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SONA promises ring hollow without real commitment to reform and growth – IRR
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s SONA address last night laid out ambitious growth targets for South Africa over the next few years – but without a commitment to ...
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Mixed reactions on signing of Employment Equity Bill - Newzroom Afrika
The signing of the Employment Equity Bill by president Cyril Ramaphosa continues to receive mixed reactions. The Institute of Race Relation has joined ...
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Digging For Development: The mining industry in South Africa and its role in socio-economic development
In December 2012 the Embassy of Sweden commissioned the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR) to investigate the socio-economic circumstances of ...
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SA must get onto a 7% growth track, and that demands boldness and innovative thinking - Daily Maverick
The nation’s GDP growth has barely crawled at an average of 1.2% annually since 2008. Concurrently, GDP per capita has regressed by about R3,000 over this ...
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Webinar debate: Does the National Minimum Wage help or hinder job creation?
Is South Africa’s National Minimum Wage (NMW) the most harmful prohibition against unemployed work-seekers getting jobs in the world?
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Employment Equity Amendment Act – destined for disaster - Biznews
The President recently signed the Employment Equity Amendment Act (EEAA) into law, ostensibly to improve ‘transformation’ in the private sector.
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MICHAEL MORRIS: South Africans united in their desire for better
On the face of it, it’s a failing country whose citizens, rich and poor — the poor more than the rich — would dearly want their children to find new lives ...
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IRR to the National Treasury: Recognise taxpayers as the engine of the economy
Promoting economic growth, a sustainable fiscus, and the economic empowerment of individuals is the key theme of submissions by the Institute of Race Relations ...
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Basic income grant: weighing up the pros and cons - Biznews
30 July 2021 - There is a widespread belief that a basic income grant of some variety can rapidly and significantly reduce poverty in South Africa. That is ...
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Better to know what is needed than wishing troubles away - Businesslive
26 June 2022 - The same risk that attended the decline of the once seemingly invulnerable National Party from the end of the 1980s once more looms ever larger ...
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