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6 October 2021 - Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana spoke out strongly last week about the urgent need for big structural reforms to boost growth.

Eskom disaster: Independent report reveals dire mismanagement, urgent overhaul needed – Katzenellenbogen - Biznews

The long-awaited independent report on the disastrous state of Eskom by vgbe, a consortium of German energy plant operators, has presented the government with ...

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’s 36% tariff hike sparks debate on power pricing and reform: Katzenellenbogen - Biznews

Eskom wants to raise power tariffs by more than 36 percent next year, and follow this up with big hikes in the two following years.

Euphoria and challenges: GNU sets ambitious reform agenda – Katzenellenbogen - Biznews

If there is one big hope that has emerged from the Government of National Unity (GNU) formed last week, it is that the country will now undertake the big ...

EWC on the horizon - Politicsweb

With its adoption by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), the Expropriation Bill has passed one of its final legal hurdles before becoming law.

EWC or economic recovery, not both – IRR

3 November 2020 - The government’s drive to implement expropriation without compensation (EWC) is incompatible with South Africa’s hopes of economic recovery.

EWC, BEE setting up Godongwana and GNU for failure – IRR

Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana’s hopes of advancing the GNU’s pro-growth ambitions are critically undermined by the weakening of property rights and the ...

Expropriation Act raises risk of destabilising financial institutions – IRR

In 2018, clearly intending to reassure investors and businesses, President Cyril Ramaphosa promised in the London Financial Times that expropriation without ...

5 February 2021 - Explaining the ‘deeper meanings’ behind events is the stock-in-trade of journalists, academics and analysts. It is the nature of this work ...