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GABRIEL CROUSE | Finance minister should disclose BEE premiums - TimesLIVE

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is scheduled to deliver the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on October 30, a potential watershed moment. This ...

Cut VAT, trim the state and help the poor - Polity

Few things undermine economic growth as profoundly as excessive taxation and ineffective government spending. This is a palpable reality in South Africa.

Affirmative action failures: Malaysia’s warning for South Africa - Biznews

Affirmative action in Malaysia has failed to uplift the poor – and South Africa is now experiencing the consequences for the same mistake.

Letter: SA’s big need for capital and low potential to attract it - Business Day

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the World Economic Forum (WEF) put forward an upbeat picture of a country on the move, bravely tackling the inhibitors ...

Regulatory bullying threatens Safair’s success in South African aviation: Ivo Vegter - Biznews

When you have bad laws, expect rivals to exploit them to drag down successful competitors and raise costs for consumers.

Unveiling the unconstitutional facade and celebrating the courage of fronting - Biznews

So-called ‘black economic empowerment’ (BEE) is a misnomer in all respects. It is not about black people in general, but rather about a small black elite, it ...

Stubborn unemployment crisis puts BEE on 2024 chopping block

The latest unemployment statistics presented in Stats SA’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) are another reminder that race-based policies, like BEE, have ...

Auditor-General agrees with IRR: government cannot control its spending

In a recent briefing to Parliament the Auditor-General came to the same conclusion as the IRR – the government simply cannot control its spending.

Ivo Vegter: ANC manipulates currency scandal for political gains, falsely accuses private sector - Biznews

The ANC is exploiting a dogged witch-hunt against so-called currency manipulators for electoral gain.

US alarmed by SA’s dodgy friends – IRR

The growing alignment of the African National Congress and the South African government with authoritarian regimes and terrorist organisations is not going ...