Misheck Mutize, Author at The Mail & Guardian

African countries aren’t borrowing too much: they’re paying too much for debt

Analysis Misheck Mutize - 24 Feb 2020

African governments are issuing and listing their Eurobonds on established international debt markets – usually London and Irish Stock Exchanges

Why credit rating agencies are still getting away with bad behaviour

Article Misheck Mutize - 24 Jun 2019

Rating agencies have been at the centre of major financial crises

Why Zuma’s free higher education plan will cripple SA’s finances

Article Misheck Mutize - 16 Jan 2018

The initiative will plunge the country into a deeper financial crisis if it isn’t adjusted one way or another.

Why South African shouldn’t turn to the IMF for help

Article Misheck Mutize - 9 Aug 2017

The idea that South Africa must look towards the International Monetary Fund to rescue itself from the prevailing crisis must be dismissed.

Corrupt state owned enterprises lie at the heart of South Africa’s economic woes

Article Misheck Mutize - 20 Jun 2017

The country stands to slip deeper into crisis unless the lust for loot is stopped. The economy is already in deep trouble.

Zuma’s attack on capital is digging SA into a deeper hole

Analysis Misheck Mutize - 8 May 2017

The populism politics adopted by the ANC mask a strategy to deflect attention from the party's policy failures and to hide its many scandals.

Why junk status still hangs over South Africa

Analysis Misheck Mutize - 19 Jan 2017

The effects of a sovereign credit rating downgrade would be painful for all South Africans.

Press Releases

Special Reports

Everyone’s talking about it. Even Kentucky

Staff Reporter - 7 Apr 2020

Earlier this year South African fried chicken fast-food chain, Chicken Licken®, launched a campaign for their wallet-friendly EasyBucks® meals, based on the idea of ‘Everyone’s talking about it.’

Special Reports

New energy mix on the cards

Derek Davey - 3 Apr 2020

REI4P already has and will continue to yield thousands of employment opportunities

Special Reports

The online value of executive education in a Covid-19 world

Staff Reporter - 27 Mar 2020

Executive education courses further develop the skills of leaders in the workplace

Special Reports

Sisa Ntshona urges everyone to stay home, and consider travelling later

Staff Reporter - 26 Mar 2020

Sisa Ntshona has urged everyone to limit their movements in line with government’s request

Special Reports

SAB Zenzele’s special AGM postponed until further notice

Staff Reporter - 24 Mar 2020

An arrangement has been announced for shareholders and retailers to receive a 77.5% cash payout

Special Reports

20th Edition of the National Teaching Awards

Staff Reporter - 23 Mar 2020

Teachers are seldom recognised but they are indispensable to the country's education system

Special Reports

Awards affirm the vital work that teachers do

Thabo Mohlala - 23 Mar 2020

Government is committed to empowering South Africa’s teachers with skills, knowledge and techniques for a changing world

Special Reports

2020 Humanities Award winners reflect a contribution to diversity and social justice, echoing South Africa’s socioeconomic condition

Anele Ngcoya - 23 Mar 2020

The HSS Awards ensure that the humanities and social sciences thrive