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Public sector wage freezes
ANTHONY BUTLER: Fallout from austerity is a valuable lesson Since the global economic crisis numerous countries experimented with ‘austerity budgets’ with mixed results, at best. Here’s what South Africa can learn First published in Business Day PREMIUM 06 APRIL 2018 - 05:55 ANTHONY BUTLER As the government and trade union negotiators lock horns in the Public …
The DA’s crisis
ANTHONY BUTLER: DA crisis due to more than racial politics It is wrong, if tempting, to attribute all the party’s problems to racial politics First published in Business Day 23 MARCH 2018 - 05:00 ANTHONY BUTLER The DA is in crisis. There are challenges to the chairman of the party’s federal council, James Selfe, who has …
Cyril Ramaphosa
A piece I wrote for The Strategist on SA's new president https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/south-africas-enigmatic-new-leader/
Energy system reform hurdles
ANTHONY BUTLER: Low-energy SA — the World Economic Forum’s ultimate insult South Africa came second to last in the forum’s Energy Transition Index; is there the will to abandon coal, bypass unnecessary nuclear and move directly to renewables? First published by BL PREMIUM 16 MARCH 2018 - 06:25 ANTHONY BUTLER The challenges facing new Energy Minister …
Zombie MPs
ANTHONY BUTLER: Zombie MPs have been jolted back to life First published in Business Day BL PREMIUM 09 MARCH 2018 - ANTHONY BUTLER What on earth has happened to ANC MPs? Two decades ago, the party’s legislators helped forge SA’s new Constitution and overhauled a vast swathe of apartheid-era legislation. Soon after these triumphs, however, many …
Opposition party weakness
ANTHONY BUTLER: DA and EFF easy meat for crocodile Cyril Smiling in the manner of an affectionate crocodile Ramaphosa will draw in and overpower the DA and EFF First published in BL PREMIUM 23 FEBRUARY 2018 - 06:17 ANTHONY BUTLER Cyril Ramaphosa’s elevation to the presidency of the ANC was a close call. Some of his …
Boiling frogs and lobsters
ANTHONY BUTLER: Ramaphosa and the boiling-frog syndrome ANC policy makers are aware that SA is dependent on its white population but relief at Ramaphosa’s ascendency should not turn to arrogance First published in Business Day 09 FEBRUARY 2018 - 06:15 ANTHONY BUTLER In one of the most exciting Swiss news stories to break in decades, the …
Zuma still controls the real centre of power
ANTHONY BUTLER: The ANC’s misguided belief that they are the centre of power It is government, rather than the ruling party, that creates policy, writes Anthony Butler, but don’t tell Zuma First published BDLive 02 FEBRUARY 2018 - 06:29 ANTHONY BUTLER Is the ANC really a strategic centre of power, as its officials like to claim? …
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The limitations of Davos
ANTHONY BUTLER: Democracy, markets and Davos fail to tackle inequality First published in Business Day 26 JANUARY 2018 - 06:12 ANTHONY BUTLER Swiss police guard the Davos Congress Hotel during the World Economic Forum 2018 annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 25 2018. Picture: REUTERS The World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) annual jamboree in the …
Rural land matters, but urban land matters more
ANTHONY BUTLER: Ramaphosa wrong to focus on rural land The redistribution strategy has lacked urgency, and most of the 8% of land transferred has not resulted in viable black-owned farms First published in Business Day BL PREMIUM 12 JANUARY 2018 ANTHONY BUTLER Despite the generally positive response from business to the election of Cyril Ramaphosa …
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