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Guess who was at Harvard discussing how mayors deliver results this week? Joburg’s mayor Dada Morero!!! youtube.com/watch?v=ZcCH1i…

The proposed amendments to the BBBEE codes are recklessness piled on recklessness. They will narrow the beneficiaries of preferential procurement spending in the private sector, while strongly nudging ESD spending into a Transformation Fund whose parameters, mandate, governance and institutional architecture have not been publicly disclosed. businessday.co.za/opinion/2026-0…

@annbernsteinSA | Proposed BBBEE shake-up is reckless and must be stopped. CDE continues to call for a comprehensive, independent review of South Africa’s BBBEE policies to assess their effectiveness and costs. This should be led by an independent panel including economists, legal experts, business leaders, civil society representatives and, especially, black-owned enterprises affected by current mechanisms. businessday.co.za/opinion/2026-0…

The aim of a comprehensive review of BBBEE must be to build a new consensus promoting inclusive growth, accountability and tangible benefits for black, and in particular disadvantaged, South Africans, writes @annbernsteinSA businessday.co.za/opinion/2026-0…

My South Africa interview with Ann Bernstein: #msdynmkt_trackingcontext=b2726b10-3e56-4fab-893d-b8dd2db20300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/watch?v=pl5loZ…

“What the country needs is a comprehensive, independent review of transformation policies focusing on B-BBEE’s effectiveness and costs. The goal: to build a consensus promoting inclusive growth, accountability and tangible benefits for black, and especially disadvantaged, South Africans.” - @annbernsteinsa sundaytimes.timeslive.co.za/opinion-and-an…

“The current proposals for sweeping changes to the B-BBEE framework should be shelved until a comprehensive, independent review has been conducted and publicly debated. Transforming South Africa needs GNU leadership — not ANC policy alone," writes @annbernsteinSA. sundaytimes.timeslive.co.za/opinion-and-an…

Shocking death toll and a new war emerging in South Asia. But hardly anyone seems to have noticed. ft.com/content/da1d82… via @ft

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I expressed concern to @tylercowen about him traveling to South Africa due to the high crime rate. Today, there is a bomb threat at GMU. Tyler never misses.

REMINDER TO RSVP | Join Tyler Cowen (George Mason University) in conversation with Ann Bernstein, executive director of CDE They will discuss Davos, big business, AI and the state of the USA. 📅 26 March 2026 | 🕔 5–6pm SAST Register: cde-org-za.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

@tylercowen, one of the world’s leading economic thinkers, will be in conversation with @annbernsteinSA. Topic: Davos, big business, AI and the current state of the USA. 📅Thu 26 March | 🕔 5–6pm SAST Register: cde-org-za.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Professor Sakhela Buhlungu, Vice-Chancellor of @FortHareZA, joined @annbernsteinSA to discuss the challenges facing the university and his efforts to stabilise and reform the institution amid governance failures, political interference and criminality. Read the conversation here: cde.org.za/sakhela-buhlun…

On SAfm’s Market Update, Ann Bernstein warned that SA’s unemployment crisis is far from improving: “At best, we are stabilising at crisis rates.” Her remarks come ahead of the News24 Conference 2026, where the jobs crisis will take centre stage. Listen to the full interview on the link below. #Unemployment #SouthAfrica cde.org.za/stabilising-at…

1 000 lost jobs every day: When will SA treat this like the emergency it is? by @annbernsteinSA. “Unemployment in South Africa is no longer a phase; it is a near-permanent condition because the longer people remain excluded from the labour market, the harder it becomes to return.” news24.com/business/opini…

MAKHUDU SEFARA | Nkabane’s promotion makes merit a joke sundaytimes.timeslive.co.za/opinion-and-an…

South Africa’s investment in mineral exploration dropped for a seventh consecutive year, despite the government’s ambitions to arrest the decline. dailyinvestor.com/mining/124295/…

Band-Aid governance: SA needs reconstruction, not more task teams by @annbernsteinSA. “Leadership is not measured by the number of task teams created, but by the willingness to make hard decisions about people and power.” news24.com/opinions/colum…

Band-Aid governance: SA needs reconstruction, not more task teams by @annbernsteinSA. “South Africa does not lack plans. It lacks execution. It does not lack committees. It lacks consequences.” news24.com/opinions/colum…