The South African government is losing control
Renowned economist Dawie Roodt said that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are giving South Africans control over their money and eviscerate exchange controls.
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Eskom’s new monthly minimum salary is R19,768
Eskom and two of its workers’ biggest labour unions recently announced the signing of a multi-year salary deal that will see their remuneration increase by 7% annually over the next three years.
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Dawie Roodt | Energy | Eskom | Eskom wages | Eskom workers | National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA)
Eskom wants to increase executive salaries by 100% — Workers’ union
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa has rejected Eskom’s latest wage offer and declared a deadlock.
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Dawie Roodt | Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources | diesel | diesel prices | Efficient Group | Energy
Filling stations across South Africa run out of petrol and diesel
Many filling stations across South Africa have run out of petrol and diesel ahead of the big price increases on 1 April 2026.
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Dawie Roodt’s radical idea: Eliminate the need for a doctor prescriptions for certain medicines
South Africa should eliminate the need for a doctor’s prescription for certain medicines, which is appropriate in the age of AI and self-diagnosis.
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Anton van der Bijl | Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) | Broad-Based Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) | Business | Dawie Roodt | Democratic Alliance
End of BEE as you know it
Economist Dawie Roodt says the refinement of B-BBEE policies in South Africa that Ramaphosa referred to in his State of the Nation Address likely signalled the beginning of the end for the policy in its current form.
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Eskom gets more big electricity price increases
After it was ordered to conduct proper public consultations on additional allowable revenue for Eskom, Nersa has landed on the same figure that the High Court previously dubbed a “thumb-suck.”
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United States sanction warning for South Africa
Renowned economist Dawie Roodt says that the United States could easily impose financial sanctions on South Africa if it really wanted to damage the country.
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BizNews | Dawie Roodt | Finance | South Africa | USA
The hammer South Africa should hope the US doesn’t drop: Dawie Roodt
Renowned economist Dawie Roodt says that South Africa’s fiscal vulnerability is self-inflicted, rooted in years of weak growth and policy failure.
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Dawie Roodt warns of the one weapon the United States can still use against South Africa
Renowned economist Dawie Roodt says that South Africa is incredibly vulnerable to geopolitical alignments and that the United States still has one ‘big stick’ it can use against it.