SAccess is continually improving our platform offering to deliver good business and market news content to our readers. Today we’ll take another significant step in our journey by publishing our first original columnist contribution from Solly Moeng.
Moeng is the founder of DonValley Reputation Managers and convenor at Africa Brand Summit and pens a call to action for SA citizens to realise that we need a course correction because the ship is sinking and we’re all on board.
In local government election news, it seems increasingly likely that the election date set for October 27 will be postponed but there is some consternation around who or what body must make the decision.
The Financial Mail writes in the editorial today that while the Electoral Commission asked former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke to “lead a process to evaluate the impact of Covid on conditions conducive for the holding of free and fair elections,” and he recommended a postponement due to the uncertainty of COVID-19 infection rates.
But as the FM argues the one thing, we know is certain is the uncertainty of the next wave of infections and there are no guarantees that come February 2022 (the proposed postponement date) that we won’t have to postpone the elections again if infections are on the rise.
It’s a slippery slope, to say the least.
While in the Daily Maverick, Jordan Griffiths asks which democratic institution should deliberate and decide on the postponement, the Constitutional Court or Parliament? It’s an interesting take and a question worth deeper analysis and understanding.
Here’s a roundup of today’s most interesting opinions and analyses:
Beijing’s big tech crackdown is bad for investors everywhere – Marcus Ashworth, Fin24 (Bloomberg)
Is it your ethical duty to get vaccinated? We ask the experts – James de Villiers, News24 (For subscribers)
Behind the state’s wage deal – Natasha Marrian, Financial Mail (For subscribers)
To empower the poor, we need to end BEE (and other bad ideas) – Martin Williams, The Citizen (For subscribers)
Cyril Ramaphosa’s broken time machine – Gareth van Onselen, Business Day (For subscribers)
Violence in Africa is a Catch-22 – Peter Fabricius, Business Day
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