Tshepo Mahloele

Sep 4, 2024 | businesslive.co.za | Tshepo Mahloele

Alwyn Jacobus Wessels is a name unlikely to be readily recognisable to many South Africans. For a person whose work over 42 years yielded a legacy rich enough to have touched the lives of Africans in no fewer than 15 countries on the continent, this low profile is somewhat out of kilter. Then again, greatness is seldom loud.

Aug 15, 2024 | businesslive.co.za | Shain Shapiro |Michael Sheldrick |Tshepo Mahloele

The need for a radical rethink of economic development has never been more pressing. With the urgent issues of climate change, migration, escalating global conflict and rapid technological change, the time to reimagine the development sector is now. To do this, it is important to expand the sectors and disciplines that are traditionally factored into global development programmes and indices.

Aug 3, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Michael Sheldrick |Tshepo Mahloele

04 August 2024 - 00:00 If you wake up each morning with a sense of gloom, despair, and anxiety about the state of the world, you are not alone. Studies show a surge in hopelessness and societal discontent as governments have failed to meet the public's aspirations for a sustainable and prosperous future.

May 25, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Tshepo Mahloele |Michael Sheldrick

Investing in Africa to maximise its demographic dividend 26 May 2024 - 00:00 By Tshepo Mahloele and Michael Sheldrick You don’t need us to tell you about this continent’s potential. About 70 years ago, Africans comprised 8% of the world’s population. By 2050, just a century later, an estimated one-quarter of humanity will be African. But whether this beautifully rich and diverse continent can achieve its full potential will depend on critical investment decisions made in the coming years...

Jun 7, 2023 | timeslive.co.za | Tshepo Mahloele

'On a highway to climate hell' It is time we all did what we can to save the planet, says the writer 07 June 2023 - 13:49 By TSHEPO MAHLOELE In hilly Rwanda, heavy rains recently killed 127 people, destroyed 5,100 properties and partially damaging 2,500. In Somalia, 15 were killed while the figure stands at a staggering 440 in Bushushu, south Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)...