Creator
Ebrahim Fakir is the director of programmes at the Auwal Socio Economic Research Institute (ASRI), and member of the board of directors of Afesis-corplan, a nongovernmental organisation in the Eastern Cape. He is also a member of the advisory council of the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution
Oversight is crucial, and more so during a state of disaster, yet the Parliament seems to prefer deferring this function until the Covid-19 crisis is over
The party must decide if politicised uncertainty and institutionalised ambiguity will be its end
To make it work, politicians must stop meddling and people with expertise must be brought in
The blind pursuit of power has left citizens to make their own way
Bids to unleash their economic potential have failed largely because the motives, networks and practices of the informal economy are ignored.
It’s time for the ridiculously gimmicky #CEOSleepOut again.
More than just rebellions of the poor, community uprisings give a voice to those who feel powerless.
Economic freedom implies unconstrained markets and less state intervention, not more.
