[TOP STORY] Is extreme wealth quietly pushing democracies towards oligarchy?

‘In this particular case, the framework essentially allowed for excessive, unchecked control at the national level of government, and that was seen as very problematic,’ says Professor Alex van den Heever, Wits School of Governance.

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‘I would say it is a crisis of sorts, because it's been a long-running problem and there doesn't at the moment seem to be any end in sight,’ says Chris Oxtoby, research consultant at Freedom Under Law.

ConCourt crisis deepens as caseloads explode and delays mount. Inside the split-second moment that drives pharmacy sales. And too much pressure on SMEs puts SA’s jobs strategy under scrutiny.

‘Young people are not joining the medical aid scheme and the ones who are in the medical aid scheme are dropping out. This results in a spiral effect in which the contributions or the premiums become more expensive,’ says Luyanda Njilo, senior equity research analyst for healthcare at Nedbank Corporate…