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2015 Index of Economic Freedom
The 21st edition of the Index of Economic Freedom evaluates economic conditions and government policies in 186 countries.
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A Trim Down Approach for South Africa: Getting SMME's, the economy, and the country into a state of recovery
16 April 2020 – This report recommends that government immediately adopts a ‘trim down’ approach as a way both to manage the risks of Covid-19 and to avoid ...
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Capital punishment in South Africa: Was abolition the right decision?
It is now just over 21 years since the Constitutional Court abolished the death penalty. It did so at a time when opinion polls showed that most South Africans ...
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Don't add chaos to disorder - Exposing the weakness of Key Civilian Disarmament arguments
22 June 2021 - This report explores some major claims made by gun control advocates which claim to be based on solid data and how these claims are ultimately ...
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Fake News: A new challenge to human rights?
12 May 2021 – This report warns that fake news poses a threat to free societies, distorting perceptions of what is true and false, and potentially corroding ...
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Four false criticisms of liberalism from the right - Politicsweb
As the national-conservative movement grows around the world, the right is increasingly abandoning the alliance of convenience it had with liberalism during ...
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Friends In Need - Covid-19: How South Africa can save #LivesAndLivelihoods
25 March 2020 - This report provides detailed policy proposals on how South Africa can confront the grave challenges presented by the combined effects of the ...
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MICHAEL MORRIS: Freedom: what a maddening, reckless thing it seems to be - Business Day
There is an aspect almost of puzzlement about The Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes’ mid-April note to subscribers about “the world’s richest, ...
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South Africa and ‘AI-styled political correctness’ - Biznews
Asking ChatGPT to identify the most profound change of the last 200 years yields a lengthy response about the Industrial Revolution. An AI-styled political ...
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South Africans’ civil liberties remain in limbo – time to end the NCCC
4 February 2022 - As South Africans try to rebuild their businesses and the economy after over two years of lockdowns, the National Coronavirus Command Council ...
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