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 South Africa, an economic giant in Africa, is struggling to stabilize a reeling economy after state-owned entities failed to deliver. By: Mohamed Kosow Salat  The South African economy is on the verge of collapse as unemployment rises, the tax base stagnates and more people depend on the state for their survival. The country has an abundance of natural resources and seems that corruption, nepotism, and favoritism have marred the state infrastructure and plunged the country's economy to its knees. However, ecomomists have warned about the weak SA Rand and the bailout of Eskom and SAA could drain the country. Eunomix CEO Claude Baissac noted that relative to the size of the economy, the country has a rapidly growing population. Meanwhile, employment had remained flat and the number of people in need of social benefits was on the rise. South Africa's economic growth is expected to slow to 1.9% in 2022, according to Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. Addressing MPs, Godongwana sa...

"Buufis"  among the Somalis in South Africa.  By: Mohamed Kosow Salat, a freelancer based in Port Elizabeth. The Somali word buufis is commonly used in the Kenyan refugee camps of Dadaab, referring to a person's dream of resettlement. "Un-tii ayaa timaaday," which loosely translates, "the UNHCR has come to the town." This is the kind of conversation you may hear if you stay in Somalia's dominated area, Korsten a semi industrial suburb of Port Elizabeth. Many Somalis who live in South Africa have high hopes that one day they might get third-country resettlement, most probably in America, Canada, or Australia; however, these dreams have been shattered by the COVID-19 pandemic, which hinders traveling around the world. There is a large Somali population in South Africa who have been resettled in western countries due to the insecurity they have encountered in South Africa. Unlike Somalis in Dadaab refugee camps, who depend on UNHCR and donor agencies ...