Sakeliga wins court case against illegal municipal collections
Sakeliga won a court case regarding municipal levies and taxes. The court order (click here to view the court order) helps to protect businesspeople and other residents from unlawful and unaffordable municipal collections in their towns. Without the court order, an external company in Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality (Koster, Swartruggens, and surroundings) would have been able […]
What does (a solution to) state failure look like?
*The following article is an abridged version of the piece How can business chambers fight back against state failure? Click here to view the longer version. The state’s governance abilities are rapidly declining across all levels, resulting in mismanagement of infrastructure and a decrease in policing capacity. Deteriorating business conditions arise from failing infrastructure and […]
FSCA preparing to demand BEE prerequisites from financial services providers
The FSCA and the BEE Commission signed a MoU to facilitate withholding licenses and prosecuting financial services providers operating below future stipulated BEE thresholds. Currently, such enforcement by the FSCA or BEE Commission would be unlawful, which is why they are eager to have the Conduct of Financial Institutions Bill (COFI, currently before Parliament) passed. […]
Looming ICASA BEE regulations threaten to harm the entire economy
ICASA’s new race-based ownership and equity regulations are a significant threat to the viability of telecommunications and internet services businesses, with the potential to set damaging precedent for other major sectors. With the enforcement date of March 30, 2024, looming, stakeholders should unite and challenge these regulations urgently before they inflict economic harm in the […]
Find more “Solutions for South Africa’s countryside” at this conference
The countryside is in decline, but it doesn’t have to stay that way. Businesspeople can intervene, and here is another opportunity to find out how: the Oplossings vir Suid-Afrika se platteland conference on 20 and 21 February 2024, outside Bothaville. As a partner of this conference, presented by Landbouweekblad and Senwes, Sakeliga would like to invite everyone in our network […]
10 Best practices for business chambers to tackle state failure
With or without the consent of the state: What can business chambers do when state failure threatens their towns? This was the question at Sakeliga’s 2023 Summit for Stronger Business Chambers and Business Organisations. Here are the speakers’ top 10 best practices for business chambers: Want to see more of these kinds of solutions and […]
Constitutions, Justice and separation (diffusion) of Power: Checks and Balances and the Dominant Power Elite
Power and authority should be divided among multiple centres of power, and these different centres should keep each other in check. They should monitor and restrain each other – in other words, act as checks and balances against each other.
Sakeliga to join panel of top experts regarding state failure
Sakeliga executive director and economist, Russell Lamberti will on October 19, 2023 14:00 join a panel of expert analysts to discuss strategies for protecting your finances against state failure. The deterioration of South Africa’s state finances is dominating business news ahead of the announcement of the mid-term budget in weeks ahead. There is growing speculation […]
2023 Summit for stronger business chambers and organisations
Sakeliga is hosting a summit for chambers of commerce and business organisations on 26 and 27 October to determine strategies for restoring order in towns and cities. Speakers for the summit include, among others: Russell Lamberti, Executive Director: Sakeliga; Péter Wassenaar, Attorney: Kriek, Wassenaar & Partners; JP (Johan) Botha, Sinoville Fire Fighting Association; Boeta du […]
Fiscal Deterioration Amplifies Policy Desperation
The recent deterioration in the South African government’s finances is a reminder of its anti-growth policies and reckless spending habits which are destroying vast amounts of wealth each year. But it also raises the threat of a negative policy feedback loop, in which extreme fiscal strain inspires desperate government officials to escalate the very policies already doing so much harm.