Abstract
VENUE: APK Library Auditorium, Level 6,
Cnr Kingsway and University Roads, Auckland Park
DATE: 18 August 2016
TIME: 16:30 for 17:00
The Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences in partnership with
the Library invites you to a public lecture with Mr Stephen Meintjes.
The Next Big Thing: Land! Defusing the issue
and sparking economic growth via Land Rent
Mr Stephen Meintjes studied law at Stellenbosch and Oxford universities
and was a St Andrews College Rhodes scholar. He is an investment researcher
and has held many senior management positions in financial services.
Mr Meintjes is currently head of research at Momentum SP Reid Securities
Stockbrokers.
He is well known for recommending radical change to SA’s tax system for
over 20 years. He has made a detailed study of the role of rent in dealing
decisively with the unemployment and poverty traps in which a large section
of the South African population is now caught.
He is a co-author (with the late Michael Jacques) of the following books:
• Our Land, Our Rent, Our Jobs
• The Trial of Chaka Dlamini: an economic scenario for the new South Africa
RSVP: By Wednesday, 17 August 2016 to Theodorah Modise
on licevents@uj.ac.za or 011 559 2264.