Siyaduma Biniza

Siya has served in a variety of senior leadership positions in the South African government and NGO sector. He has also coordinated negotiations and the revisions to key regional legislation such as the Common Monetary Area (CMA) Agreement between South Africa, eSwatini, Lesotho and Namibia.

Siya has also served as a Founding Chairperson of the Caswill Body Corporate and the Deputy Chairperson of Independent Development Trust. Siya’s work has been recognised through prestigious awards and fellowships from institutions such as the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, the Public Affairs Research Institute, Economic Research Southern Africa and the South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition. Siya holds a B.Soc.Sci. (PPE) from the University of Cape Town and an M.Com. in Development Theory and Policy from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Siya has also published some work in books, through conference presentations, and in peer-reviewed journals. See some of his most recent works below:

• Biniza, S. 2024. ‘Lessons from Electronic Toll Collection in Africa’, in Powering Africa’s Digital Transformation: The Policy Landscape, S. Bhattacharya (eds.), Observer Research Foundation and Global Policy Journal: New Delhi. Available At: https://www.orfonline.org/.
• Biniza, S., Mashele, L. & Makarudze, J. 2022. ‘Gas-to-Power Projects and the Just Energy Transition from Fossil Fuels in the South African Political Economy’, C. Swart (eds.), Political Economy Southern Africa: Pretoria. Available At: https://www.karpowership.co.za/.
• Biniza, S. 2022. ‘Clean Energy and Industrialisation Prospects in the Context of the African Continental Free Trade Area’, M. Nkhonjera & E. Davies (eds.), African Climate Foundation: Claremont. Available At: https://africanclimatefoundation.org/.
• Biniza, S. 2021. ‘It Takes a Pandemic: Debt Relief in Response to COVID-19’, in COVID-19 Africa Public Finance Response Monitor P. Krause & D. Serebro (eds.), CABRI Secretariat: Centurion. Available At: https://www.cabri-sbo.org/.
• Biniza, S. 2020. ‘Macroeconomic Trends and Policy Context: Creating a Conducive Policy Environment for BEE’, in Beyond Tenderpreneurship: Rethinking Black Business and Economic Empowerment, A. Cawe & K. Mabasa (eds.), MISTRA: Johannesburg. Available At: https://mistra.org.za/.
• Biniza, S. & Tsebe, M. 2015. ‘Analysing Total Factor Productivity Growth for South Africa’s Manufacturing Sector Using a DEA-Based Malmquist Productivity Index’, in South African Journal of Economics, Vol. 83, Issue 1. Available At: http://2015.essa.org.za/.