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The inefficiency of the Gini coefficient

Opinion Shaun Read - 17 Jan 2021

To simplify complex inequality into a single statistic doesn’t address how to accurately assess (or reduce) South Africa’s large wealth divide

Editorial: 2021 — No choice but be strong

Editorial Editorial - 9 Jan 2021

Pharmaceutical companies are yet to register their vaccines with the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority, boding ill for its delivery to the public

Virtual reality a relief this year

Opinion Paddy Harper - 7 Jan 2021

Viewing January 8 off the screen instead of from the middle of a stadium should be the way of the future

China blamed for Zambia’s debt, but the West’s banks and agencies enabled it

Africa Grieve Chelwa - 18 Nov 2020

The narratives about the African country’s debt crisis are being used as fodder in geopolitical battles

Fight inequality the South African way

Opinion Liv Tørres - 12 Nov 2020

Civil society helped topple apartheid, but the struggle is not over. The gap between rich and poor has widened and corruption and poor governance is evident

South Sudan’s forex shortage highlights broader economic crisis

Africa David Mono Danga - 1 Sep 2020

South Sudan has nearly run out of foreign currency – and this is just the tip of a much bigger economic crisis.

Vital remittance flows plummet due to Covid-19 lockdown

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 14 Aug 2020

Money sent home by migrant workers in South Africa fell about 80% in April after the hard lockdown was instituted

South Africa gets $4.3bn IMF loan. In return, the country must reform

Business Thando Maeko - 29 Jul 2020

The loan, which is repayable over five years at an interest rate of 1.1%, comes with various self-imposed conditions such cutting the public wage bill and rationalising support to the state-owned entities

Black lives must matter in Africa too

Africa Audrey Donkor - 19 Jul 2020

Although Africans must continue to support the Black Lives Matter movement, there is also the need for them to raise their voices against injustices in other African countries

Manuel: African nations need $40bn for debt relief

Business Thando Maeko - 18 Jun 2020

International and regional finance institutions such as the World Bank, the IMF and the AfDB have provided emergency assistance, but there still remains a funding gap to effectively fight Covid-19

Digital financial services could fast-track UN SDGs

Opinion Osahon Akpata - 27 May 2020

COMMENT The world is going through unprecedented challenges caused by a novel, rapidly transmitted coronavirus. Experts predict difficult times ahead with shrinking economies, loss of...

Raila Odinga: The US and Europe cannot abandon their leadership roles

Africa Raila Odinga - 18 May 2020

Today, the whole world stands where Europe was in 1945. Europe recovered then thanks to massive international assistance. That same attitude of cooperation and solidarity is needed now more than ever

This time, the IMF is not to be feared

Coronavirus Laurent Balt & Jack Calland - 17 May 2020

The International Monetary Fund’s emergency funding is cheaper than other options and is low risk. The Reserve Bank creating money to finance government debt is a better option

World Bank report on Covid-19’s effect on education is disappointing

Coronavirus Mark Potterton - 15 May 2020

Especially in a country like South Africa with its huge inequalities, a digital divide and teacher unions

Why the public-private partnership to build Lesotho’s only specialist hospital floundered

Health Pascalinah Kabi - 13 May 2020

It was hailed as a revolution in private investment in healthcare in Africa, but almost a decade after it was opened, Lesotho’s only specialist hospital takes up almost a third of the country’s entire health budget. Now, we may finally know why

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South Africa gets $4.3bn IMF loan. In return, the country must reform

Black lives must matter in Africa too

Manuel: African nations need $40bn for debt relief

Digital financial services could fast-track UN SDGs

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