South African Budget 2019: Hard Choices in Tough Times
CASE STUDY. Mboweni and his team had to find a way of putting the country on a path to fiscal sustainability, given the fiscal inheritance that his predecessors had left him.
Eric Schaling
Eric Schaling is a Professor of International Finance at Wits Business School. He holds the Jelle Zijlstra Chair of International Finance at Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The 2007/8 Global Financial Crisis: A Decade On
CASE STUDY. While the general consensus was that the financial system had changed pursuant to 2008, as well as emerging stronger for all the changes that were made, the critical question remained – had it changed enough to prevent the events of 2007/8 repeating themselves?
South African Budget 2018: Walking a Fiscal Tightrope
CASE STUDY. Finding a way of halting the decline of South Africa’s finances while ensuring that the fiscus continued in its central role of supporting the poor.
The South African National Minimum Wage Conundrum: Equality vs Growth?
CASE STUDY. The South African government saw the national minimum wage (NMW) as a positive intervention that would address income inequality in the country and help to overcome poverty.
National Development Plan: The Outlook in 2016
CASE STUDY. In December 2015, President Jacob Zuma’s decision to replace respected finance minister Nhlanhla Nene with David van Rooyen, an African National Congress backbencher, dealt the country its biggest financial blow since the start of democracy in 1994.