Ross Harvey
I have a PhD in Economics from the University of Cape Town. My research explained the divergent institutional trajectory of two petrostates, Angola and Nigeria. I worked for the Governance of Africa's Resources Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs from 2013 to 2019 and am currently an independent economist doing freelance work and working on conservation economics.
Supervisors: Don Ross and Brian Levy
Address: Cape Town
Supervisors: Don Ross and Brian Levy
Address: Cape Town
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Even Gary Klein, who trusts intuition more than Kahneman, suggests employing a ‘premortem’ device to tame misplaced optimism:
‘Imagine that we [say the DOE] are [x number of years] into the future. We implemented the plan [call it the Integrated Energy Plan (IEP)] as it now exists. The outcome was a disaster. Please take 5 to 10 minutes to write a brief history of that disaster’.
What would a hypothetical premortem of South Africa’s nuclear fleet build programme look like - say, ten years from now?
Ever since the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act of 2002 (MPRDA) was enacted in 2004, the mining industry has been plagued by regulatory uncertainty. This pertains predominantly to the conversion of old-to-new-order mineral rights and confusion over the extraction of associated minerals. Amongst other things - such as infrastructure constraints - this has suppressed investor attractiveness. Without private investment, the mining industry will continue to contract, creating an outcome South Africa can ill-afford.
Revamping the institutional arrangements that govern the extractive industries – the primary determinants of the sector’s ability to attract investments – is therefore an urgent priority. The MPRD-AB of 2012 is thus the single most important piece of legislation currently before parliament.
Pentecostal/Charismatic churches are particularly significant
in South Africa, both in terms of growing attendance and members’ apparent lower levels of extra-and-pre-marital sex (EPMS) than that displayed by mainline churches and secular society. This is important for public policy attempts to reduce HIV transmission. Most research on ‘Pentecostal/Charismatic’ Churches in South Africa, though, examines reasons for their growth and related socio-economic development potential. Not one examines their response to HIV and
AIDS specifically. Therefore, this dissertation seeks to answer two important questions:
(1): How are Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches in the Western Cape responding to the
HIV and AIDS pandemic?
(2): What Policy Learning can be derived from the examination of these churches’
responses to the HIV and AIDS pandemic in the Western Cape?
The Marikana massacre in August 2012 forever altered the South African mining industry, particularly in the way labour unions and mining companies relate to each other. We spoke to SAIIA Research Fellow, Ross Harvey, about the state of the industry today.
We asked him:
1. How would you describe the mining labour landscape since Marikana?
2. The South African government will not entertain any talk of nationalisation and is desperate to allay investor fears especially during labour unrest in the mining sector. Are they doing enough to support the industries in terms of facilitating growth and job security?
3. Amendments to the current minerals legislation are currently before parliament and have generated some controversy. What are the main points of contention and the implications for the future of the industry?
4. How do you expect this to be resolved?