Greater certainty on the content of the imminent change to the wording of Section 25 of the Constitution to give explicit meaning to the state’s power to expropriate property without compensation has emerged after a week of often heated debate and input in parliament.
According to the prevailing official narrative, little if anything is more important than ‘the land question’.
Despite a vibrant agricultural sector, there are a standard list of challenges that South African agribusinesses commonly cite – land reform policy, droughts and infrastructure are amongst the most frequently cited.
Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.
South Africa is once more experiencing periodic power cuts.
Our politics and economics will remain unaligned until we objectively assess how inequality and unemployment interact. The national dialogue can be meaningfully upgraded by developing a version of the Phillips Curve.
