JERRY SCHUITEMAApr 17, 20203 minHearing my father.From a generation that endured 4 devastations. My father was born in an age of severe deprivation. He was an infant at the outbreak of...
Jerry SchuitemaDec 29, 20194 minThe party pooper.Have the fiscal warriors thrown down the gauntlet to unhappy workers? Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s Medium Term Budget Policy statement...
Jerry SchuitemaAug 12, 20194 minAn unemployment reality check.The impact of behaviour on the unemployment crisis. We have become a nation of takers. Without recognising this we will not fully...
Jerry SchuitemaJun 17, 20195 minWeathering a financial storm.The power of changing some of our economic assumptions and promoting flexibility. The global trade wars remind one of a see-saw in a...
Jerry SchuitemaJul 9, 20185 minThe toxic trade-offAnd the stakeholder war that is destroying the economy. From any point of view, it was a sad day to experience the recent power outages...
Jerry SchuitemaMay 7, 20184 minThe corporate cauldron.Reflecting on the wider issues of the Steinhoff scandal. If there is one conversation that I would love to hear, it is that between...
Jerry SchuitemaMar 3, 20184 minPopular or populist?President Ramaphosa’s difficult choice. Not all popular leaders are good; and not all good leaders are popular. Sometimes the right thing...
Jerry SchuitemaOct 16, 20174 minThe wealth distribution obsession.To the point of Incapacitating wealth creation itself. It’s a cliché, I know, but one can only imagine the positive change that is...
Jerry SchuitemaJul 25, 20175 minDebunking “monopoly capital”.Refocusing on the essence of creating wealth and value for all. One cannot legitimately apply the word “monopoly” to generic concepts...
Jerry SchuitemaMay 29, 20174 minGrabbing land in La-la Land.A groundswell of clearheaded action to counter the populist hysteria in the land issue. If there is one thing that the economic gods will...
Jerry SchuitemaMar 9, 20174 minCreating customers creates jobs.Is the focus on the role of capital too singular and misplaced? You have to hand it to the capital supremacists. They have convinced...