As the ongoing debacle in the Gauteng Department of Health’s financial department continues, we are repeatedly told that the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) will fix South Africa’s healthcare crisis. But if the mismanagement of funds in the country’s financial hub is anything to go by, what reason is there
In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the oracles of money and banking have been beating the drums for “recapitalization” – telling us that, to avoid future crises, banks must be made stronger. To accomplish this, governments across the developed world are compelling banks to raise fresh capital and strengthen
A Christmas wish for South Africa in this video by Temba Nolutshungu
The South African economy is under assault from all sides. The attack comes in a wide variety of shapes and forms, from stubbornly high unemployment to sluggish jobless growth, to strikes and general labour unrest. There is, however, a more insidious threat that we as a nation have been slow
