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Zakhele Mthembu

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Zakhele Mthembu

Zakhele Mthembu BA Law LLB (Wits) is a legal researcher at the Free Market Foundation

A general view of the flags of the member states of the African Union during the second day of the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa on February 18, 2024. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
FEDERALISM

Federalism is a fundamental principle of African governance and self-determination

The charge that a federated state is somehow injurious to Africans is divorced from the history of African people having organised their states along federal lines, prior to…

  • Zakhele Mthembu
5 min read
South African citizens queue to vote in the first democratic election in 1994. (David Turnley/Getty Images)
CORRUPTION

You’re fired: We must drain public sector bloat

The public sector in South Africa is staffed with people – from professions to civil service and bureaucrats – who make citizens dread interacting with their government

  • Zakhele Mthembu
4 min read
Why is it bad that another worker, if they so wish, can undercut an established worker by being paid less?
BUSINESS

Competition is good in business, so why not in the labour market?

Why is it bad that another worker, if they so wish, can undercut an established worker by being paid less?

  • Zakhele Mthembu
4 min read