from the editor

finweek contributor Andile Ntingi writes convincingly on the development of South Africa’s townships in his opinion piece this week. I wish to add that the development of townships is an imperative neglected by government ever since1994 – through the Mandela, Mbeki, Zuma and current Ramaphosa administrations.

Ntingi aims to provide a link between the riots and looting we saw in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng during July and