Welcome to ‘CDE in the News,’ where we highlight news articles featuring CDE’s work. This is not an exhaustive list of our coverage, but the page is regularly updated to reflect the latest news.

August 2026

Daily Investor (26/08/2026) – Johannesburg spends R21 billion on salaries while trash piles up in the streets and infrastructure crumbles

Daily Investor (20/08/2026) – South Africa’s richest city is falling apart

Engineering News (18/08/2026) – CDE publishes series of reports on how to tackle Joburg’s multiple crises

Eyewitness News (EWN) (18/08/2026) – Saving Joburg: Vital that local govt elections deliver stable, competent leadership says CDE

July 2026

Financial Mail (23/07/2026) – Tim Cohen: Procurement policy’s great leap backwards

Daily Mirror (22/07/2026) – Public Procurement: Examining the Flaws in Current Practices

Moneyweb (21/07/2026) – New public procurement rules won’t stop corruption and will raise costs

Business Report (09/07/2026) – CDE warns against preferential procurement regulations’ impact on state spending

June 2026

Daily Investor (08/06/2026) – Big changes on the cards for South African business owners

May 2026

Daily Friend (31/05/2026) – Apartheid as a crime against humanity

Timeslive (12/05/2026) – Young people hit hardest as unemployment rises to 32.7%

Brainstorm (06/05/2026) – In a township, far, far away

April 2026

Business Day (07/04/2026) – Think-tanks urge Parks Tau to withdraw draft B-BBEE changes

News24 (05/04/2026) – Mpiyakhe Dhlamini | The unemployed should ally with business owners against labour laws

March 2026

News24 (17/03/2026) – Enter the ‘Bernstein zone’: This is how you get more jobs in SA

February 2026

Business Report (24/02/2026) – Fixed investment: A path to recovery through public-private partnerships

Engineering News (10/02/2026) – Operation Vulindlela represents incomplete reforms until lived experiences improve – Bernstein

The Star / Saturday Star  (10/02/2026) – Economic exclusion of youth will only result in more chaos, instabilities

January 2026

Currency News (14/01/2026) – The economic fix: Sarupen’s roadmap to faster growth

December 2025

Eyewitness News (EWN) (12/12/2025) – MANDY WIENER: Searching for a superhero with a spine of steel. Why the position of NDPP matters so much

Eyewitness News (EWN) (10/12/2025) – CDE warns against rushed NDPP appointment as NPA crisis deepens

Moneyweb (01/12/2025) – Regulation overload: Government choking SA’s small businesses

November 2025

Joburg Etc (27/11/2025) – South Africa’s Business Licensing Bill Sparks Nationwide Alarm

Business Live (26/11/2025) – CDE slams licensing bill as most ‘anti-business’ since apartheid ended

Business Live  (10/11/2025) – KATE PHILIP: Growth alone is not enough to address the impacts of unemployment

Daily Friend (7/11/2025) – The astronomical potential of Nelson Mandela Bay

October 2025

News24 (07/10/2025) – 17 years, 1 000 daily job losses: Govt urged to scrap ‘dysfunctional’ SETAs

The Mercury  (07/10/2025) – Calls for urgent reforms to unlock jobs as South Africa’s unemployment crisis deepens

September 2025

BizCommunity (30/09/2025) – The architect and the scaffold: A collaborative pathway to SA’s National Entrepreneurship Strategy

State of the Nation  (10/09/2025) – WATCH | How to Fix South Africa’s Economy, Ann Bernstein on Jobs, Growth & Real Reform.

August 2025

News24  (18/08/2025) – WATCH | Tsakani Maluleke: Strong laws mean nothing without political will to act

Business Day  (14/08/2025) – Auditor-general slams perpetual breakdown of municipal governance

July 2025

Citizen/Moneyweb (24/07/2025) – Auditor-General’s war on waste and corruption yields R4.5bn

Business Report (22/07/2025) – Auditor-General highlights rampant R1bn irregular expenditure in Johannesburg

Business Live (08/07/2025) – MICHAEL AVERY: Growth in the kingdom of Basel and other fantasies

News24 (07/07/2025) – How do we regain what was lost? SA’s growth prospects vs potential

June 2025

News24 (10/06/2025) – ‘No state capture at NPA,’ says Ramaphosa, will meet Batohi to discuss challenges

Central News (10/06/2025) – Shamila Batohi Under Fire: Ramaphosa CAlls Urgent Meeting to Address NPA Sabotage Allegations

News24 (10/06/2025) – SARS inquiry’s Judge Nugent urges Ramaphosa to order NPA probe, reform appointment

Business Day (10/06/2025) – Panel should advise Ramaphosa on Batohi’s successor, think-tank says

DA (06/06/2025) – Think Tanks and business leaders join the choir against R100nm ‘Transformation Fund’

Engineering News (03/06/2025) – Godlimpi defends Transformation Fund while admintting it’s no empowerment ‘silver bullet’

May 2025

Business Live (28/05/2025) – Transformation Fund could undermine broad-based BEE, says think-tank

Engineeering News (28/05/2025) – CDE warns Transformation Fund is flawed, calls for its scrapping

Business Live (22/05/2025) – TK POOE: How to fix South Africa’s broken SOEs

News24 (17/05/2025) – National interests over party interests is how GNU will work, says literary festival panel

April 2025

News24 (30/04/2025) – Tony Leon | Our labour minister missed the memo that SA is open for business

African Insider (22/04/2025) – Ramaphosa digs in: No trim for bloated Cabinet

Business Live (02/04/2025) – Private sector can turbocharge special economic zones, think-tank says

March 2025

Politics Web (20/03/2025) – Shrinking the State: The GNU’s biggest favour

South African Jewish Review (20/03/2025) – Critics lambast ‘reckless, baseless’ further funding for ICJ

Eye Witness News (12/03/2025) – National Treasury warned VAT hike won’t solve budget crisis

February 2025

Business Live (17/02/2025) – Let private sector drive small business growth, says think-tank

Daily Maverick (11/02/2025) – Sona yet sofa — the urgent need for visionary leadership post Ramaphosa

Engineering News (04/02/2025) – CDE calls on Ramaphosa to show how GNU is enacting much-needed reforms

January 2025

Times Live (19/01/2025) – Eskom bonuses keep the lights on

Business Live (14/01/2025) – TOBY CHANCE: Signs of progress at trade department, but trouble below the surface

Business Live (09/01/2025) – Localisation policy could hurt Eskom, says Mteto Nyati

The Citizen (03/01/2025) – The deindustrialisation of SA

December 2024

News24 (31/12/2024) – OPINION | Zwelinzima Ndevu: GNU needs political ambidexterity…and leaders to boot

Politics Web (10/12/2024) – A solution to BELA – IRR

November 2024

The Citizen (23/11/2024) – Think-tank: Overhaul policy, dump protectionism to stimulate SA’s economic growth

Business Report (21/11/2024) –  Economic experts urge the end of import tariffs to revitalise SA’s industry

Business Day (20/11/2024) – Increasing exports should be focus of industrial policy, says think-tank

October 2024

Business Day (15/10/2024) – Competition key to SOE reform, says CDE

News24 (08/10/2024) – EXCERPT | Bruce Whitfield’s ‘The One Thing’: Radically transforming the economy 

The Citizen (01/10/2024) – To see what’s wrong with the NPA, look at the opposition front bench

September 2024

Moneyweb (30/09/2024) – To see what’s wrong with the NPA, look at the opposition front bench

Polity (26/09/2024) – CDE wants urgent enquiry into NPA, citing ‘disappointing performance’  

Mail and Guardian (26/09/2024) – Report urges appointment of retired judge to lead inquiry into NPA underperformance

Business Day (26/09/2024) – Fundamental reform of NPA needed, says think-tank

eNCA (06/09/2024) – Centre for Development and Enterprise calls for increase in quality of judicial appointments

Moneyweb (11/09/2024) –  Money Summit insight: ‘Create jobs for the skills we have’

News24 (05/09/2024) – Karyn Maughan| Baptism of fire: Chief Justice Maya’s ‘GNU-look’ JSC could define her legacy

Polity (03/09/2024) – CDE wants ‘quality’ appointments to JSC

Mail & Guardian (03/09/2024) – Nugent calls for reform  in judicial appointments, condemns ‘political caucusing’ at JSC

July 2024

Business Day (25/07/2024) – Think-tank urges GNU to reassess local government financing

Business Day (10/07/2024) – Posts for incompetents is nothing new

Mail & Guardian (05/07/2024) – The costs of Ramaphosa’s cabinet

Financial Mail (04/07/204) – SO MUCH TO DO, SO LITTLE TIME

BusinessTech (02/07/2024) – New R1 billion hole for South Africa

June 2024

The Witness (20/06/2024) – Top officials should reapply for their jobs, says CDE

Business Live (19/06/2024) – Top govt officials in ‘mission critical’ departments should reapply for jobs, says CDE

Medical Brief (19/06/2024) – Halve cabinet in order to hire health workers, SAMA urges Ramaphosa

Business Day (19/06/2024) – Public service shakeup urged