South Africa’s fractured society is not in any shape to cope with fallouts from the attack on Iran by the US and Israel.
War requires defence against mass unemployment and price increases
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South African Reserve Bank (SARB)
SA needs to reject the dogma that wages are a burden
Suppressing wages suppresses demand, and suppressed demand suffocates investment.
Investment in the public sector should be used as an anti-inflationary tool
The announcements in the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) about a lower inflation target and cuts to public expenditure in real terms will exacerbate material insecurity and worsen developmental outcomes.
The EU’s ‘Investment Package’ isn’t Aid — It’s guaranteed profit for private capital
Reindustrialising South Africa demands strategic public investment, democratic control of finance, and a renewed commitment to productive transformation.
Reject inflation targeting: create jobs
South Africa’s current inflation targeting regime, rooted in a liberalised financial framework, has failed to address the country’s core development challenges.
Capitalism has declared war on young people – it’s time we returned fire
Capitalism produces not just economic poverty, but social and spiritual poverty. It destroys the community. It corrodes relationships. It kills the future.