24 March 2022 - Speaking at the fourth SA Investment Conference, President Cyril Ramaphosa said: “As investors, you need to know that your investments are secure, that the operating environment is stable, and that you are supported by policy certainty and regulatory safeguards.” (“Ramaphosa invites global business leaders to join SA’s road to recovery”, March 24.) The reality on the ground is different; numerous current and proposed policies serve to render the SA environment hostile to serious capital formation, investment and skills development.
22 March 2022 - The 2022 Index of Economic Freedom, released by the Heritage Foundation, has found a worldwide decline in economic freedom – with the largest decline in average scores ever measured.
18 March 2022 - More than half of South Africa’s workforce will be condemned to joblessness if the economically catastrophic provisions of the Employment Equity Amendment Bill (EEB) come into force.
18 March 2022 - Your editorial opinion refers ("Time to end the state of disaster”, March 18). It ought to have come as little surprise that government extended the state of disaster to April 15 despite promises to the contrary. That government is now trying to force various irrational aspects of its lockdown regulations into health legislation was always expected.
15 March 2022 - Like a dreadful inevitability – because that is what it is – load-shedding is back. Once more, the economy stutters as opportunities are lost, and prospects for meaningful growth recede a little further into the distance.