by Daniel Krähmer | Oct 15, 2014
Attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) continues to be seen as the core pathway for southern Africa and the African region as a whole to meet economic growth aspirations. African natural resources are in demand globally and foreign investment projects are on the...
by Daniel Krähmer | Oct 15, 2014
In his State of the Nation address of 26 June 2014, President Zuma called for “a radical transformation of the energy sector, to develop a sustainable energy mix that comprises coal, solar, wind, hydro, gas and nuclear energy “. Not content with building...
by Daniel Krähmer | Oct 15, 2014
To say that Israel is like apartheid South Africa is truly an understatement. The sustained violent dispossession, discrimination and repression of Palestinians by the state of Israel are far, far worse than what black South Africans had to endure under apartheid...
by Daniel Krähmer | Oct 15, 2014
Firoze Manji is the founder and former editor of Pambazuka News and now director of the Pan- African Baraza. A!: How do you understand what is referred to as a “NUMSA moment”? FM: First of all, I think it’s important to say that what is referred to...
by Daniel Krähmer | Jul 31, 2014
Everyone, other thaN lunatics, troublemakers and the economically illiterate, is supposed to know that the demand by the striking platinum workers
for a starting basic wage of R12 500 is plainly unaffordable. Indeed, anything even near R12 500 is supposedly so...