[Opinion] Lack of medical cover a significant financial risk.
The majority of South Africans are living without medical aid, posing significant personal financial risks.
[Video] South Africa Economic Outlook 2021
As 2020 draws to a close, what are the prospects for economic recovery in the year ahead? Frans Cronje and Bheki Mahlobo discuss the domestic and global trends that will define South Africa's economic performance in 2021 and beyond.
[Video] Risks And Opportunity In Africa
The CRA's David Ansara and Bheki Mahlobo discuss the key risks and opportunities on the African continent.
[Opinion] Households owe SA municipalities over R100 billion
Households owe municipalities billions of Rands in unpaid municipal bills, posing a threat to the continuation of basic service delivery.
[Opinion] Unrealistic approach to investment conference
Expectations abound within the government (and apparently among observers too) that this week’s investment conference will help to attract the flow of capital without which SA’s future cannot be assured. Is this realistic?
[Opinion] Major declines for all income groups during lockdown
Covid-19 and the nationwide lockdown have severely impacted every income group in South Africa, with not even the richest cohort being spared the effects of shutting down the country.
[Opinion] SA needs more jobs - not social grant beneficiaries
Rather than creating wealth, South Africa has been stuck for the past decade in redistributing existing wealth.
[Opinion] New Expropriation Bill a sign that the ANC’s days are numbered
With the government budget deficit expected to pass 40% this year, the African National Congress’s (ANC) options to source the coal needed to fuel its gravy train are dwindling. There should be little doubt that the new expropriation law is intended to make up for this insufficiency.
[Video] Are fears of a “second wave” of the Covid-19 pandemic justified?
While known cases have risen in Europe and North America, there has not been a corresponding increase in deaths. Why not? The CRA team and guest speaker, Ian McGorian, big data analyst and member of Pandemics Data & Analysis (PANDA), discuss the validity of the “second wave” thesis.
[Video] South Africa has run out of money
South Africa has run out of money and the only way to resolve this problem is to cut back on state spending, which is politically very difficult to do.
[Video] Locked out: the risk of unemployment
Over 2 million jobs have been lost due to the economic Lockdown imposed by the ANC government. South Africa's structural unemployment problem is steadily worsening.
[Opinion] Privatisation necessary to save SAA
Operations and jobs will remain at risk if state-owned South African Airways (SAA) is not privatised.