July Production Statistics: An Indication Of A V-Shaped Recovery?

Statistics South Africa publishes monthly production statistics for mining, manufacturing, electricity distributed, the five components of trade, catering and ...

Recent ANC Comments on Prescribed Assets for Financial Institutions - Brief II of II

This is the second Brief of two that looks prescribed assets, as touted by the ANC. It looks at the potential consequences and finishes with a conclusion. The ...

Financing The Public Sector Borrowing Requirement Should South Africa Attempt Yield Curve Control?

The public-sector borrowing requirement includes the borrowing needs of government as a whole, and those of state-owned companies, but excludes development ...

The Economy: Adapt or Die II - The Medium Term

The first brief in this series considered economic priorities leading up to the 2020 Budget. This brief discusses priorities for the following two years.

The Silence of the Constitutionalists

In this brief, Matthew Kruger reflects on the suspension of democratic power and subordination of transformative goals during the last year of lockdown. After ...

The Era of Pandemics: Tomorrow's Forever Wars

We are now more than 250 days into our 21-day lockdown, with Ramaphosa and his Command Council claiming for themselves the power to legislate every aspect of ...

The South African Auditor-General Terence Nombembe released the 2011-2012 Consolidated General Report on National and Provincial Audit Outcomes on 12 March, ...

In this brief the concept of increasing social security is looked at as being complimentary rather than opposed to economic growth. The author argues that in ...

This Brief summarises some of the aspects of the Business Licensing Bill and considers what it could mean for business. It showcases State and Private Sector ...

This brief summarises the NDP’s main features and looks at the current state of play regarding levels of support for it.