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To win the election, the ANC could define a vision of SA as not quite full-on ‘user pays’ neoliberalism, but at least one in which the shortcomings of the state are recognised and the private sector is recalibrated from bogeyman to useful protagonist.

Foreign ministers from the BRICS countries are meeting in South Africa from Thursday as the five-nation bloc seeks to forge itself into a counterweight to Western geopolitical dominance in the wake of Russias invasion of Ukraine.

Foreign ministers from the Brics countries are meeting in South Africa from Thursday as the five-nation bloc seeks to forge itself into a counterweight to Western geopolitical dominance in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The timing of the ruling party’s proposal to move state-owned enterprises into their respective departments is curious.

Bruce Whitfield chats to a range of economists and analysts on the eve of Enoch Godongwana's Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS).

Bruce Whitfield chats to a range of economists and analysts on the eve of Enoch Godongwana's Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS).

Evidence before the state capture commission suggests the Gupta family had an interest in Alexkor's diamond sales and aimed to use a repurposed the mine for their own coal interests.

The teetering diamond miner Alexkor might be a lesser known victim of State Capture, but evidence before the State Capture commission suggests Gupta family associates not only had an interest in the company’s diamond sales, they also had grand plans to use a repurposed Alexkor for their own c...

[LISTEN] Questions Remain Over the Real Reasons for that Nkandla Tea Party Feb 10, 2021 Political analyst Nic Borain says the coverage given to the Nkandla tea party was like giving oxygen to a fire. Borain was speaking to Radio Islam on Wednesday about the tea-party at Nkandla between former president Jacob Zuma and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema last weekend. The foray remains a thread on social media, dinner conversations and the mainstream media. Borain says the main s...