2 February 2019 - The financial squeeze South Africa is facing now may not have the apocalyptic dimensions of the 1980s, but enough common ground exists between the two situations to warrant concern. Then, as now, prescribed assets were a desperate gasp from a state that was struggling to come to terms with the realities of its predicament.
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FreeFACTS - January 2019
31 January 2019 - This edition of Free Facts looks at South African retirement funds and why the government has their eye on them. It examines government spending and debt levels and shows how these are reaching unsustainable levels. It also provides statistics on the retirement savings of South Africans, and shows how big the pot is.
1 February 2019 - Until their performance inspires such confidence, SOEs will rightly be viewed with suspicion, and prescribed assets as a species of expropriation without compensation.