Something in me wants to reach out and give a hug to our well-meaning and indefatigable Finance Minister, Nhlanhla Nene, each time I hear him repeat to an audience of the converted that there is a looming possibility of government failing yet again to reach its tax revenue collection targets at the end of the [...]
INCREASING numbers of South Africans are wondering: will the Economic Freedom Fighters merge into the ANC ahead of or after the next general elections? Will it ditch its ‘issue-by-issue’ cooperation with the DA in favour of boosting the ANC’s threatened electoral fortunes? Will it continue issuing its divisive racist rhetoric - often explained away as [...]
A GOOD friend asked me recently if I believe that load shedding is now a thing of the past, and if Brian Molefe is the CEO government should have roped in years ago to save us the millions that have already gone down the drain at the hands of his predecessors. She wondered aloud what [...]