by Prof Joseph Sekhampu | Jun 26, 2026 | Expert Voices
I remember the chair long before I remember the storm. It sat opposite my desk, ordinary and unremarkable, bearing the accumulated weight of countless decisions, difficult conversations, strategic plans, and moments of quiet reflection. For years, it had been a place...
by Prof Joseph Sekhampu | Jun 11, 2026 | Expert Voices
When the government can no longer credibly promise expanding opportunities, politics begins to change. Public debate shifts from how opportunities should be created to who should have access to those that remain. Arguments about growth and redistribution do not...
by Prof Joseph Sekhampu | Jun 3, 2026 | Expert Voices
Wisdom is not simply the accumulation of knowledge but the gradual recognition that certainty is often an illusion. Mature judgment does not arrive when we finally discover the right answers, but when we learn to live with ambiguity, contradiction, and incomplete...
by Prof Raymond Parsons | May 25, 2026 | Expert Voices
What will the South African Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) decide about interest rates on May 28? When economies are hit by a large supply shock, such as the current global energy crisis, central banks face the dilemma of either temporarily overlooking...
by Prof. Joseph Sekhampu | May 21, 2026 | Expert Voices
In many South African municipalities, officials now spend more time reporting on collapse than preventing it. Water systems fail while compliance reports multiply. Infrastructure projects stall inside approval chains designed to improve accountability, but which...
