Long under tight state control, South Africa’s broadcasting market has become livelier and more diverse over the past three decades, with private stations emerging to challenge the incumbent South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). Pay-per-view television channels have sprung up, though the free-to-air stations run by SABC...
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Articles & Analysis | Turn on, tune in: Broadcasters provide a platform for a diverse group of voices from The Report: South Africa 2013
Articles & Analysis | The fruits of labour: Efforts are under way to ensure smallholders have a bigger share of the market from The Report: South Africa 2013
The position of South Africa’s smaller farmers remains one of the key issues still facing the country. While the agricultural sector has largely maintained its output and economic value in the last five years, there has been little improvement in integrating smallholders into the wider agricultural value chain. According to the...
Articles & Analysis | Government potential: State shows commitment to increasing its spend on technology from The Report: South Africa 2013
According to the Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa has the largest IT market in Africa, ranking 20th in the world and eighth when IT spending is factored in as a part of GDP. While this bodes well for IT vendors and service providers, many attribute the high ranking to strong levels of IT spend among the corporate segment and assert...
Articles & Analysis | Investment and reform: Facing structural challenges, a system overhaul is under way to improve provision from The Report: South Africa 2013
With the continent’s largest health care sector, South Africa’s government has focused heavy investment in the industry, and its thriving private sector is keeping pace, accounting for about half of overall spending. Between them, per capita spending on health care is among the highest on the continent, and outstrips that of...
