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Jan 16, 2025 | 
songezo.substack.com | Songezo Zibi
I had not been aware that in December 2021 the government of Botswana banned all South African imports of vegetables and citrus into that country. This was so it could develop its own domestic production. In theory this was a great decision. The previous year Botswana’s vegetable and citrus import sales amounted to about $35m, so it would really be great if all this revenue went to Batswana.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
timeslive.co.za | Songezo Zibi
SA needs an army that is well-funded We cannot expect old, unfit soldiers to take knives to the gunfights the military are pushed into 01 December 2024 - 00:00 By Songezo Zibi Some years ago I interviewed a well-known economist about South Africa’s national finances. There is enough money in the system, she told me, but only if we are willing to impose budget cuts on “non-essential” areas like the South African National Defence Force. ..
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
travelnews.co.za | Songezo Zibi
National carrier South African Airways might be operational, but it and its subsidiaries were unable to move forward with its growth plan without financing, according to the Chairperson of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa), Songezo Zibi. He was reacting to a briefing from the Auditor-General’s office on SAA’s finances. The AG’s office briefed the committee on audits up until the financial year ending in March 2022.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
tourismupdate.co.za | Songezo Zibi |Bianca Capazorio |Sandra Kneubuhler |Niels Verspui
National carrier SAA may be operational but it, and its subsidiaries, are unable to move forward with its growth plan without finance, according to the Chairperson of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Songezo Zibi. He was reacting to a briefing by the Auditor-General (AG) on SAA’s finances. The AG’s office briefed the committee on audits until the financial year ending in March 2022.
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Aug 3, 2024 | 
timeslive.co.za | Songezo Zibi
A third way to real progressive politics The ANC has long lost its claim as flag-bearer for progressive politics, and Rise Mzansi is ready to fill the vacuum, says Songezo Zibi 04 August 2024 - 00:00 By SONGEZO ZIBI It is common cause that the ANC’s domination has gone into terminal decline. For the first time in 30 years, the party of Oliver Tambo failed to secure an absolute majority, winning just over 40% of the national vote. ..
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May 15, 2024 | 
brnw.ch | Songezo Zibi
Advocate Dali Mpofu’s behaviour on Friday – and the way the Constitutional Court permitted it – is a sign of how deeply corroded our democratic institutions have become, argues Songezo Zibi. What happened last Friday - when the IEC approached the apex court for clarity on Section 47 of the Electoral Act, after the Electoral Court ruled Jacob Zuma was eligible to stand as a candidate to become an MP – was a violation of the last-remaining sacred space of our democracy, the Constitutional Court.
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May 15, 2024 | 
news24.com | Songezo Zibi
Advocate Dali Mpofu’s behaviour on Friday – and the way the Constitutional Court permitted it – is a sign of how deeply corroded our democratic institutions have become, argues Songezo Zibi. What happened last Friday - when the IEC approached the apex court for clarity on Section 47 of the Electoral Act, after the Electoral Court ruled Jacob Zuma was eligible to stand as a candidate to become an MP – was a violation of the last-remaining sacred space of our democracy, the Constitutional Court.
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May 13, 2024 | 
ewn.co.za | Songezo Zibi
Let me not mince words: our economy is in a state of emergency. We need nothing less than a national crisis plan – our own version of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal - to fix it. This includes a three-year wealth tax that will inject at least R300 billion into the economy over three years – administered professionally, in a clean and efficient way, by a new national fund. We all know that our unemployment rate is the highest in the world and rising, up to 41% from 22.9% in 2008.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
news24.com | Songezo Zibi
This is an edited extract of Songezo Zibi's speech to the Cape Town Press Club on Wednesday, 10 April 2024. Recently, at a meeting Rise Mzansi hosted in Alexandra, Johannesburg, a young man spoke of the dread he felt each morning. No work, no recreation, no options, no hope. Just a day filled with nothingness. He related how he stayed in bed as long as he could so that he didn't have to go out on to the street, where nothing hopeful would come his way. "Life becomes meaningless," he said.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
news24.com | Songezo Zibi
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