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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?”, ...

Lessons from the Catholic Church the ANC must learn - John Endres - Biznews

How has the Catholic Church, the oldest continuously existing institution in the world, survived for so long?

VAT victory means cutting BEE tax is the honest way to fill fiscal gap – IRR

If Treasury is serious about fiscal responsibility, the next step is clear: cut BEE premiums and deliver value-for-money governance across the board.

IRR Legal to challenge employment race law in court

Employment Minister Nomakhosazana Meth has issued regulations that bring the most counterproductive racial labour law in the 21st century, the Employment ...

IRR reaffirms call for scrapping VAT-boosting BEE premiums in letters to DA, FF+, ACDP

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has sent letters to the leaders of the Democratic Alliance (DA), Freedom Front Plus (FF+), and the African Christian ...

IRR to DA, FF+, ACDP: Opposing VAT hike important, but scrapping tax-funded BEE premiums vital

The IRR will this week be writing to the leaders of the Democratic Alliance (DA), Freedom Front Plus (FF+), and the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), ...

Getting the politics right – Political contestation has stalled Africa’s urban development - Africa in Fact

Adopted in 2014 by the African Union, the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Government and Local Development is a ...

Shield poor communities from policies that deepen poverty, IRR urges EFF, MK*

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has urged the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) to go beyond opposing the Value-Added Tax (VAT) ...

Revealing parliamentary exchange highlights BEE failure – IRR Legal

Even lawmakers who support BEE premiums admit that only a small elite has benefited from the policy thus far.

IRR to engage EFF, MK on alternatives to increasing VAT and BEE

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will this week reach out across the ideological divide to engage the leaders of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and ...