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@Liberty - Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution: An Oxford conference on ‘‘20 Years of South African Democracy’’

2 June 2014 - Political debate about South Africa is still hobbled by all manner of constraints that you simply don’t meet in discussions on contemporary ...

@Liberty - The 2018 Draft Mining Charter: Transformation Trumps Sustainability

22 June 2018 - The latest @Liberty report from the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), provides a detailed assessment of the 2018 Draft Mining Charter, warning ...

@Liberty - The NHI Proposal: Risking lives for no good reason

12 December 2016

@Liberty - The property rights grab

Property rights are under threat from a Constitutional Court decision on mining rights in 2013. This threat has since been compounded by the Promotion and ...

@Liberty - The September 2018 Mining Charter: An improvement, but transformation still trumps sustainability

17 April 2019 – This report makes the case for reducing government interference in the mining industry to enable it to contribute more effectively to ...

@Liberty – BEE doesn't work, but EED would

6 April 2016 – Since 2013 the government has already ratcheted up its employment equity, black economic empowerment (BEE), and land reform policies in a host ...

@Liberty – Circular economies – Turning waste into worth

21 October 2015 – Significant economic and environmental benefits could accrue to South Africa and to poor communities, in particular, if waste policy was more ...

@Liberty – Climate change science and the climate change scare

24 November 2015 – “Our planet faces many environmental threats, such as over-fishing in our oceans and the devastation of wild animals in Africa. But man-made ...

@Liberty – Diamonds and All That: The Contribution of Mining to South Africa

15 February 2017 – South Africa's mining industry must start blowing its own trumpet. The mining sector does not get the credit it deserves for its ...

@Liberty – EED is for real empowerment, whereas BEE has failed

4 April 2017 – Whether President Jacob Zuma stays or goes in response to the public outcry over his firing of finance minister Pravin Gordhan is important for ...