Claire Bisseker has been writing about economics for the Financial Mail since 1995.
Ebrahim Patel shoots first then takes aim with localisation policy
It is sadly typical of the government to announce a new policy goal without first doing its homework
Global recovery will bypass South Africa if reforms are not expedited
The country needs private sector involvement to achieve a green, digital future
Mboweni’s uncompromising budget deserves more credit
The 2021 budget marks a shift from the tax-and-spend stance of the past decade to a cut-and-save era
CLAIRE BISSEKER: It’s not all doom and gloom for the SA economy
If the government can avoid scoring more lockdown own goals, the economy could bounce back nicely in 2021
As business lurches from one mistake to the next, South Africa’s recovery founders
It can have all the plans it likes, the real problem is the state’s lack of political will to drive economic reform
The loneliness of a long-suffering finance minister
Five years ago the head of the National Treasury’s budget office, Michael Sachs, promised the IMF he would eat his hat ...
South Africa’s habit of appeasing labour is pushing us towards ruin
Forking out for public servants has cannibalised budgets for key sectors, including health care and education
ANC’s new growth plan a confusing clean sweep
The recently refreshed discussion document contradicts Tito Mboweni’s original strategy
SA’s fiscal crisis: feel it, it is here
Tito Mboweni’s aggressive fiscal adjustment proposition appears neither politically nor economically feasible
The economy’s growth dynamics are skewing in the wrong direction
Increasingly dependent on consumption by households rather than on investment by firms