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Duma Gqubule

Duma Gqubule

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Gqubule is founding director at the Centre for Economic Development and Transformation.

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DUMA GQUBULE | Mantashe’s comments spark outrage among unemployed citizens
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DUMA GQUBULE | Mantashe’s comments spark outrage among unemployed citizens

The ANC’s economic missteps are linked to electoral decline.

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DUMA GQUBULE | ANC turns a blind eye to macroeconomic failure
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DUMA GQUBULE | ANC turns a blind eye to macroeconomic failure

For three decades now ANC macroeconomic policy has always received short shrift, writes Duma Gqubule

December 21, 2025 at 00:00 am

DUMA GQUBULE | Let’s not minimise pain of poor with ‘voodoo statistics’
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DUMA GQUBULE | Let’s not minimise pain of poor with ‘voodoo statistics’

Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie should withdraw his statement, writes Duma Gqubule.

June 13, 2025 at 01:11 pm

Neoliberal fiscal rule will entrench austerity
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Neoliberal fiscal rule will entrench austerity

Commitment to a primary budget surplus will damage an economy on its knees, writes Duma Gqubule

February 02, 2025 at 00:00 am

DUMA GQUBULE | Give SA more than just reform gimmicks, Ramaphosa
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DUMA GQUBULE | Give SA more than just reform gimmicks, Ramaphosa

The president’s raising of the power licensing threshold will add only 0.5% to GDP

June 14, 2021 at 08:12 pm

DUMA GQUBULE | Time and again it’s workers who bear the brunt of state ineptitude
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DUMA GQUBULE | Time and again it’s workers who bear the brunt of state ineptitude

They are not the source of SA’s economic woes, yet the public service wage bill is always targeted

May 03, 2021 at 08:07 pm

DUMA GQUBULE | With nothing left to steal, it’s time to borrow new ideas
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DUMA GQUBULE | With nothing left to steal, it’s time to borrow new ideas

There is no way out of this crisis without an injection of new money into the economy

October 12, 2020 at 08:08 pm

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