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Renewables not a silver bullet for inequality

Analysis Sipho Kings - 24 Jan 2020

COMMENT We talk as if building wind, solar and other sources of limitless, clean energy will redistribute wealth...

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South Africa is caught in the global hype of the fourth industrial revolution

Article Alison Gillwald 1 - 26 Aug 2019

Even a cursory glance at earlier industrial revolutions will show that they have not been associated with the interests of the working or underclasses

An African opportunity for post-Brexit Britain

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Jan 2019

As a post-Brexit Britain finds its place in the world, it would be well advised not to overlook Africa

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Long live globalisation

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Jan 2019

Though belief in globalism may be dead, globalisation is alive and well

World “sleepwalking into catastrophe” — WEF

Article Sipho Kings - 22 Jan 2019

World Economic Forum warns that little action is being taken on climate change as the world splinters

Zimbabwe president ends foreign tour after protests

Africa Agency - 20 Jan 2019

The crackdown has underlined fears of a return to the violent repression of Robert Mugabe, who was ousted from power by the military 14 months ago

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The case for investment in Zimbabwe’s economic rebirth

Africa Staff Reporter - 25 Jan 2018

Encouraged by the positive sentiment of recent weeks, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe now predicts 4% GDP growth in 2018.

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More billionaires but wealth gap between rich and poor widens

Article Thulebona Mhlanga - 23 Jan 2018

In South Africa, growth in 2017 went to the top 1% most wealthy people and nothing to the bottom 50%

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Macron hosts 140 CEOs in pre-Davos charm offensive

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Jan 2018

A former investment banker, Macron has vowed to shake the French economy out of its torpor.

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We must fuss about Davos – to craft a fair economic order

Article Staff Reporter - 31 Jan 2017

The world’s business leaders gather to shape a financial system that enriches them, causing financial crises and increasing the inequality gap.

What is this infatuation with elites?

Analysis Staff Reporter - 12 Dec 2015

After all, it is ordinary people working together who really have the power to change the world.

Is Davos still relevant?

Videos Staff Reporter - 27 Jan 2014

Ministers Yunus Carrim and Rob Davies and Goldman Sachs’s Colin Coleman spoke to us from Davos on the WEF's relevance, perceptions of SA, and more.

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What we learned at (and about) Davos this year

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Jan 2014

Iran's charm offensive is working, China and Japan really are not getting on very well and bankers still have a hard time saying sorry.

Richard Quest in Davos: The world needs a pay rise

Article Analysis Richard Quest - 23 Jan 2013

When chief executives start to lose confidence we should be worried. And today's global chief executives are worried.

State provides support for job creation, says Zuma

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Jan 2012

Speaking at the World Economic Forum, President Jacob Zuma said the state is not the primary job creator in South Africa.

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special reports - 23 Sep 2020

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