Industrial Policy
latest news & developments
From migration pressure to development architecture: Why Africa needs an economic diplomacy framework
At present, most policy responses remain fragmented. Governments focus on border enforcement, documentation systems, policing and short-term political responses. Yet these…
Black industrialisation needs a financing floor, not a ceiling
South Africa’s industrial policy debate often revolves around targets – ownership thresholds, localisation quotas, supplier development metrics and transformation scorecards.…
Copper will determine South Africa’s digital economy success
The economy is expected to create a jobs boom if the country can fix its electricity grid and meet the increasing demand for local copper beneficiation
Trade union Solidarity’s myth of Afrikaner suppression exposed
The apartheid state used job reservation, quotas, selective procurement, import controls and industrial policy to advance working class Afrikaners
Austerity extinguishes industrial policy revival
South Africa risks falling behind as much of the rest of the world embraces industrialisation to grow and protect economies
Reindustrialisation will get South Africa out of its socioeconomic mess
We need capable, steady leaders, an equitable developmental model, laws that encourage investment and a steady supply of electricity.
IDZs seen as key in job creation
The budget gives few details of tax breaks, the reviewed policy is being kept under wraps and analysts point out some of the problems.
Green shoots and iPaps
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Rob Davies’s ‘new’ industrial policy contains ideas that are old and tired.