by Kogae Rainbow | Sep 8, 2021 | Opinion
The 38.2% jobless rate among black Africans is a stark reminder of their continued confinement to the economy’s margins. By THABILE WONCI Picture: MUKURUKURU MEDIA/JAMES PHAHLAMOHLAKA Stats SA’s most recent Quarterly Labour Force Survey provides dire confirmation that... Read more
by Kogae Rainbow | Jun 22, 2021 | Opinion
For those who do not know, decades of apartheid and racial capitalism effectively disempowered the majority of black people politically, socially and economically. The economic exclusion was coupled with an inadequate education system and lack of opportunities. The... Read more
by Kogae Rainbow | Jul 16, 2020 | Opinion
Besides there being too many SOEs, we need to keep only the large and strategic ones and ensure they have a broader shareholder base By THABILE WONCI Over the past few months, South Africans have been deliberating over the shameful misfortunes that have engulfed the... Read more
by Kogae Rainbow | Jul 14, 2020 | Opinion
By Thabile Wonci JOHANNESBURG – The management and governance of South Africa’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have all the hallmarks of a puzzling irony. One would expect the State to be a vigilant shareholder given the inherent inefficiencies in SOEs. Our... Read more
by Kogae Rainbow | Jul 7, 2020 | Opinion
As SA drifts towards globalisation, a vibrant SOE sector is crucial to enhance innovative capacity and productivity growth By THABILE WONCI The words of University of Johannesburg academic Pádraig Carmody remain true — SA is battling with a compromise between... Read more
by Kogae Rainbow | Jun 10, 2020 | Opinion
JOHANNESBURG – As South Africa’s domestic economy languishes deeply in economic paralysis, our state-owned enterprises (SOEs), which are a significant feature of the country’s economic agenda, remain in distress, characterised by poor performance and flirting... Read more
by Kogae Rainbow | May 22, 2020 | Opinion
By Thabile Wonci JOHANNESBURG – South Africans were promised a radically structured airline by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni three months ago and we are still waiting with bated breath on what’s to come out of what seems to be strained working relations between... Read more
