Against the Tide by Steven Friedman

As politics becomes less stable, the belief that business can make the country work better than politicians can will become more widespread. But when Eskom was run by a businessman, load shedding was at Stage 6. At the moment it is run by a politician and and there has been no load shedding for three weeks. So we need better politics - not government by business people

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Steven Friedman is a public commentator and an academic, currently employed as a Research Professor at the University of Johannesburg. He has been writing on South African politics for the entire democratic period both as a scholar and public commentator. He has published books on South Africa’s transition to democracy, the role of the trade union movement, and current South African politics. He has also written columns and articles for several South African newspapers. His writing seeks to use academic research to shed light on current politics but to ensure that this is conveyed in a way easily understood by people who have no academic training.