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MICHAEL MORRIS: From Elizabeth I to corrupt SA, stunting new ideas comes at a cost - Business Day

In their expansive account of economic history, Why Nations Fail, Daron Acemoglu and James A Robinson provide a vivid glimpse of the cost of overweening power ...

Letter: SA can’t afford to lose its skills, entrepreneurs and taxpayers - BusinessLIVE

Both Bjorn Lomberg’s analysis of migration (“Global skilled migration could mitigate inequality”, May 9) and Randall Carolissen’s response (“Global skills ...

IRR, Zondo and Harvard agree: Cut BEE to keep the lights on, ignite economic growth – Gabriel Crouse - Biznews

The last campaign I ran at the IRR was to scrap BEE at Eskom, particularly in procurement, in order to combat load-shedding. A new working paper from Harvard’s ...

Eskom exemption from full financial disclosure deeply concerning

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has cautioned Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana against allowing load-shedding to be used to smokescreen further ...

Eskom about-turn welcome – but crucial step still to be taken

Government’s dramatic about-turn on Eskom – withdrawing the audit exemption, and lifting the electricity state of disaster – is welcome, but there is one more ...

ANC’s ideological indulgences distract from tackling poverty, unemployment in SA - Biznews

Our ruling party’s corruption, incompetence and ideological indulgences are so extreme and unrelenting that they distract opponents from developing the ...

SAA privatisation bid fails: How political rifts stall reform efforts – Katzenellenbogen - Biznews

Almost three years ago, when the government said it would partially sell off state-owned South African Airways (SAA), it appeared that the vice-like grip of ...

The DA’s principle of separation of party and state: Potentially problematic? - Biznews

In a previous article I claimed that there might be a tension between the Democratic Alliance (DA)’s principle of ‘separation of party and state’ on the one ...

Inside the motivations and ambitions of why political parties want power – Andrew Kenny - Biznews

Why do political parties want to be in government? Why do people choose a political career? Why do voters vote as they do?

Letter: Letter: It's not corruption alone that puts the lights out - Financial Mail

The FM quotes the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) as saying that load-shedding is ‘a direct result of corruption at Eskom’ (‘Milking the Eskom cow’, 6 ...