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South Africa’s construction industry risks remaining trapped in a cycle of weak growth unless procurement reforms translate into a sustained pipeline of infrastructure projects, despite small and micro enterprises becoming the sector’s largest employers. Stats SA data shows the industry’s cont…

The courts and the EPA just made it easier to harm people without paying for it, although our ability to account for harm has never been cheaper and the incentives to price it have never been higher. In just a few days, on the 4th of July, the United States of America will celebrate its 250th birthd…

The 2026–27 federal budget has fired the starting gun on the most significant overhaul of trust and capital gains taxation in a generation. For decades, the discretionary trust has been the cornerstone of private wealth and business structuring. That foundation is about to be fundamentally tested.…

Key Points Productivity in Australia has flat-lined post-2016 Weaker investment and fewer new businesses are weighing on growth A lack of new housing supply and planning regulations remain a big barrier to productivity Australia’s productivity slowdown reflects a mix of global trends and domestic …