Definition of beneficiation “The treatment of raw material (such as iron ore) to improve physical or chemical properties especially in preparation for smelting “ Mail & Guardian The future is beneficiation Sharda Naidoo 10 Feb 2012 “Beneficiation is the new buzz word in government’s resource-nationalism plan, which proposes taxes on the export of raw materials in a…Continue reading Outline: Beneficiation versus Diffusion
Author: Shawn Hagedorn
Ditch Redistribution 2.0 in favour of overarching poverty reduction policy
Politicians are choosing the expedient populist route ahead of the election instead of tackling the root problem Business Day 13 FEBRUARY 2019 The run-up to the election should be disentangling how SA’s political and economic woes reinforce each other. Political parties should be fiercely competing to best frame the issues and provide solutions. Instead, policy…Continue reading Ditch Redistribution 2.0 in favour of overarching poverty reduction policy
Framing the DA’s BEE debate around solutions
Politicsweb.co.za | 08 February 2019 Export led growth is required to lift population out of poverty Values are to politics as branding is to retailing. This helps explain the DA’s leadership debating BEE legislation this weekend. To achieve internal consensus, the party should focus on how promoting its values aligns with developing a plan to pummel…Continue reading Framing the DA’s BEE debate around solutions
Misconceptions preclude progress
A plan is not optional SA cannot solve any of its economic challenges in the absence of a realistic long-term plan. The NDP is not a credible plan. Morally anchored values are important but insufficient SA’s 1990s transition emphasised values to the exclusion of objective, evidence-based analysis and this produced a persistent legacy. SA is not a wealthy country Many South Africans of various backgrounds continue to believe that SA…Continue reading Misconceptions preclude progress
Convictions versus Disconnects
South Africa’s challenges are imminently manageable. The disconnects are complex and they run deep; yet they can be unpacked and dispatched. The disconnects mostly reside amid the intersection of politics and economics. People are busy, their reactions to complex social challenges are rarely analysis based, rather they are based on personal values. People’s values and…Continue reading Convictions versus Disconnects
SA constrained by insufficient purchasing power and its failure to tap global sources
Business Day October 29 2018. Haphazard policy-making routinely traces to the ANC being overwhelmed by corruption and discredited ideologies. But why can’t any of the nation’s other key actors propose a workable growth model? The persistent methodological error is to see SA within an SA context. Might a protracted US-China trade war provoke the global…Continue reading SA constrained by insufficient purchasing power and its failure to tap global sources
Belief in redistribution has devastated growth
Business Day 05 OCTOBER 2018 – 05:10 Politically opportunistic quotas impede prospects for broad prosperity. Fiscal repackaging along with jobs and investment summits are mostly political manoeuvres. SA’s binding constraints can be traced to policies that are incompatible with global opportunities. If internationally proven policies were adopted, stimulus would be unnecessary as investments and job…Continue reading Belief in redistribution has devastated growth
Inverted economy twists SA against itself and fails to grow middle class
Business Day 12 SEPTEMBER 2018 – 05:08 Policymakers resist growth strategies of top economies and favour redistribution ahead of competitiveness, writes Shawn Hagedorn SA has reached a “truth or consequences” juncture where improving economic outcomes requires the country’s economic dialogue be upgraded to grasp the big picture. Among the concepts central to policy debates that…Continue reading Inverted economy twists SA against itself and fails to grow middle class
What does China really think of SA?
Politicsweb.co.za 3 August 2018 Shawn Hagedorn says the two countries are polar opposites regarding policies and trajectories SA produces global stars in many fields while being devoid of what it needs most, and what China and India excel at creating: commercially savvy experts in development economics. China further benefits from remarkable institutional capacities reflecting its…Continue reading What does China really think of SA?