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Vertical farming: Techno-optimism meets harsh realities – Ivo Vegter - Biznews

Bright green techno-optimists love the idea of vertical farming, but vertical farms are failing.

A banking risk arises from the Expropriation Act - IRR

Banks have always depended on the bedrock of property for extending capital while minimising risk – but now that bedrock is being legislated into quicksand.

IRR to warn Ramaphosa on constitutionality of Expropriation Bill

Weakening property rights will end any chance of South Africa becoming a prosperous society.

How many potential jobs has SA lost over BEE? IRR asks government

This week, the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will be writing to key state ministries to ask hard questions South Africans deserve real answers to. Beyond ...

ANTHEA JEFFERY: Procedural defects bar president’s assent to expropriation bill - Business Day

The expropriation bill of 2020 was passed by parliament in March and needs only President Cyril Ramaphosa’s assent to become law. However, under section 79 of ...

SA’s BEE Policies: Temporary measures turned permanent failures – Daniël Eloff - Biznews

Milton Friedman once quipped that nothing was so permanent as a temporary government programme. Nothing illustrates this colloquial truth as clearly as South ...

Expropriation Act raises risk of destabilising financial institutions – IRR

In 2018, clearly intending to reassure investors and businesses, President Cyril Ramaphosa promised in the London Financial Times that expropriation without ...

It all critically depends, Songezo Zibi, on what you mean by land reform - Daily Maverick

Agriculture based on land reform is not a plausible or viable solution to poverty and unemployment, not for a rapidly urbanising population with aspirations ...

Unconstitutional expropriation law obliterates SA’s growth prospects – IRR

In signing the Expropriation Bill into law, President Cyril Ramaphosa has armed the state with a powerfully intrusive instrument against the property rights of ...

IRR welcomes World Bank call to relax BEE premiums

The World Bank report titled “Driving inclusive growth in South Africa” is a welcome addition to the body of expert advice in favour of reducing BEE premiums ...