Reconstruction And Development Programme
latest news & developmentsFort Hare University: Lies and xenophobia distract from the jobs crisis
State disinvestment in public services, infrastructure and manufacturing ensured that millions would remain trapped in cycles of poverty, with or without immigration
Johannesburg will expropriate property, but ‘not just for the fun of it’
Mayor Dada Morero said abandoned buildings will be seized to address the 1996 to 1997 RDP waiting list
Will the ANC’s government of national unity 2.0 drive change?
The coalition faces the task of implementing long-promised transformations while managing political contradictions
30 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY: SA’s economy neither Gear nor there
Amid directionless policy after 30 years of democracy, the country’s prospects continue to be driven by the whims of miners and their financiers
Joburg fire: Housing policy fails people – and the economy
The country’s biggest city will continue to grow as people seek jobs and a better life. But a ‘resentment’ towards urbanisation has prevented the government from unlocking its…
Has activism won? Jay Naidoo reflects on the loss of people’s power and how to win it back
From the early frontier wars against colonialism to the struggle against apartheid and in recent times the fight for economic equality, the culture of activism has evolved. But…
ANC lacks the political will to push economic transformation
Ramaphosa’s long delays in appointing the new BEE Advisory Council shows he has little interest in allowing others to cash in on the BEE deals that earned him his fortune
Government’s economic plans all sound the same. We need a socioeconomic overhaul
In his latest book on economic and social inclusion, Vusi Gumede addresses the question of how to get the country back on track.
Letters to the editor: June 12 to 18 2015
Readers write in about Nkandla and the National Development Plan.
Business owners threaten xenophobic violence
Small business owners from Ekurhuleni have warned of xenophobic violence if the Gauteng government does not step in.
‘I’m tired of living like this’
The Gauteng housing department is to demolish at least 115 RDP houses less than five years after the houses were handed to their beneficiaries.
Will BEE continue to be?
Is BEE going the same way as the RDP and a number of other post-1994 policy acronyms?
Hundreds of RDP houses in Ekurhuleni to be revamped
More than 126 RDP houses in Ekurhuleni’s Thintwa village will receive a major facelift, the Gauteng housing department said on Monday.
Sanco chief in war over RDP houses
ANC MP Rose Sonto, also the head of the South African National Civic Organisation in the Western Cape, this week repeated unsubstantiated allegations that foreigners are buying…