Author: Charles Collocott
Published:
12
May
2020
This brief explores the possibility of allocating to buyers the full amount of short-term, lower-yielding government bonds for which they bid, the impact on the average yield to maturity, and how the availability of this funding option varies with circumstances.
Briefs
Covid-19
Government
Author: Matthew Kruger
Published:
08
May
2020
The series concludes by arguing that the purpose for and process by which the powers under the Disaster Act have been exercised are unlawful and irrational, for they are structured by a near-total, comprehensive failure by government to understand what the Constitution is all about.
Briefs
Governance
Covid-19
Constitution
Author: Matthew Kruger
Published:
08
May
2020
The Disaster Management Act is the legislation through which the Minister has effected the current lockdown. In this brief, the purpose and limits of the powers afforded to the executive by the Disaster Act are considered, and it is explained that despite their exceptional nature, these powers must be interpreted and exercised consistently with the transformative vision articulated in the first brief.
Briefs
Governance
Covid-19
Constitution
Author: Matthew Kruger
Published:
08
May
2020
Matthew Kruger argues that the purpose and process by which Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has locked South Africa down is unconstitutional. In this first brief, it is explained that the state, in all that it does, has a constitutional duty to respect, protect, promote and fulfill the transformative vision that suffuses the whole constitutional order.
Briefs
Governance
Covid-19
Constitution
Author: Charles Simkins
Published:
04
May
2020
This brief offers four observations on the prospects for the South African economy.
Economy
Covid-19
Governance
Briefs
Author: Anton van Dalsen
Published:
04
May
2020
This brief deals with the nature of the Level 4 regulations and their economic, legal and political implications
Economy
Briefs
Covid-19
Governance
Justice
Author: Charles Collocott
Published:
28
Apr
2020
The United States generates more than 20 percent of the world's total output and the dollar is the global reserve currency. What happens to its economy will have a global impact. This brief considers the possibility of a so-called “V-shaped” recovery in the US economy.
Economy
Finance
Briefs
Author: Nhlanhla Mnisi
Published:
22
Apr
2020
In an epidemic where so much remains unknown and where fear is widespread, it is important to enable all persons at risk to feel a sense of agency in relation to their own safety. Two elements are considered here: education about the importance of hand hygiene, and the provision of adequate quantities of usable water and sanitation to make thorough hand washing possible.
Briefs
Water
Covid-19
Health
To what extent can increased sale of government bonds fund the shortfall in revenue or relief associated with the COVID-19 epidemic?
