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Rethinking South Africa's macroeconomic policy approach CATEGORY: Latest News AUTHOR: Andrea Teagle We are in a historical time of momentous changes in macroeconomic thinking that have been driven by the need to respond to crises, said macroeconomics expert Dr Seeraj Mohamed, while speaking at the first of a series of Macroeconomic Policy Dialogues hosted by the Human Sciences Research Council. Mohamed and fellow economists Gilad Isaacs and Alexis Habiyaremye argued that fiscal stimulation is a critical and underutilised tool for overcoming and preventing socioeconomic crises like that preci...

DA MP Okkie Terblanche urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to deal with the "conflict" between Cele and Sitole. "They must focus on their own roles and responsibilities. The department's credibility and performance are at stake," he said. "It's time to up your game, Mr Minister." Responding to the debate, Cele said: Unfortunately, honourable Shembeni and honourable Terblanche were in the police service. They should have done much better when they were there, rather than stand here [on] the mountain now and shout to the highest mountain when they did not do anything to improve the organisation. "W...

General Khehla Sitole. (Photo: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images) The stage is set for the latest court battle between top cop Khehla Sitole and former Crime Intelligence boss Peter Jacobs, the outcome of which may hold grave consequences for the losing foe. On Wednesday, Jacobs approached the Johannesburg Labour Court to halt a disciplinary inquiry that would likely see him axed if seen to fruition. Jacobs faces misconduct charges for his alleged failure to act on a warning that Anti-Gang Unit detective Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear's phone was being illegally tracked and hi...

weekly newspaper. A frosty standoff between the two figures in charge of South Africa’s police – National Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole and Police Minister Bheki Cele – has become even more fraught with Cele this week saying Sitole’s “disregard” for him will not be tolerated. On 4 May, Sitole announced four senior appointments in the SA Police Service during a meeting in Parliament. But it turns out he went against Cele’s instructions, who has deemed the appointments irregular and invalid. This has exposed even more bad blood within the police service, which has been rocked...

The tension between Police Minister Bheki Cele and Police Commissioner General Khehla Sitole has moved to a new frontier: key appointments. (Photo: Jaco Marais/Gallo Images) Police Minister Bheki Cele has laid down the law to top cop Khehla Sitole, accusing him of open defiance and blatant contempt for pushing through the appointment of senior police officials without his blessing. "You blatantly ignored my instructions… [this] is regarded as serious and will not be tolerated," Cele wrote in a tersely worded message to national commissioner Sitole on Wednesday.   The p...