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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 ...

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 ...

Pre-Budget 2025 webinar: how to unlock billions in growth potential – IRR

Ahead of next week’s budget, the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has urged finance minister Enoch Godongwana to consider three simple steps that could unlock ...

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.

We Trumped ourselves - Politicsweb

President Donald Trump has come out swinging about the prospect of land seizures in South Africa and “treating certain classes of people very badly.” The ...

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 ...

GNU cracks: Tensions rise between ANC and DA – Jonathan Katzenellenbogen - Biznews

The government of national unity (GNU) is heading for a breakup, although this is not about to happen soon.

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 ...

Fauna / From Hangberg to Hong Kong: organised crime and abalone trafficking - Enact Observer

The illegal perlemoen trade is connecting South Africa’s poor coastal communities with diners in upmarket Hong Kong restaurants.

Who wins Gauteng will decide SA’s future - Politicsweb

On the website of Stats SA you will find a rather remarkable chart. It redraws the map of South Africa by resizing the provinces in accordance with their ...