International Monetary Fund

Five changes that can fix the school system

Article Mamphela Ramphele - 31 Jan 2020

These include improving teachers’ knowledge and pay, and teaching in the mother tongue

On conspiracy theories and hopelessness in the Rainbow Nation

Article William Shoki - 19 Jan 2020

A resurgent conspiracy theory that Nelson Mandela died in 1985 reveals the growing hopelessness in South Africa that rampant inequality is irreversible

Assemble citizens to resolve issues

Article Klaus Schwab 2 - 3 Jan 2020

They represent a range of views and are tasked with reaching an agreement on divisive issues

Growth is more than just GDP

Analysis Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo - 3 Jan 2020

India and China’s slowdown is natural and they’d do well to focus policies on the notion of wellbeing

Women are fixing the planet

Article Kevin Davie - 6 Dec 2019

Female bosses at the IMF, ECB and EU are putting climate at the heart of policymaking

Unemployment fuels unrest in Arab states: IMF

Article Omar Hasan - 28 Oct 2019

Violent protests have broken out in several Arab countries since early 2010 and turned into bloody civil wars in Syria, Yemen and Libya

People in Ecuador have woken up to a fragmented and polarised society

Article Maria Gabriela Palacio - 22 Oct 2019

The protests and their aftermath have uncovered the social tensions arising from the marginalisation of indigenous populations in the country

IMF warns global outlook is bad

Article Heather Scott - 15 Oct 2019

It warned that the outlook is beset by risks, and urged policymakers to work to find resolutions to trade disputes

IMF bailout not wise – or needed

Article Refilwe Rakale, Yunus January & Rhandzo Mukansi - 30 Aug 2019

Despite the depressing economic climate, South Africa can avoid the debt trap and foreign investors can easily access its markets

IMF wilfully takes austerity road

Article Jayati Ghosh - 23 Aug 2019

East Asia 1998, Greece 2008, Argentina 2018. The fund knows the suffering its loans cause, yet it has gone ahead in Ecuador

The carbon tax: why it could work

Article Tamsin Oxford - 23 Aug 2019

The Act has the potential to mitigate environmental damage and boost South Africa's standing globally

Is South Africa spiralling into the ambit of the IMF?

Article Kevin Davie - 2 Aug 2019

Eskom has the whole economy in a death spiral

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Tshwane water woes in court again

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The municipality has been accused of deliberately derailing the contract to sort out toxic water crisis in Hammanskraal

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Life in lockdown: Behind closed doors keeping out the coronavirus

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

South African students in China are staying behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak

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Apartheid criminals still at large

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Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity

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Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.

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