Opinion Pieces

AYABONGA CAWE: Price-preference system defends against global market volatility

AYABONGA CAWE: Price-preference system defends against global market volatility

Robust regulation is vital to curb cartel-like buyer collusion and keep key industrial materials available for local use.
SA transmission, tooling exporters most at risk as US tariffs hit

SA transmission, tooling exporters most at risk as US tariffs hit

SA gearbox and tooling manufacturers report that over 75% of their output is sold to American buyers.
AYABONGWE CAWE: Naysayers strip economic benefits from BEE

AYABONGWE CAWE: Naysayers strip economic benefits from BEE

Broad-based BEE is about real economic empowerment and not just handouts, says the writer. (12RF)

AYABONGA CAWE: It may only be the beginning of economic coercion

Taiwan considered halting microchip exports after SA downgraded its consular presence. (BL Premium)
AYABONGA CAWE UN is best shield against multilateral anarchy despite failures

AYABONGA CAWE: UN is best shield against multilateral anarchy despite failures

Many in Gaza, Juba and Odesa live under threat of attack while their territories claim charter as guiding article of faith.

AYABONGA CAWE: Last ATM at Dimbaza tells an ominous tale of deindustrialisation

An ATM bomb exploded at 1am on a characteristically quiet Friday in Dimbaza in late August. (Business Live)
AYABONGA CAWE: The ‘dark arts’ of interstate rivalry

AYABONGA CAWE: The ‘dark arts’ of interstate rivalry (Opinion)

Rapid deployment of measures to choke an adversary’s supply chains is a development we cannot overlook. (BL Premium)
AYABONGA CAWE: History of trade is about internation hostility and contestation

AYABONGA CAWE: History of trade is about internation hostility and contestation

SA has levied dumping duties on the US since the early 1930s. BL Premium A “stay of execution” for a few more days, a friend

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