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South Africa’s largest steel maker has warned that without urgent government protection, it will be a matter of time before local production is no longer viable. (David Harrison/M&G)
ARCELORMITTAL SOUTH AFRICA

ArcelorMittal and the story of SA’s deindustrialisation

The steelmaker’s privatisation was the death knell for the country’s manufacturing industry This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account…

  • Sarah Smit
1 min read
Protected: To ensure that Africa’s renewable energy future is sustainable and equitable, there must be free, prior and informed consent during all stages of such developments. (Guillem Sartorio/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
CLIMATE CHANGE

When crisis hits, follow the money

In the urgency that has accompanied the shift to green energy, private finance threatens to encroach on public interests

  • Sarah Smit
5 min read
The United States is crafting a new foreign policy that keeps the economic superpower at its centre
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Where does SA fit into America’s ‘new consensus’?

The United States is crafting a new foreign policy that keeps the economic superpower at its centre

  • Sarah Smit
6 min read
Cosatu members march in Johannesburg. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ADAM TOOZE

SA’s economic system chews up, spits out workers

When macroeconomic policy has so clearly failed workers, and us all, why is a complete overhaul still out of the question?

  • Sarah Smit
5 min read
The South African Reserve Bank is likely to hold interest rates unchanged
ECONOMIC GROWTH

Economic growth isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

It is easy to become fixated on growth, even when it holds little promise of a better life for all — and has fed the climate crisis

  • Sarah Smit
6 min read
A medical staff member washes her hands at the Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital in Harare on March 11, 2020, as they demonstrate their state of preparedness to treat the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Jekesai Njikizana/AFP)
COMMON AFRICA POSITION ON HUMANITARIAN EFFECTIVENESS

Covid-19: Why it is so difficult for Africa to ‘flatten the curve’

Several factors unique to the continent will complicate the efforts to reduce coronavirus infections

  • Mehari Taddele Maru
6 min read