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FreeFACTS - March 2023

This edition of FreeFACTS shows historical trends for economic growth in South Africa. It argues that current levels of economic growth are far too low to make ...

Control of inflation one of SA's successes | FreeFACTS December 2024

This edition of FreeFACTS looks at South Africa’s inflation over the last few decades and argues that it is one of the country’s post-apartheid successes to ...

Lessons for South Africa from Argentina's radical economic reforms

Since he assumed the presidency of Argentina in December 2023, Javier Milei has slashed red tape, gutted bloated government, and turned the country around. Can ...

FreeFACTS - January 2023

This edition looks at South Africa’s assets and incomes. While South Africa is still blessed with extensive infrastructure there are warning signs that cannot ...

Enemy of Growth: The ideology holding South Africa hostage

This paper describes how South Africa’s dominant political force, the African National Congress (ANC) – along with its allies in the South African Communist ...

IRR Submission to the Select Committee on Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure, National Council of Provinces, regarding the Expropriation Bill [B23-2020]

In this submission the IRR demands that the Bill be thoroughly amended to come in line with, inter alia, Section 25, 33, and 34 of the Constitution by deleting ...

Education: Empower Excellence, Beat Back Poverty

'#WhatSACanBe: 100 days to get SA back on track' is a series of nine short papers each focusing on a key policy area. Taken together, these papers offer a ...

The IRR's Blueprint for Growth: Arming SA's Pro-Growth Forces

Many South Africans remain somewhat hopeful following the formation of the Government of National Unity (GNU), with the expectation that this renewed optimism ...

The IRR’s Blueprint for Growth: Cut VAT & BEE

This paper proposes that the government should unlock billions in growth potential by being transparent about the real costs of so-called BEE “premiums”, ...