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A poster from the ANC hangs along a road in Soweto, Johannesburg.

Why has Ramaphosa, SA’s most promising president, failed?

The perpetual consensus builder has failed to grasp the nettle of reform

New dawn for broken municipalities?

Inside the blueprint for local government reform

South Africa economy turnaround. Pexels / Sherissa; Rawpixel; Currency

MICHAEL AVERY: How to get the economy growing

How to unleash South Africa's potential

DAAN STEENKAMP & AIDAN HORN: Growth stalled — as did South Africa’s jobs market

The growth crisis behind South Africa’s jobs problem

ROB ROSE: Is South Africa’s business-government collaboration just a comforting ruse?

Accountability is sorely needed

Parks Tau.

TIM COHEN: Has Parks Tau accidentally invented an escape route from BEE?

Now here's a delicious irony

President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses parliament during the  2026 SONA 


Picture: ParliamentRSA

NATASHA MARRIAN: Inside the ANC’s MK dilemma

South Africans may not actually want MK in government, but their economic frustrations are making Zuma’s party increasingly difficult to ignore.

MICHAEL AVERY: South Africa is still unserious about economic growth

South Africa's focus on redistributing wealth often overshadows the critical need for economic growth. The Public Procurement Act should r focus on fostering a productive economy.

BEE faces. Rawpixel/Currency collage

Why markets – not BEE – lift people from poverty

BEE aims to fix apartheid’s distortions, but regulated markets have created huge externalities. History shows free markets lift more people out of poverty