Street traders are not a problem to be managed. They are entrepreneurs creating value under difficult conditions. Johannesburg should make it easier for them to trade, not harder.
Serial killer fears in Gauteng expose South Africa’s failure to prioritise violent crime.
South Africa does not need more state-led job-creation programmes that have repeatedly failed to reduce the headline figures. Instead, it requires an environment in which ordinary people work.
The culture of non-payment, coupled with weak collection, must be confronted if there is to be any hope of rescuing South African municipalities.
The ideology behind NHI reveals something far more dangerous than a funding shortfall.
By adopting fiscal discipline, tariff relief, and private sector solutions, the City of Johannesburg can escape its financial troubles and become a beacon of urban vitality once more.
The core issue is not “African foreigners” versus “locals,” but how state policies suppress opportunity for everyone.
The issue is not that South Africans lack enterprise; the problem is that our policy environment actively suppresses it.
Tobacco is also subject to additional taxation beyond the value-added tax, which is charged on all products except for a select few.
JSEC is the best policy, grounded in the agency of every individual…
