Eddie Rakabe

Manage urban transformation to avoid infrastructure blockages

Opinion Eddie Rakabe - 5 Aug 2020

It is possible to urbanise without congestion and the attendant ills through emphasis on better institutions, writes Eddie Rakabe

This time it’s different: African economies may not survive

Business Eddie Rakabe - 19 Jul 2020

Amid the headwinds created by the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s time the Aloe ferox, which survives in dry, harsh conditions, is nurtured — but the options are limited

The informal economy is necessary to deal with the unemployment crisis

Article Eddie Rakabe - 19 Feb 2020

It is more connected to the broader economy than we realise and should be supported

Shake up institutions controlling the economy to dislodge inequality

Article Eddie Rakabe - 5 Feb 2020

The state uses policies and regulations to drive socioeconomic change, but market bias dominates

Cutting the public sector wage bill won’t fly: The key is to manage it better

Article Eddie Rakabe - 3 Dec 2019

The state’s wage bill has increased threefold over the past 14 years: it’s time we have a nuanced discussion about how to solve this conundrum

Citizen participation is essential to change government

Article Eddie Rakabe - 31 May 2019

In the absence of bold reforms, voters and the general public are left with one option — to embrace participatory governance

Don’t dismiss ANC’s rural voters as ignorant

Article Eddie Rakabe - 29 May 2019

Critics don’t understand why citizens in the poorest provinces would still back the ruling party

Mine standoff is a licence to rethink laws

Article Eddie Rakabe - 18 Jan 2019

Government needs to respect the court ruling and the Xolobeni residents’ resistance to mining

Allow local councils to do their fiscal duties

Article Eddie Rakabe - 15 Jan 2019

Top-down meddling by central government flouts the laws and spirit of multilevel democracy

Formulate workable solutions to create and protect jobs

Article Eddie Rakabe - 18 Oct 2018

Laws must bring an end to workers’ exploitation

Rural areas need change of mind-set

Article Eddie Rakabe - 24 Aug 2018

Densification of the towns would improve service delivery and local business should be stimulated

Development key to effective land reform

Article Eddie Rakabe - 22 Jun 2018

Secure tenure in rural areas, access to urban land and educating new farmers will help policy succeed

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