South Africa will have a robust electric-power supply system only once its electricity generation, transmission, distribution and control functions are separated and independently run.
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The Competition Commission wants to punish leading enterprises in the digital space for being successful, the Free Market Foundation said.
Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni remains convinced that a state-owned network infrastructure company can trump the private sector. She is mistaken.
The commission’s decision to refer Meta Platforms for prosecution to the Competition Tribunal will dim South Africa’s investment prospects even further. By Zakhele Mthembu.
Small business development minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams seem intent of doing the opposite of what is really required of her. By James Peron.
The prohibition on the private ownership and free trading of spectrum is an “artefact” that has “neither a technological basis nor is supported by economic theory”, says the Free Market Foundation.
Government’s plan to create a wholesale open-access network “will serve no useful purpose” and could, in fact, harm consumers – the exact opposite of what it’s meant to achieve, the Free Market Foundation said.
Government wants to introduce price controls in the telecoms sector when what it should be doing is embarking on a programme of wholesale deregulation, privatisation and liberalisation. By Martin van Staden.
Why does the narrative remain that some “duopoly” between Vodacom and MTN is the source of South Africa’s relatively high data prices? It’s not true. By Martin van Staden.
Free Market Foundation executive director Leon Louw joins Duncan McLeod on the podcast for a discussion on the Covid-19 lockdown – and why Louw thinks it’s a dreadful mistake.