Tag: liberalisation
R2.5 billion funding platform unleashes 850MW of clean energy
Nedbank CIB structures bespoke solution for 100% black-owned power producer. A R2.5 billion funding platform solution will allow one of South Africa’s largest 100% black-owned independent power producers (IPPs) to deliver 1.1 GW of clean energy.
Reconciliation and nation-building in South Africa – ANC-DA courtship – scrap...
There is a rare opportunity to right a lot of South Africa’s wrongs in one go. Corruption and unemployment are two major roadblocks. Permit me to explain how they can be simultaneously addressed within the current administration. I suggest an amnesty largely on the African National Congress (ANC’s) past wrongdoing in office in return for liberalisation of labour laws. This may be for a bit further down the line.
Considerations for pre- & post-retirement investors
The global economic backdrop continues to improve gradually but great amounts of uncertainty remain. While most of the major central banks are now likely at the peak of their rate hiking cycles, inflation remains sticky and sustained high levels of interest rates are having a dampening impact on economic growth.
South Africa’s rail sector crisis – urgent reform & liberalisation required
The rail sector in South Africa is at a breaking point and urgent action is required. From a freight perspective, Transnet's incapacity to dispatch locomotives is at an all-time high. The National Logistics Crisis Committee estimates that the country's macro logistics system loses circa ZAR1 billion a day.
