Why brilliant ideas aren’t enough
/ 28 March 2026

Why brilliant ideas aren’t enough

The country has the talent. It has ideas. It has institutions. What it needs is the connective tissue to turn potential into performance — and the patience to accept that breakthrough innovation requires risk, failure and time

Trade, industry and competition department sells out to telecoms big business
/ 17 February 2025

Trade, industry and competition department sells out to telecoms big business

Last year, the Competition Tribunal prohibited Vodacom’s purchase of a stake in Remgro’s fibre businesses — Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa (DFA). But then, South Africa’s minister of trade, industry and competition, Parks Tau, submitted notice to appeal. This is worrying.  While Vodacom marketed the proposed transaction as an effort to “connect underserved communities”, a […]