Political grandstanding hinders SA’s economic recovery

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

South Africa’s economy faced a turbulent 2024, marked by slow growth, high unemployment, and lingering structural challenges. While the formation of a Government ...

Pravin Gordhan did not betray his principles

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

PG was definitely not the type to stand on top of the mountain and shout slogans when such serious political racial tensions had to be quickly and effectively defused. ...

Pravin Gordhan did not betray his principles

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

Former Minister Pravin Gordhan, was an anti-apartheid activist, non-racist to the core, fond of detail and loyal. His main weaknesses were stubbornness (like me) ...

Empty 2024 election promises set to dominate economic landscape

Opinion and Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

OPINION: I am comfortable to say that it looks like the inflation rates have equally peaked in South Africa, and that it is possible that the annual inflation rate ...

Economic stagnation hastens poverty, inequality

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

Professor Dumisa looks at the economies of seven countries, which include four African countries and three major countries who are also members of BRICS.

De-dollarisation needs more debate

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

Picture: Itumeleng English / African News Agency (ANA) - The BRICS summit week can be realistically said to have been very successful under the circumstances, says ...

De-dollarisation needs more debate

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

OPINION: There is definitely a great push for de-dollarisation, given that most countries are by now irritated by the extent to which the US dollar has been highly ...

US sabre-rattling not root cause of economic woes

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

OPINION: We must not be misled into believing that many businesses will leave South Africa because of recent US sabre-rattling. But, the serious business uncertainties ...

US sabre rattling not the root cause for economic woes

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

OPINION: We must not be misled into believing that many businesses will leave because of recent US’s sabre-rattling. But, the serious business uncertainties linked ...

Navigating the rising cost of living needs innovation

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

Inflation challenge: Don’t worsen it through ill-informed short-term interventions

‘Opportunistic’ political tactics heaps pain on economy, workers

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

OPINION: EFF leader Julius Malema and party wanted to bring everything to a standstill in South Africa, especially the economy, as a means of attaining a particular ...

Will Ramaphosa’s R2 trillion investment target be achievable in five years?

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

President Cyril Ramaphosa publicly set his Presidency an investment target of R1. 2 trillion for the first five years of his term. He has now declared that the R1. ...

Will Ramaphosa’s R2 trillion investment target be achievable in five years?

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

President Cyril Ramaphosa publicly set his Presidency an investment target of R1. 2 trillion for the first five years of his term. He has now declared that that ...

Saving SA’s SOEs requires political will and grit

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

OPINIO: South African SOEs cannot be saved unless and until the government gets the political will to strongly act against anyone who deliberately sabotages the ...

Economics of load shedding 101

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

OPINION: Let us hope Eskom will now be able to sort out its essential infrastructural challenges instead of just wasting time on ‘Band-Aid approaches’, writes Professor ...

South Africa: Economics of load shedding 101

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

Picture: Doctor Ngcobo/African News Agency (ANA) Archives - The damage being caused by Eskom’s load shedding has even had some direct negative effects on other sectors ...

Lower labour productivity destroying manufacturing

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

OPINION: For South Africa to take our manufacturing sector back to its glory days, the manufacturing industry and the government must start making very difficult ...

The ‘collapse’ of SA’s rail network has it consequences

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

OPINION: The state became less willing to use the police to maintain law and order, and; when the South African Railways Police were removed, the trains became less ...

The ‘collapse’ of SA’s rail network has it consequences

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

Graphic: Timothy Alexander / African News Agency (ANA)By Professor Bonke DumisaI always resist and even discourage negative comparisons between what worked well ...

Debt implications of the World Bank loan to SA

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

OPINION: South Africans with their culture of entitlement expect the government to immediately fix our unemployment, poverty and inequality challenges without stating ...

Debt implications of the World Bank loan to SA

Opinion and Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

OPINION: South Africans with their culture of entitlement expect the government to immediately fix our unemployment, poverty, and inequality challenges without stating ...

OPINION: Let us put the blame squarely on the architects of this criminal economic sabotage

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

Hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost, and the poor and the unemployed will be hardest hit. So the question is: was it worth it sabotaging the South African ...

Let us put the blame squarely on the architects of this criminal economic sabotage

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

Hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost, and the poor and the unemployed will be hardest hit. So the question is: was it worth it sabotaging the South African ...

Time for us to roll up our sleeves and be productive

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

OPINION: It is not the role of government to create jobs; the role of government is to create a conducive economic environment for businesses to thrive in, writes ...