South Africa’s dysfunctional universities: the consequences of corrupt decisions: The integrity of the academic project should underscore universities' work at all times. xtock/Shutterstock What happens when those responsible for managing universities cannot trust each other to act with integrity? In a nutshell, as I discuss in my new book, Corrupted: A study of chronic dysfunction …
Liz Truss’s energy plan freezes bills – but leaves dysfunctional market intact: Leonid Sorokin/Shutterstock The energy payments package announced by Prime Minister Liz Truss tackles one immediate problem: it heads off soaring household energy bills by capping them at around £2,500 a year until 2024 and offers to hold down prices for businesses. Essentially, the …
South Africa in the news: Dysfunctional SSA biggest threat to South Africa’s security, EFF’s Ndlozi tells Parliament: State Security Deputy Minister Zizi Kodwa talked King Shaka and the Battle of Isandlwana to underscore the need for everyone to protect intelligence services. But EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi blew that out …: “South Africa” – BingNews DAN …
Dysfunctional financial markets are making inequality worse all the time – here’s what to do about it: Winners and losers. Tama2u The global market in government bonds has been bleeding red lately. “Bond market screams for help but no one answers”, says Bloomberg. It is “the worst start to a year in bonds since 2015”, according …
To fix South Africa’s dysfunctional state, ditch its colonial heritage: South Africa's Union Buildings in Pretoria. Paul Saad/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND South African President Cyril Ramaphosa recently made an astonishing statement: that the country’s governance is collapsing. It takes extraordinary courage for a head of state and of the national executive to be so candid. Ramaphosa’s …