The coalition faces the task of implementing long-promised transformations while managing political contradictions
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Amid directionless policy after 30 years of democracy, the country’s prospects continue to be driven by the whims of miners and their financiers
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As austerity batters public universities, fly by night institutions leave students in the lurch
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In this instalment of The Fiscal Cliff – a Mail & Guardian series on how South Africa’s budget has been shaped – Sarah Smit considers the intimate link between the country’s ultra-high unemployment rate and austerity
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The journey to full-blown austerity is marked by changes to an economy presided over by a government adrift
When macroeconomic policy has so clearly failed workers, and us all, why is a complete overhaul still out of the question?
Preventing policy from going wrong takes thoughtful analysis, robust debate and the political will to improve. But the governing party hasn’t taken these requirements to heart
Labour has been on the receiving end of a failing economy’s onslaught, giving a business-friendly government the upper hand