On Workers’ Day 2026, the typical white worker still stands far above the typical black African worker in a labour market built through conquest, land theft and racial rule

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

The political transition is a good opportunity for greater transparency about how the government shapes the economy

Amid directionless policy after 30 years of democracy, the country’s prospects continue to be driven by the whims of miners and their financiers

The journey to full-blown austerity is marked by changes to an economy presided over by a government adrift

We must overhaul a justice system that does not work for Africa and Africans. Immediate land reform is crucial now

The ANC has, until now, always rejected going to the International Monetary Fund, which underscores how bad our economic situation is

Local government and councillors have largely failed to deliver services and on their mandate because of a lack of will to do their jobs, corruption and a shortage of people with…