Give back to the unemployed their right to work
Give back to the unemployed their right to work
Monday, February 22, 2010
by Eustace Davie
In South Africa, the employed have been given a high level of statutory job security. But along with the introduction of minimum wage laws and other demanding employment requirements, many people have been losing their jobs and thousands more have given up hope of ever having one.
IMANI Alert: Watch These Oil Numbers!
Monday, February 22, 2010
Finally! We have something to applaud the Ministry of Energy for! Those who have been following our releases should by now be familiar with our incessant ranting about “transparency”.
Conflict of Constitutionalism in Zimbabwe
Monday, February 15, 2010
Rejoice Ngwenya in Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Our own Rejoice Ngwenya is not a passive member in the struggle to free Zimbabwe. He is making sure his ‘rantings’ get incorporated in the democratisation process. Please let your readers enjoy his updates on the battle for a people-centred constitution.
Atlas Shrugged Europe?
Monday, February 15, 2010
By Sophie Quintin-Adali
To try to convince taxpayers in one country of the need for them to pay for the mistakes of a government in another country – which they cannot vote out of office – is a massively difficult task.
Road toll increases and its impact on road maintenance in Ghana
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
By Charles K. Boakye
One of Ghana's foremost infrastructure analyst has joined the debate over recent increases in road tolls in Ghana. He avers that "Road Funds have emerged as one of the more popular forms of financing road sector maintenance funding gaps in many countries and Ghana has had a fair share of its benefits. However, challenges remained because tolls and fees were unchanged for ten years." He beleives we must begin to wean ourselves off the donor apron strings at least wih road maintenance.
Hopefully this insightful analysis will illuminate the shady thoughts we habour about many government interventions.
Killer drugs
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
by Jasson Urbach and Richard Tren
A consignment of fake anti-malaria drugs worth an estimated N10 million (approximately R500,000) was seized recently by the Nigerian National Agency of Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
Nationalisation: the Public Always Loses
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
by Richard J Grant
When a company is owned or controlled by the government, it becomes a source of “noise” that disrupts communications between producers and consumers. The more companies the government nationalises, the worse this disruptive effect becomes.
