Renee Horne is a Senior Lecturer at Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. She is also Chief Africa Political Economist/Senior Editor at DeltaEconomics/ World Entrepreneur Society.
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.
CASE STUDY. In 2014, South Africa experienced its longest and costliest strike ever: a five-month stoppage in the platinum sector that cast doubt on the institutions and culture of the country’s labour relations framework.
