‘For a process of democracy to succeed, the ones who must write their manifesto are the public, and having agreed on that manifesto, we must go and look for a politician who seems to be capable of executing that manifesto,’ says Pali Lehohla, former Statistician-General.
A round-up of news, including why communities should write their own manifestos. World Malaria Day, and Amnesty International on the state of world human rights.
‘It's going to feed more consumption in South Africa rather than saving an investment, and saving an investment is the critical ingredient that's missing from South Africa's growth structure,’ says Professor Adrian Saville, strategist and economist at the Gordon Institute of Business Science.
A round-up of news updates, including El Niño's impact in Southern Africa, the state of white-collar crime in the country and the threat posed by textbook piracy on education.
‘In this case it has to do with whether or not an employee, who has a criminal record, can be disqualified from getting a job and on what basis they can be disqualified and whether it's justified or not,’ says labour law expert, Patrick Deale.
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