Nationalisation

The Economic Freedom Fighters will rebuild its structures and its morale ahead of the 2026 local government elections

Earlier this year, the ratings agency warned that a significant increase in the government’s debt-to-GDP ratio could knock its credit rating

Commercial media reproduces the views of the dominant class and has been unable to unpack the underlying failures of capitalism

As the ANC’s Youth League leader, Julius Malema spooked investors a decade ago by popularising calls to nationalise the mines

South Africa is working towards establishing a publicly-funded universal health service and now, amid the coronavirus pandemic, is the time to implement it

The manifesto incorporates the party’s seven cardinal pillars — including land redistribution without compensation

EFF tries to force the ruling party’s hand to make the central bank state-owned

It is viewed as a “historical anomaly” that the reserve bank has private shareholders. It is recommended that the Reserve Bank be entirely state owned

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

M&G readers are all about politics and the law this week.

Despite it representing a consolidation of its policies, the EFF’s election manifesto, launched over the weekend, has shown a few inconstencies.

EFF leader Julius Malema says President Jacob Zuma built an expensive pool at his Nkandla home but nobody in his family can swim.

The Zambian government continues to step back from nationalisation as it now looks to cut its stake in the once dominant ZCCM Investment Holdings.

The Congress of South African Trade Unions is not confused about its call for nationalisation, says its general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi.

Nationalisation of mines is firmly off the table, but there is still a lot of uncertainty about state intervention in South Africa’s mining sector.