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ANC’s pro-poverty honesty welcomed as wake-up call for business – IRR
Sébastien de Place, president of the Foreign Trade Advisors for France in South Africa, issued a stark warning to the government this week: foreign business ...
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Latest QLFS lays bare the failures of BEE
The latest unemployment statistics presented in Stats SA’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) are another reminder that race-based policies, like BEE, have ...
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When the state drives a nation’s ruin, private actors must step in and help stop the rot - Daily Maverick
Former president Thabo Mbeki recently drew on the content of a speech I made at the Cato Institute in Washington earlier this year to express his misgivings ...
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MICHAEL MORRIS: ANC’s apartheid rhetoric obscures party’s feats and solutions - Business Day
It would seem the one thing ANC ministers can be given credit for in these desperate times for the governing party is paying attention to the memo from Luthuli ...
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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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IRR Growth Strategy: Inexpensive, implementable ideas to turn SA around
Inexpensive and easily implementable reforms could provide a credible foundation for sustainable growth rates of 7% of GDP within a decade, allowing South ...
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BEE on 2024 Chopping Block: IRR requests Minister Nxesi to justify BEE amidst growing evidence of failure
The IRR yesterday wrote to Minister of Employment and Labour Thulas Nxesi highlighting the detrimental impact of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policies on ...
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Race-based policies are technically eroding SA’s prospects - News24
Bianca van Wyk and Thembalethu Seyisi (Understanding DA's exploitation and resistance to AA and BEE: What is the truth?) make a good point in observing that ...
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IRR submission to Coalition Convention: Now is the time for bold reforms
South Africa needs nothing less than bold reforms capable of giving citizens a realistic chance of getting ahead through much faster economic growth, increased ...
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Letter: No reason taxis should be exempt from road rules - Cape Argus
There are times when a long-running conflict between an employer and trade unions and their members has to be reckoned with in a conflictual manner.
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