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Employment equity and decent work will support economic growth in South Africa
The Democratic Alliance, the Free Market Foundation and the Institute of Race Relations have flawed views regarding employment equity
EFF’s seven economic pillars ‘lack substance and feasibility’, says report
While the IRR report tore into the Economic Freedom Fighters’ key principles, author Ivo Vegter also said the party had legitimate grievances This content is restricted to…
Poll: Zuma’s popularity strong as ANC loses its grip on KZN
The disgraced former president has a 63.1% favourability score in his home province. Whether that translates into votes for his new party remains to be seen This content is…
Can coalitions stabilise the economy?
With the right amount of planning, political coalitions can work – and even create the environment for better economic solutions
Eskom U-turn on energy state of disaster and utility’s exemption
The two interventions have received major blowback with critics accusing the government of undermining public oversight
What is at the root of white anxiety in post-apartheid South Africa?
Some white people think any discussion of racism or its legacy is an attempt to shame or condemn them for the ‘sin’ of their whiteness
Ntuli joins the race to ‘save the DA’
KZN MPL’s letter to members says the DA is in ‘permanent damage control’ and she won’t watch as the party ‘disappears into oblivion’
Courts to guide land expropriation
Two bits of law need to be approved before a court can decide if land owners will be compensated
Merging with an apartheid-era party has been the DA’s undoing
By joining forces with the New National Party, the DA set itself up from the start to bear the racism tag
IRR poll shows national loss for the ANC
The poll comes amid a News24 report that the DA’s research showed a decline in support for the ANC in Gauteng and a surge in support for the DA
Slime and other matters of importance to South Africans
What do most South Africans think about? Not state capture or the president’s future, it seems.
Gauteng high earners are leaders in consumer debt
Gauteng has the highest consumer debt per capita of all nine provinces and accounts for almost half of total consumer debt in SA, says a new survey.
Editorial: Don’t short-change the poor
The Institute of Race Relations argued in a report this week, that grants have been crucial to improved living standards over the past decade.
South Africa’s graveyard generation mourns
It is Saturday in Soweto and the Aids-ridden township is geared up for its foremost weekend activity: funerals. Traffic officials are dispatched en masse to the major streets…