South Africa's economic past, present and future
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A football is not enough
On the afternoon of 11 June 2010, in a packed Soccer City, Siphiwe Tshabalala collected the ball on the left, took one touch, and smashed it into the top corner. It was a brilliant goal, nominated for a Puskas, but it was a magic moment bec...
The procurement trap
South Africa spends just under a trillion rand a year on public procurement – about 15% of GDP, on the best recent system-wide estimate of R931.5 billion in 2021/22. On 16 April 2026, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana published 100 pages of...
Can a pill solve poverty?
There is no shortcut to eradicating stunting
South Africa’s supermarkets are well stocked. By the crude measure of calories, the country produces and imports more than enough to feed every child in it. And yet more than one in five young S...
Animals do well where people do well
We came round a bend on a dirt road in the centre of the Kruger National Park two weeks ago. A pack of wild dogs had just pulled down an impala, a few meters from the car, and two of them were tearing the body apart while the animal, by all...
The most schooled people in Africa
What funded founders have in common – and what it means for backing the next one
She is a founder in KuGompo City, South Africa (formerly East London). She has a small team, a product that works, and a handful of paying customers who keep...
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South African economic historian and author of 'Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom' (Cambridge University Press, 2022).
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