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Reg Rumney

Reg Rumney is the former director of the SA Reserve Bank Centre for Economics Journalism at Rhodes University and former head of the economics department at the SABC.

Latest Work

Trouble with a capital T – Jacaranda City municipality is wilting under bad finances and scandal

TSHWANE ANALYSIS

20 June 2023

Trouble with a capital T – Jacaranda City municipality is wilting under bad finances and scandal

By Reg Rumney

10 min

Ekurhuleni looks okay on paper but, in reality, it’s on shaky ground

DM168 POLITRIX: ROAD TO LOCAL ELECTIONS

7 September 2021

Ekurhuleni looks okay on paper but, in reality, it’s on shaky ground

By Reg Rumney

5 min

A tally of two cities: following the money in Joburg and Cape Town

ROAD TO LOCAL ELECTIONS ANALYSIS

19 August 2021

A tally of two cities: following the money in Joburg and Cape Town

By Reg Rumney

6 min

OPINIONISTA

24 September 2019

Resisting the rise of the robots

By Reg Rumney

3 min

The IMF is neither our knight in shining armour nor a horseman of the apocalypse

BUSINESS MAVERICK

13 August 2019

The IMF is neither our knight in shining armour nor a horseman of the apocalypse

By Reg Rumney

3 min

Inflation targeting: A lesson from economic history

BUSINESS MAVERICK

18 June 2019

Inflation targeting: A lesson from economic history

By Reg Rumney

4 min

The JSE’s poor performance over five years

BUSINESS MAVERICK ANALYSIS

6 June 2019

The JSE’s poor performance over five years

By Reg Rumney

3 min

BUSINESS MAVERICK

4 June 2019

Why has the JSE performed so poorly?

By Reg Rumney

5 min

Tax, debt & interest rates: What the manifestos reveal about the parties’ economic policies (Part Three)

Business Maverick – 2019 ELECTIONS

16 April 2019

Tax, debt & interest rates: What the manifestos reveal about the parties’ economic policies (Part Three)

By Reg Rumney

3 min

A bewildering process: What the manifestos reveal about the parties’ economic policies (Part 2)

BUSINESS MAVERICK - 2019 ELECTIONS

15 April 2019

A bewildering process: What the manifestos reveal about the parties’ economic policies (Part 2)

By Reg Rumney

2 min

What the manifestos reveal about the parties’ economic policies (Part 1)

BUSINESS MAVERICK – 2019 ELECTIONS

14 April 2019

What the manifestos reveal about the parties’ economic policies (Part 1)

By Reg Rumney

5 min

Why poor housing prices are a blessing in disguise

Business Maverick Analysis

5 April 2019

Why poor housing prices are a blessing in disguise

By Reg Rumney

5 min

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Latest Work

Trouble with a capital T – Jacaranda City municipality is wilting under bad finances and scandal

Ekurhuleni looks okay on paper but, in reality, it’s on shaky ground

A tally of two cities: following the money in Joburg and Cape Town

Resisting the rise of the robots

The IMF is neither our knight in shining armour nor a horseman of the apocalypse

Inflation targeting: A lesson from economic history

The JSE’s poor performance over five years

Why has the JSE performed so poorly?

Tax, debt & interest rates: What the manifestos reveal about the parties’ economic policies (Part Three)

A bewildering process: What the manifestos reveal about the parties’ economic policies (Part 2)

What the manifestos reveal about the parties’ economic policies (Part 1)

Why poor housing prices are a blessing in disguise