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Khaya Sithole
Khaya Sithole is a chartered accountant, academic and activist who writes regularly for the Mail & Guardian and discusses the issues raised in his columns on his Kaya FM show, On The Agenda, every Monday from 8pm to 9pm
Crises drive down carbon emissions
Wars and pandemics have managed to reduce global emissions in the past but delegates to COP 26 in Scotland will need to find other solutions
Time for a Marshall Plan for South Africa
The conflation of economic, governance and health crises in the form of the recent unrest shows up the need for party-neutral reforms
Khaya Sithole: Men still prefer iron fists to be in velvet gloves
In workplaces, women who display ‘big-man’ leadership styles will experience sexist judgments
Khaya Sithole: ‘Sarafina’ doesn’t have ‘Friends’
Unlike in the United States, the way actors in South Africa are treated borders on exploitation
Khaya Sithole: State caught in a precarious balancing act
State-owned entities have to match society’s expectations with harsh economic realities
Khaya Sithole: Tax fails; a few get richer, more get poor
The Covid-19 pandemic created wealth for some, including internet entrepreneurs, and poverty for many
Khaya Sithole: Biden’s pledge boosts Covid waiver drive
But Big Pharma and the world trade body haven’t shifted on sharing vaccine intellectual property
Khaya Sithole: Drug firms addicted to profit, not cure
The opioid crisis in the US saw its beginnings in Big Pharma, one of which makes a Covid vaccine
Khaya Sithole: The real weapons of mass destruction
Ratings agencies and derivatives caused the housing bubble, but where does the next financial crisis lurk?
Khaya Sithole: Board directors are meant to sing for their supper
Current cases make it highly debatable whether those in the boardroom know what they’re doing
Khaya Sithole: SABC — about levies, licences and lobbyists
The public broadcaster needs to overhaul its funding model if it is to fulfil its mandate
Khaya Sithole: Taken for a ride by the gig economy
Better laws can stop companies such as Uber from riding roughshod over people who do work for them but are denied employment benefits
Khaya Sithole: Can Zondo deliver the goods in time?
The state capture commission has cast its net too wide, given the short time left to finish its work
Patents a litmus test for global vaccine rollout
As India and South Africa push for relief at the World Trade Organisation through intellectual property rights waivers, India’s history of getting concessions may be the…
Khaya Sithole: World needs a shot in the arm, not its own foot
Hedging and hoarding behaviour around vaccine access was inevitable, but it will be impossible for the global economy to recover until the majority of the world’s citizens have…