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IRR: Appoint independent experts to key growth portfolios

Appointing a credible, qualified, and non-partisan individual to lead the Treasury offers a route to depoliticising key cabinet portfolios and allowing merit ...

SA’s ‘equity’ hurdles limit investment in satellite internet service, Starlink - Biznews

The major news last week, and deservedly so, has been the signing into law of the Employment Equity Amendment Act (the Act).

LETTER: SA has not been open for business for years - Business Day

Your editorial would have reached its readers as they were digesting with relief the suspension of the proposed VAT hike (“Is SA (still) open for business?”, ...

Prioritising growth key to dispelling cynicism, and turning SA around - Polity

The cynicism pervading the commentary around last week’s State of the Nation Address (SoNA) was entirely predictable, and had been foreshadowed in a stream of ...

Government must allow public comment on job-killing minimum wage raise – IRR

Newsrooms across the country have reported that the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will be hiked soon in line with new regulations issued by labour minister ...

ANTHEA JEFFERY: What universities need to ensure SA has a productive workforce - Business Day

The stated priorities of the government of national unity (GNU) that was formed after the May elections are growth and jobs  — precisely what SA most requires. ...

Implications of racial classification in workplace - The Star

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) on 21 May wrote to ten employment equity consulting firms across South Africa to ask for clarity on a core issue of ...

Letter: Draft employment regulations violate the constitution - BusinessLIVE

Sandile July and Nonkosazana Nkosi address only one concern about the effect of the new draft employment equity regulations — that they will lead to job losses ...

The ANC’s stealthy policy reform: Katzenellenbogen - Biznews

The ANC’s poor election result, combined with high unemployment and negligible economic growth, is forcing the party to look afresh at some of its ideas.