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Privatisation

Sustainable budget solutions over tax hikes, please
Columns
/ 5 March 2025

Sustainable budget solutions over tax hikes, please

Operational inefficiencies and infrastructure neglect have led to logistical challenges costing the economy R1 billion daily in lost economic output

By Ismail Joosub
‘Team privatisation’ continues to score despite SAA own-goal
Analysis
/ 29 March 2024

‘Team privatisation’ continues to score despite SAA own-goal

Despite what some say about the Takatso deal’s collapse, the private sector has made strong inroads at public enterprises

By Sarah Smit
Unions threaten legal action over jobs at Durban port
Business
/ 16 January 2024

Unions threaten legal action over jobs at Durban port

Dock workers are demanding transparency over Transnet’s partnership with the Filipino container company and an assurance there will be no retrenchments

By Lyse Comins
Department of Public Enterprises
Cabinet Report Cards 2023
/ 22 December 2023

Department of Public Enterprises

State capture is often cited as the the reason for the department’s ongoing failures, but its problems run far deeper

By Sarah Smit
Transnet and the state’s new spin on privatisation
Business
/ 17 October 2023

Transnet and the state’s new spin on privatisation

The government’s draft plan for the beleaguered port and rail operator advances the ideal of an entrepreneurial state

By Sarah Smit
The Fiscal Cliff | State-owned entities: A war zone between political and economic elites
Thought Leader
/ 28 August 2023

The Fiscal Cliff | State-owned entities: A war zone between political and economic elites

The corporatisation of SOEs has disempowered the South African public and benefited corporate power and private finance

By Andile Zulu
Creaking economy must be reformed for the better
Business
/ 9 June 2023

Creaking economy must be reformed for the better

Structural reforms are often offered as the solution to South Africa’s growth problem, but we should be wary when they are code for privatisation

By Editorial
Public ownership of the electricity system must be defended
Opinion
/ 5 May 2023

Public ownership of the electricity system must be defended

We cannot allow the planned handover of Eskom coal power stations to the private sector to go ahead

By Irvin Jim
Thabo Bester’s escape shows how privatising harms crime control
Opinion
/ 14 April 2023

Thabo Bester’s escape shows how privatising harms crime control

We should question the issue of prison outsourcing when the motive is profit and not public safety

By Casper Lӧtter
Prisons, profits and privatisation’s perils
Opinion
/ 4 April 2023

Prisons, profits and privatisation’s perils

We are bound to run into trouble when the private sector is given free rein to determine who is deserving of being treated as human and who is not

By Sarah Smit
Fix Eskom, because the energy revolution won’t be privatised
Opinion
/ 7 March 2023

Fix Eskom, because the energy revolution won’t be privatised

We should not be fooled into giving up on the public sector which can – and should – look out for our best interests

By Sarah Smit
After 100 years of Eskom, SA’s energy future hangs in the balance
Business
/ 1 March 2023

After 100 years of Eskom, SA’s energy future hangs in the balance

The country’s dalliance with privatisation threatens to push up electricity costs, undermining energy security

By Sarah Smit
It’s clear that state-owned entities can’t be turned around by politics
Business
/ 27 January 2023

It’s clear that state-owned entities can’t be turned around by politics

With Eskom and most other entities in states of disrepair, the relevance of the department of public enterprises is questioned

By Sarah Smit
Can the private sector help to fix ‘a fragile state’?
Business
/ 4 February 2022

Can the private sector help to fix ‘a fragile state’?

Privatisation stands to deepen inequalities. But some experts say collaboration between business and government can work in everyone’s interest

By Sarah Smit and Anathi Madubela
Coup season in the Sahel raises uncomfortable questions
Africa
/ 3 February 2022

Coup season in the Sahel raises uncomfortable questions

Beset by political instability, the region is also the canary in the climate change coal mine

By The Continent
Agriculture eyes rival to Land Bank
Business
/ 1 February 2021

Agriculture eyes rival to Land Bank

The state-owned institution’s financial woes have led farmers and agribusiness to consider making an offer on the bank, starting a cooperative bank or partner with global commodities futures traders

By Siqalane Taho
The uberfication of the university
Thought Leader
/ 16 November 2020

The uberfication of the university

The pandemic is hastening neoliberal universities’ moves towards platform pedagogy, where lecturers become participants in the “just-in-time” gig economy and students become “clients”

By Lesley le Grange
Gigaba: ‘We’ll work within the law to transform SA’
Article
/ 5 May 2017

Gigaba: ‘We’ll work within the law to transform SA’

Malusi Gigaba says the land issue must be resolved speedily to avoid Zimbabwe-style invasions.

By Matuma Letsoalo Author
Jo’burg museums are decaying, but will privatising them create more problems?
Analysis
/ 27 April 2017

Jo’burg museums are decaying, but will privatising them create more problems?

We need a smart new public-private model to keep our heritage assets like galleries ship-shape.

By Staff Reporter
Editorial: Give privatisation a fair hearing
Article
/ 18 February 2016

Editorial: Give privatisation a fair hearing

There is no sense in trying to impose socialist solutions that barely worked even in the advanced industrial countries

By Editorial
Privatisation the way to fix SA’s ‘failing fortunes’
Article
/ 6 November 2013

Privatisation the way to fix SA’s ‘failing fortunes’

The South African Institute of Race Relations says the privatisation of the health and education sectors is the solution to the country’s problems.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 11 July 2011

Letters to the Editor: July 8

<i>Mail & Guardian</i> readers weigh in on racism, privatisation, the education system and more.

By Staff Reporter
Zim hopes to revive struggling state firms
Article
/ 25 October 2010

Zim hopes to revive struggling state firms

Zimbabwe hopes to have clear plans by the end of the year on turning around 10 struggling state firms.

By Cris Chinaka
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Article
/ 17 September 2010

UKZN privatisation dispute rolls on

Students incensed by apparent privatisation plans at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) were due to continue protests on Thursday and Friday.

By Kamogelo Seekoei and David Macfarlane
‘Residence privatisation’ causes rumpus at UKZN
Article
/ 13 September 2010

‘Residence privatisation’ causes rumpus at UKZN

Student protests at the University of KwaZulu-Natal escalated as rumours of plans to privatise residences swept through the university’s campuses.

By David Macfarlane and Kamogelo Seekoei

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