To render mining valuable, time horizons must shift
The annual Mining Indaba in Cape Town this week again shines a spotlight on the importance of institutions and incentives if mining is to yield broad-based development across Africa
Redesigning the scorecard: Why economic accounting must include nature
If we continue to ignore the social and environmental costs of our (ab)use of the environment, we will be mispricing the future
Mining’s revival must also deal with its legacy
Little has been invested in mining and exploration, and that includes in social compacts
Trump’s defenders are not persuasive
His approach is likely to damage democracy – and the very people who voted for him
Brinkmanship in GNU devastating for SA
The Trump factor, plus the ANC and the DA playing to the brink, has cost the country R1 trillion
The economic state of the nation
Weighty headwinds face South Africa, with its government debt to gross domestic product ratio of 73.45% and a budget deficit of 5% of GDP
Governance is not only about clean audits
Municipalities need a governance register to ensure their performance more than compliance
Mining the potential of green industry
What the government of national unity can do to connect mining to sustainable industrialisation and create the jobs the country requires
GNU must reignite the culture of democracy
As authoritarianism entrenches itself globally, it is vital that South Africa inspires a return of accountability and participation
Why the allure of the ‘Rwanda Model’ is misplaced
Dropping democracy for aspirant autocrats who will put everything in order with a big stick might not be all it’s cracked up to be
