Monday, 27 March 2023
Luke Jordan is the chief executive of Grassroot, a community organising tech start-up he founded in 2015. Jordan worked on economic policy and development at the World Bank in India from 2011 to 2014, and at McKinsey in China from 2005 to 2010. He writes in his personal capacity.
As the media speculates on the new Cabinet and about whether the president will be ousted by one or other faction, the crucial question goes unanswered. How to address the economy’s real weaknesses?
The insurance industry’s top dogs are making billions from impoverished people’s funeral policies – and the government is doing little to introduce relatively simple regulations.
It was the briefest budget speech in years, all over in an hour. Was its brevity designed to speed past the bad news or to disguise the lack of good news?
The Competition Amendment Bill is a valuable intervention that could help to break down monopolies. So why is Ramaphosa hesitating to sign it?
South Africans suffer from high levels of household debt and lack of savings, both inhibiting economic growth. Only radical change will ease the load.