Press play to listen
|
- August 10, 2020
- 20:23
Africa
SOUTH AFRICA: Corrupt to the core?
Share on twitter
Share on whatsapp
Share on facebook
Share on linkedin
Share on email
Listen to our reports with a personalized podcasts through your Amazon Alexa or Apple devices audio translated into several languages
Access to 10+ top independent research providers for an affordable flat rate
Flexible to your changing needs and markets.
Ideal for small/mid-sized hedge funds, family offices, private wealth managers, and corporates
Previous
Next
SOUTH AFRICA: Worsening Covid-19 wave, slow vaccine action
Teneo
January 7, 2021
( 5 mins read ) President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration has come under heavy criticism this week for its lack of a convincing Covid-19 vaccination strategy. While the government hopes to begin vaccinating healthcare workers by February, vaccine supplies lined up
MOZAMBIQUE: Dramatic escalation of security threat to LNG ventures
Teneo
January 4, 2021
( 4 mins read ) Total evacuated most of its personnel from Palma and the Afungi peninsula last week, ahead of insurgent attacks on the doorstep of its LNG site on 1 January. Total’s unprecedented measure and extensive insurgency-related disruption
SOUTH AFRICA: Reluctant return to lockdown as Covid-19 infections surge
Teneo
December 29, 2020
( 3 mins read ) On 28 December, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a return from ‘Level 1’ to ‘Level 3’ lockdown restrictions, which will apply until 15 January. While the government has been extremely reluctant to return to tighter measures in the
ZAMBIA: Plan spells headline risk for miners, no clear upside for IMF deal
Teneo
December 18, 2020
( 5 mins read ) On 17 December, President Edgar Lungu launched Zambia’s new Economic Recovery Programme (ERP) 2020-2023. If Lungu’s ERP was meant to please the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the immediate effect was to generate headline risk as
SOUTH AFRICA: Treasury wins first public-sector wage battle
Teneo
December 16, 2020
( 3 mins read ) On 15 December, the Labour Appeal Court rejected an application by public-sector unions to force the government to implement their 2020 wage increases, the third and final year of a 2018 wage deal. A seeming
SOUTH AFRICA: Covid-19 resurgence
Teneo
December 14, 2020
( 3 mins read ) On Monday evening, 14 December, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced additional Covid-19 measures to stem the tide of a ‘second wave’ in South Africa. These are urgently required after Health Minister Zweli Mkhize stated last week
ZAMBIA: How much hope for an IMF program?
Teneo
December 9, 2020
( 3 mins read ) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said today, 9 December, that it “will be assessing in the coming weeks how the IMF could support the authorities’ reform efforts through a possible Fund program.” Zambia’s request was
SOUTH AFRICA: Another ANC fudge or the beginning of Ace’s end?
Teneo
December 8, 2020
( 3 mins read ) While today brought slightly better-than-expected news on the economic front – with Q3 GDP growing at 13.5% q-o-q following the disastrous lockdown-related contraction of 16.6% in Q2 – on the political front an upside is
SOUTH AFRICA: NEC unlikely to resolve its Ace problem
Teneo
November 25, 2020
( 4 mins read ) An ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting this weekend will probably fail to resolve the thorny issue of whether Secretary-General Ace Magashule should step down over corruption charges. Magashule’s fight against a suspension will provide
ETHIOPIA: Endgame unclear
Teneo
November 20, 2020
( 5 mins read ) Despite Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s repeated assurances that the military campaign in Tigray will end soon, little indicates that an end to hostilities is imminent. The two-week-old conflict between Addis Ababa and the Tigray People’s
ZAMBIA: Point of no return
Teneo
November 13, 2020
( 3 mins read ) Finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu confirmed today, 13 November, that Zambia would “have no other alternative but to accumulate arrears” on its 2024 Eurobond, where the grace period on a USD 42.5mn coupon payment expires today.
SOUTH AFRICA: Covid-19 resurgence fears but no new lockdowns
Teneo
November 11, 2020
( 3 mins read ) Today, 11 November, President Cyril Ramaphosa updated the nation on the Covid-19 pandemic. Concerns over a ‘second wave’ have increased, with the Eastern Cape province the epicenter of a fresh surge in infections. At least
Follow our contributors on Twitter
La compra centralizada de vacunas por parte de la UE tendrá sus problemas (y sus errores, criticables) pero, como bien explica @Suanzes, si cada Estado miembro hubiera ido por su lado habría sido una auténtica guerra a muerte.
https://www.elmundo.es/ciencia-y-salud/salud/2021/01/25/600ed40121efa091338b4595.html
Amazing cartoon depicting the difference between majoritarian and proportional democracy.
When Switzerland adopted PR over 100 years ago, it was understood that unequal votes lead to unequal societies.
Today the UK is the only democracy in Europe to use First Past the Post. We have the 2nd worst income inequality, and the worst regional inequality of any rich nation.
With reports just out that Biden plans executive action addressing racism toward Asian-Americans (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-racism-asian-americans-executive-action/), here's my latest on why ending @TheJusticeDept's China Initiative should be part of that effort. https://twitter.com/supchinanews/status/1353947247864516610
The U.S. govt launched the "China Initiative" two yrs ago to counter "national security threats." But with the recent indictment of MIT prof Gang Chen, we have a clear example of how the policy fails. @MargaretKLewis argues for ending the China Initiative: https://supchina.com/2021/01/26/gang-chens-case-should-be-the-end-of-the-dojs-china-initiative/
In a search for applicants from the private sector for the new digital affairs agency, the government received more than 1400 applications for 30 posts.
デジタル庁の民間人材、30人枠に応募1400人超: 日本経済新聞 https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOFS2610T0W1A120C2000000
Cualquiera que pueda explicar en voz alta las medidas del kernerismo para el mercado de carne y no se mate de risa es que no entendió las medidas
US reinforcing its strategic autonomy. https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1353662908853587973
NEW: Biden to sign executive order strengthening "Buy American" rules http://hill.cm/5UINxEa
@Coloboren, profesor de la Escuela de Negocios #UTDT, opinó en @elDiarioAR sobre las condiciones necesarias para que la economía argentina crezca. https://bit.ly/36bpPWI