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Defend Truth

Ann Bernstein

Ann Bernstein is executive director of the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE).

Latest Work

Reforming the JSC to ensure a strengthened judiciary must be a top national priority

AGENDA 2024 OP-ED (PART FIVE)

10 September 2024

Reforming the JSC to ensure a strengthened judiciary must be a top national priority

6 min

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Government of National Unity must hold the line on public spending

AGENDA 2024 OP-ED (PART FOUR)

4 August 2024

Government of National Unity must hold the line on public spending

6 min

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Effective, streamlined government and Cabinet needed to drive crucial reforms

AGENDA 2024 OP-ED (PART 2)

18 June 2024

Effective, streamlined government and Cabinet needed to drive crucial reforms

6 min

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Political realignment has to be accompanied by meaningful reform

AGENDA 2024 OP-ED (PART 1)

10 June 2024

Political realignment has to be accompanied by meaningful reform

6 min

4

South Africa’s polycrisis – we have to stop the fall before we can begin to rise

NATIONAL CALAMITY OP-ED

30 October 2023

South Africa’s polycrisis – we have to stop the fall before we can begin to rise

5 min

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Countries prosper when cities work – we must fix ours, especially the powerhouse, Joburg

ENGINES OF PROSPERITY OP-ED

5 July 2023

Countries prosper when cities work – we must fix ours, especially the powerhouse, Joburg

5 min

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Bad policy choices, poor governance, weak leadership are wrecking SA’s economy

ECONOMIC TAILSPIN OP-ED

14 June 2023

Bad policy choices, poor governance, weak leadership are wrecking SA’s economy

6 min

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It’s time for outrage about the quality of learning in SA’s schools

EDUCATION CRISIS OP-ED

4 April 2023

It’s time for outrage about the quality of learning in SA’s schools

5 min

4

Funding a basic income grant will not mean a ‘slight increase’ in taxes – it will be close to crippling

6 July 2022

Funding a basic income grant will not mean a ‘slight increase’ in taxes – it will be close to crippling

6 min

4

Ramaphosa’s economic reconstruction and recovery plan is a mess – time to throw the baby out with the bathwater

COUNTRY IN DECLINE OP-ED

7 February 2022

Ramaphosa’s economic reconstruction and recovery plan is a mess – time to throw the baby out with the bathwater

5 min

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The benefits of localisation are overstated while the costs are dramatically understated

OF DUBIOUS IMPORT OP-ED

17 November 2021

The benefits of localisation are overstated while the costs are dramatically understated

6 min

3

South Africa’s rigid policy on immigration of skilled people is hard to fathom

25 May 2021

South Africa’s rigid policy on immigration of skilled people is hard to fathom

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