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Professor Jannie Rossouw is interim head of Wits Business School at the University of the Witwatersrand
A response to the article ‘Tax the superrich and raise inflation to cut state debt, inequality and poverty’ in the M&G on 10 November
One of the main lessons from the VBS Bank collapse in South Africa is that audit reports need to be treated with a degree of circumspection
All directors at the furniture retailing giant should be held accountable for the international corporate scandal.
The South African Reserve Bank needs to guide the market on how it is going to treat VAT increase in its inflation targeting approach
The South African Reserve Bank was justified in placing VBS Mutual Bank under curatorship
Given the damage that’s been done, the previous board at Eskom simply could not continue. It had no plan to turn the company around or stop corruption
A suit of highly paid professional services seem to have failed investors in the unfolding Steinhoff corporate scandal
There is a new finance minister in place and he comes with shifting political dynamics.
The actions of the consultancy firm are not enough, nothing short of full disclosure will clear their name
KPMG South Africa executives have set a new benchmark for the country assuming responsibility for wrongdoing in their organisation.
The public protector has been exposed as incompetent after trying to meddle with the constitutional mandate of the country’s central bank.
The economy has been rocked by news that it has slipped into a recession after its GDP declined 0.7% during the first quarter of 2017
International banks and companies will be much more reluctant to make loans to SA entities now that the country’s credit rating has been downgraded.
What impact will the upheaval inside the ANC and the general political sphere have in the economic arena?
It has become patently clear that no institution will be spared in the wave of state capture that is sweeping through the country.
That South Africa’s national airline is in a parlous state is no longer in dispute.
South Africa has toppled Nigeria and reclaimed its status as the largest economy in Africa.
Reaching middle class status and sustaining it into retirement is a major challenge. The key is to live within your means.
Academic Jannie Rossouw says that the president’s abrupt change of tack is evidence that his control of power is not as complete as was thought.
The South African economy has fallen on hard times and we need to think creatively about how to resolve the problem and create employment.
