Honest recognition of past injustices needs to be empowered by a better understanding of South Africa’s inequality.
Understanding South African inequality as a precondition for transformation
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Jeff Rudin
Justifying exclusivity in the name of inclusivity (Part 2) – our modern Greek tragedy
Being part of a political economy notorious for its world-beating inequality and in a country where Africans are 80% of the population, guarantees that most Africans will be poor. This is Part 2 in a two-part series.
The exclusivity of inclusive growth (Part 1) — to those that hath shall always be given
The neoliberal ideologues and their economic hatchet people still persist with the fiction of markets being level playing fields. Worse still, is that most of us believe them. This is Part 1 in a two-part series.
How the longevity of absurd economic theories shortens the lives of untold millions
The power of poverty — rather than consumer sovereignty — determines the rational choices of “our people”.
Decoding the SACP’s independence: the historical context for its 2026 election strategy (Part One)
With the SACP having (semi-) broken from the nationalist cover of the ANC, the question is ‘why’ and what are its implications?
Burying neoliberalism before climate change buries the whole of humanity (Part 3)
The climate change clock is ticking much faster than science predicted even a decade ago. Few people in the world haven’t already experienced climate change personally.
The (mostly) unacknowledged commitment of public teachers and health workers (Part 2)
Part 2 in a three-part series. Read Part 1 here. The Centre for Risk Analysis is typical in drawing attention to the “lack of service delivery that has accompanied” the public sector wage bill of R721-billion. That the mere mention of poor service delivery is...
The rationality of public sector pay — simultaneously too high and not high enough (Part 1)
The rationality of those who hold excessive public sector wages accountable for much of our economic woes is a rationality heavily dependent on selective perceptions.
Breaking the trade chains that perpetuate food for the few and hunger for the many (Part Three)
All the trade agreements that guarantee food insecurity for most people enjoy parliamentary approval.