She/Her | All Black Everything 🖤
Johannesburg, South Africa
Joined October 2015
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Today I remind myself that
“It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
It is our duty to win.
We must love each other and support each other.
We have nothing to lose but our chains.”
-Assata Shakur
Busi Anti-Austerity Sibeko retweeted
The question shouldn't be: “Which rights must we sacrifice to meet a deficit target?”
But rather: “What kind of society can we build with our available resources?”
Fiscal rules are institutional choices, not laws of nature. They shouldn't dictate our collective goals.
Of course, *checks notes*, the issues stifling economic growth are regulatory and NOT the macroeconomic policies 🫠
Also, bathi you having rights (particularly environmental rights) is why we don’t have economic growth
moneyweb.co.za/news/economy/…
Busi Anti-Austerity Sibeko retweeted
There’s so much violence in this notion that poor people must entrepreneur their way out of poverty and structural inequality. In what enabling environment must this happen exactly 🤷🏾♀️
We direct our profound sense of entitlement toward a Black-led government, demanding that the state conjure endless jobs, while wilfully ignoring the stark reality that it is the white minority who still holds and sustains the actual economy, writes Phapano Phasha.
Read on tinyurl.com/2ap6xdku
#JobCreation #EntrepreneurshipDrive #EconomicEmpowerment #SelfReliance
To think the 2026 MTBPS provides the medium term framework up to 2030...
This MTBPS 2026, the final nail. RIP 🕊️🕊️🕊️ to the NDP.
Not even a last kick from the dying horse 😭…
With a fiscal anchor to sink the economy.
“Heterodox economics is an avowedly political project not a social scientific effort to better understand the world”
😂😂😂😂😂😂
The fatal challenge to heterodox economics is that there isn't actually orthodox economics.
Just take a few recent Nobels: behavioral, information failure, institutions, bubbles, financial fragility, labor monopsony (sort of), Schumpeterian creative destruction, etc.
Not to mention RCTs which are emblematic of how much economic research is empirical and only lightly if at all structural.
The real difference is methods. Heterodox economics is an avowedly political project not a social scientific effort to better understand the world. And I have nothing against political projects just shouldn't confuse the two.
Busi Anti-Austerity Sibeko retweeted
tiktok.com/@oxfam.south.afri…
SA’s richest are getting richer, while the poorest are being left further behind. But why? Since 2020, South African billionaires have grown 130% wealthier, even as millions continue to face deepening economic hardship.
READ FULL REPORT - LINK IN BIO!
Busi Anti-Austerity Sibeko retweeted
Given the dramatic increase in the price of electricity (essentially an administered price) this would be a quick win in South Africa.
We should zero rate VAT for electricity.
Andy Burnham confirms that VAT will be removed from electricity bills starting this Thursday.
trib.al/Rx0iR33
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
This is insane
South African bonds outperform global peers with 70% return since 2024
timeslive.co.za/news/2026-09…
It all began with the anti-privatization movements that started in the 90s….
I don't think you guys understand fully what's going on in SA ka nnete. There have been organisations advocating against the unbundling of ESKOM for years; many are NGOs, civil society organisations, and others are trade unions. There are just not mainstream or as known as those others you don't like... Let me list a few...
NUM
NUMSA
COSATU
SAFTU
AIDC
MACUA
WAMUA
Abahlali baseMjondolo
Xolobeni Crisis Committee
Fossil Free South Africa
ground work
Earthlife Africa
Life After Coal etc.
You don't know them because you are not on the ground and organising with people; you are here on twitter.
Busi Anti-Austerity Sibeko retweeted
The destruction and collapse state capacity in the past 30 years is scary. Here is a window to get some sense.
Thread 🧵: (1986)
1. African Metals Corporation
Produced pig iron at Newcastle, Ferris alloys at Meyerton & dolomite in Oretoria.
No of Employees: 143
Parent: State
Busi Anti-Austerity Sibeko retweeted
Register to vote in the Local Government Elections and make your voice count
1 - 2 August | 8am – 5pm
Busi Anti-Austerity Sibeko retweeted
A new research paper finds that catch-up development is largely a myth.
Since 1960, the income gap between advanced economies (the core) and developing economies (the periphery) has widened by 170–270%, depending on the currency concept.
Global inequality is getting worse.
Busi Anti-Austerity Sibeko retweeted
“Madiba was the first president I ever knew,” Zohran Mamdani said after being greeted with cheers at the Nelson Mandela Leadership forum.
The mayor lived in Cape Town, South Africa for a couple years as a kid - so “we claim his as our own!” the emcee said, introducing him.
Busi Anti-Austerity Sibeko retweeted
Some good news. Time to download your own copy free from LSE Press!
lse.ac.uk/news/latest-news-f…
A film I didn’t know I needed 😍
“Marxism & Period Pains is a bold and pedagogical exploration of the intersections between class, labour, and gender. By making visible the connections between physical pain and structural oppression, the film invites dialogue and empathy,”
🍿Screenings: encounters.co.za/film/marxis…
Busi Anti-Austerity Sibeko retweeted
CALL FOR COMMENTS | The Department of Basic Education calls for official submission of comments on the draft History
Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements for Grades 4 to 12.
Read the Gazette and the draft CAPS on bit.ly/4e8H66M
#HistoryCurriculum #EducationZA
“…that’s why I’m saying these people, don’t worry about these ones, they march everyday…everyday I’ve got a budget, because they have no work to do”
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