Budget shows treasury is desperately short of ideas to fix South Africa's economic woes: South Africa's finance minister, Tito Mboweni, ahead of his budget speech. EPA/Nic BothmaAt the core of this year’s budget proposals from South Africa’s national treasury is the admission that national debt is no longer expected to stabilise. In previous years, bar one brief exception, … [Read more...] about Budget shows treasury is desperately short of ideas to fix South Africa’s economic woes | The Conversation
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South African universities should produce more commercial ideas | The Conversation
South African universities should produce more commercial ideas: Ideas shouldn't be confined to academic institutions but should aid a country's development. ShutterstockUniversities are becoming more than teaching and learning institutions. They are increasingly expected to help support themselves by generating income from their research and expertise. The shift … [Read more...] about South African universities should produce more commercial ideas | The Conversation
Marxist scholar Harold Wolpe’s ideas still speak to South Africa’s problems | The Conversation
Marxist scholar Harold Wolpe's ideas still speak to South Africa's problems: Harold Wolpe showed how poor rural areas subsidised low wages of migrant workers' wages. ShutterstockDuring the apartheid period in South Africa – 1948 to 1994 – a lively intellectual culture of opposition emerged on some of the country’s university campuses and within the broader anti-apartheid … [Read more...] about Marxist scholar Harold Wolpe’s ideas still speak to South Africa’s problems | The Conversation
Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC’s Ebola outbreak. Here are some | The Conversation
Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC's Ebola outbreak. Here are some: Health workers burying a child who died of Ebola in the DRC's North Kivu province. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPAThe Ebola virus is again terrorising an African nation. The current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to spread after it first appeared 10 months ago. By mid-May, … [Read more...] about Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC’s Ebola outbreak. Here are some | The Conversation
Vintage Ideas – A Market Quite Extraordinary
Vintage Ideas – A Market Quite Extraordinary: Festival director Wilna Rabe with artist Ronald West getting inspired for Vintage Ideas 2019 Photo: Peridot Communications The Vintage Ideas market is happening at Simondium’s Country Lodge from 25-28 April and this year visitors will be wowed by the incredible array of vintage and vintage-inspired items. The care taken in … [Read more...] about Vintage Ideas – A Market Quite Extraordinary
