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The good, the bad, and the ugly in 2025
The year started off on an ugly note with the signing of the Expropriation Act by President Cyril Ramaphosa in late January.
19 January 2026
The year started off on an ugly note with the signing of the Expropriation Act by President Cyril Ramaphosa in late January.
Conscientious objection to race law remains a moral imperative.
But the real impact lies in the recognition of the basic dignity of the beneficiaries.
B-BBEE is a policy choice like any other and what has been done can be undone.
It lies upstream of many other problems affecting the country and is a policy that needs to be entirely undone.
The expanded (unofficial) unemployment rate is a lot higher.
It’s hard enough arranging a meeting with all the participants, let alone getting anything done.
This allows corrupt ANC cadres to guzzle taxpayer money – all while singing the song of “transformation”.
This crowded Cabinet is difficult to justify in a country of only 62 million people and a GDP of US$400 billion.
Despite over three decades in power, the ANC seems unable to learn the lessons from failed plans of the recent past.