Seán Mfundza Muller

Renewable energy’s dark side

Environment Seán Mfundza Muller - 6 Jan 2021

As countries expand investment in decentralised renewable energy, its worth keeping an eye on who’s profiting.

Use the workplace to stop socially embedded violence

Analysis Seán Mfundza Muller - 26 Feb 2020

The judicial system alone and appealing to miscreants has not stopped attacks on women

Just what is ‘economics for Africa’?

Article Seán Mfundza Muller - 15 Feb 2019

A relevant economics curriculum should include different schools of thought and students must learn to engage with these in a critical way

The university is not a factory

Article Seán Mfundza Muller - 12 Oct 2018

University managers try to churn out as many products as possible at as low a quality as they can get away with

Budget 2018: First steps towards a recovery, but at what cost?

Article Seán Mfundza Muller - 22 Feb 2018

Whether measures announced by Gigaba will stave off a downgrade by the remaining credit rating agency remains to be seen.

Free higher education in South Africa: Cutting through the lies and statistics

Article Seán Mfundza Muller - 25 Jan 2018

Zuma’s free higher education proposal is the worst kind of populism. It’s been sold as a radically progressive policy with no negative consequences.

JZ’s fees plan ‘reckless, regressive’

Article Seán Mfundza Muller - 18 Dec 2017

The president’s proposed policy for 2018 lacks the critical foresight to truly lay the groundwork to improve access to education

What the hijacking of South Africa’s Treasury means for the economy

Article Seán Mfundza Muller - 15 Nov 2017

The imposition of the fee-free higher education proposal on National Treasury without due consideration represents an escalation of state capture

SA needs to sober up to save itself from sickly SEOs

Article Seán Mfundza Muller - 13 Sep 2017

There is no good case for bailing out South African Airways, it's simply a matter of avoiding a potentially catastrophic debt default.

Explainer: Why amendments to SA’s ‘Money Bills Act’ matter

Article Seán Mfundza Muller - 24 Jul 2017

The amendments to South Africa's Money Bills Act don't go far enough - for one, they do not address incoherence in Parliament's oversight of taxes.

Why Brian Molefe’s return to Eskom can’t be justified

Article Seán Mfundza Muller - 18 May 2017

A closer look at the supposed successes of Brian Molefe at the power utility, Eskom, shows that they are not what they have been made out to be.

South Africa has lost a key line of defence against corruption. What now?

Analysis Seán Mfundza Muller - 31 Mar 2017

It’s no exaggeration to say that the removal of Pravin Gordhan in South Africa, says Sean Mfundza Muller.

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UNICEF vacancy announcement

The challenges and opportunities for manufacturing CFOs, now and in the future

Sona 2021: More talk without the actual walk?

Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Solicitation

Unpacking the 2021 SoNA

Vacancy Announcement: Technical Advisor

Vaal river polluted ‘beyond acceptable levels’, cabinet must intervene – SAHRC

The Un-masking of South Africa’s Education System