Peter Bruce

2 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Peter Bruce

US President Donald Trump’s monstrous, thumb-sucked ChatGPT import tariffs against the rest of the world (excluding Russia), including a wild 30% imposed on South Africa, coincide chillingly with President Cyril Ramaphosa reportedly arranging the departure of the DA from the government of national unity (GNU). If he goes ahead and reshuffles his vast cabinet, he’ll end up with a 10-party coalition with a majority of just two. ..

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Jeff Rudin |Peter Bruce

Jeff Rudin works at the Alternative Information & Development Centre (AIDC) Being part of a political economy notorious for its world-beating inequality and in a country where Africans are 80% of the population, guarantees that most Africans will be poor. This is Part 2 in a two-part series. Read Part 1 here.

3 weeks ago | theherald.co.za | Peter Bruce

Premium With its eyes wide shut, the ANC government has launched SA down a path of industrial peril from which it could take decades to escape, if it ever can.

1 month ago | theherald.co.za | Peter Bruce

Premium It takes a rare degree of chutzpah, just a week away from a budget made more critical by delays over tax proposals, to greet the announcement of truly anaemic 0.6% fourth quarter 2024 GDP growth as “indicative of economic expansion... aligned to our priorities by pursuing a developmental economic framework, tackling the high cost of living in line with our economic transformation agenda.” You’ll want to read that again, but trust me, don’t bother.

2 months ago | timeslive.co.za | Peter Bruce

Time to check out of Hotel Trumpaphoria 23 February 2025 - 00:00 It took US President Donald Trump just shy of 30 days in the White House to reveal himself, if any more evidence were needed, as a treacherous liar devoid of principle, honour or humour...