Daniel Silke
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Cape Town, WC, South Africa
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Daniel Silke | How did Mboweni put an optimistic spin on calamity?
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni actually made a pretty calamitous situation almost seem positive, says Daniel Silke. → Read More
Daniel Silke | The default setting is defective
There are many disturbing and discordant aspects of South Africa's Covid-19 response. But last week's televised update from the president highlighted this, says Daniel Silke. → Read More
Daniel Silke | 100 days of lockdown: Living with Hobson's choice
What exactly is the South Africa one would realistically wish to return to after Covid-19? asks Daniel Silke. → Read More
Daniel Silke | Time's up, Minister Mboweni
South Africa's current predicament is the stuff of budgetary nightmares, says Daniel Silke. → Read More
Daniel Silke | SA needs a Ramaphosa reset
The coronavirus is about more than a 'new normal'. The president himself must navigate a tough new path, says Daniel Silke. → Read More
Daniel Silke | SA needs more than a colour-coded reopening
In his defence, South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is not the only world leader to find extricating himself from a self-imposed lockdown is a lot tougher than implementing it. → Read More
Daniel Silke | The cost of rescuing SA
President Ramaphosa rose to his most challenging occasion in announcing a whopping R500 billion coronavirus support package. → Read More
Daniel Silke | A black swan and a downgrade will test SA
It was perhaps naive to think that the last remaining ratings agency keeping the country within investment grade parameters would be warm and fuzzy to a country in its hour of need, says Daniel Silke. → Read More
Daniel Silke: A recession and a virus – with little response
In the week that has followed the Budget, the country has confirmed both that it is now in a recession and that there is a case of the coronavirus in SA, says Daniel Silke. → Read More
Daniel Silke: A SONA shackled by its own State
If one lived in Norway, Denmark, Finland or Canada, the State of the Nation address from President Ramaphosa would’ve perhaps sounded quite impressive. But we live in South Africa, says Daniel Silke. → Read More
Daniel Silke: Ramaphosa is yet to tame his own party
The president is caught in a policy trap, says Daniel Silke. → Read More
Daniel Silke: SA dodged a recession, but a swallow doesn't make a summer
We should not let ourselves be distracted by a quarter-on-quarter economic revival, says Daniel Silke. → Read More
Daniel Silke: Ramaphosa in ANC quicksand
South Africa is currently stuck in a type of quicksand: not yet porous enough to engulf the country completely, yet highly debilitating and extremely threatening, writes Daniel Silke. → Read More
Daniel Silke: Ramaphosa, the rand and the Reserve Bank's rough ride
A new president with a new team should’ve been off to a much better start than this, writes Daniel Silke. → Read More
Daniel Silke: The extreme risks of ANC dual-speak
It was only a matter of time before the dire state of the economy intersected with the equally dire state of economic policy – and the worst GDP decline in a decade was just that time, writes Daniel Silke. → Read More
'Broad church' politics under pressure after election 2019
The ANC must decide if it fears the EFF so much that it panders to its pressures – or whether it sees the bigger picture of the necessity for more centrist and market-friendly initiatives to kickstart growth, writes Daniel Silke. → Read More
Daniel Silke: Ramaphosa’s real battles will start after he wins
Fundamentally, the hard work for the president will only begin after he wins the election. And much of that work will be within his own party, says Daniel Silke. → Read More
Daniel Silke: Mboweni’s rough yet risky Budget
The Budget satisfied most of the audience in Act One. But Act Two - the election - will be harder, says Daniel Silke. → Read More
Daniel Silke: Why SA's economic reform is on pause
SA will have to rely on external factors beyond its immediate control for some modicum of economic improvement, at least in the short term, says Daniel Silke. → Read More
Mboweni hints at risky changes in mini budget
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's mini budget provided a number of talking points for analysts, company directors and the ANC itself, writes columnist Daniel Silke. → Read More