At present, most policy responses remain fragmented. Governments focus on border enforcement, documentation systems, policing and short-term political responses. Yet these…

South Africa’s industrial policy debate often revolves around targets – ownership thresholds, localisation quotas, supplier development metrics and transformation scorecards.…

The economy is expected to create a jobs boom if the country can fix its electricity grid and meet the increasing demand for local copper beneficiation

The apartheid state used job reservation, quotas, selective procurement, import controls and industrial policy to advance working class Afrikaners

South Africa risks falling behind as much of the rest of the world embraces industrialisation to grow and protect economies

We need capable, steady leaders, an equitable developmental model, laws that encourage investment and a steady supply of electricity.

The budget gives few details of tax breaks, the reviewed policy is being kept under wraps and analysts point out some of the problems.

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Rob Davies’s ‘new’ industrial policy contains ideas that are old and tired.