Opinion

Africa: South Africa and Pakistan - Countries Brought to Their Knees By Elite Capture and Economic Paralysis

Analysis - In the ongoing quest to understand South Africa's political and economic stagnation, it may be helpful to look at other postcolonial states that have travelled further along the path of ...

Inside South Africa’s billion-rand building hijack economy being linked to DJ Warras's death

At first glance, the building looks merely neglected: broken windows patched with cardboard, a security gate welded shut, a ...

Indian-origin man among 4 killed in temple collapse in South Africa

A four-storey Hindu temple under construction collapsed in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, killing four people, ...
The Economist

Why South Africa should scrap Black Economic Empowerment

Some months after Nelson Mandela was released from prison in February 1990, he told businesses that South Africa must “deracialise the exercise of economic power”. Such words unnerved the ...
The Economist

Race, power and money in South Africa

After the end of apartheid South Africa embarked on one of the world’s most extensive attempts to redress racial inequality. At the centre of this effort is Black Economic Empowerment (BEE), a set of ...