreRamaphosa could use the conference this week to shift emphasis away from public projects.
Read moreWhy lenders and borrowers have given the government’s bank guarantee loan scheme the cold shoulder.
Read moreThe launch of the recovery plan by the president is a seminal moment which will define the path to economic doom or recovery.
Read moreCovid-19 has caused what statisticians call a regime change, because the underlying conditions that generate the data fundamentally changed during the lockdown.
Read moreScant insight into how government’s decision-making works is a problem that infects business and investor confidence.
Read moreHow is the sorry saga of SAA going to end?
Read moreCompanies must now expense the losses they expect to make as soon as their expectations change
Read moreSA’s wheels will just spin in the mud if it produces plans without specifics such as costs, responsibilities and timelines
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