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In an episode of The Burning Platform podcast, the host, Gareth Cliff asserted that racism was not a priority in the 1 November local elections and claimed that no one was interested in identity politics.

Cliff and Steenhuisen are wrong. Here’s why race matters in South Africa

Both the podcast host and the leader of the Democratic Alliance believe in a toothless non-racialism that ignores the historical foundation of racism and the pain it inflicts in…

Black . . . and blue: The liberal myth of the individual was taken to the extreme by Margaret Thatcher

Black liberalism is an apology for capitalism 

Despite McKaiser’s best attempts, he can’t shrug off the core elements of exploitative capitalism

SA beats global average on ‘economic freedom’ index

South Africa was ranked 75 out of 178 countries in the 2014 index of economic freedom, outdoing other sub-Saharan countries and the global average.

SAIRR: Wasteful expenditure could have been used better

Wasteful government spending of R24.8-billion could have been used for numerous beneficial projects, the SA Institute of Race Relations said.

Most SA students choose English at school

More than 60% of South African pupils choose English for learning and teaching, the South African Institute of Race Relations has revealed.

SA adults lag behind in global literacy stakes

South Africa’s adult literacy level is lagging behind other emerging markets even though it spends more on it, the Institute of Race Relations says.

Job creation needs radical turnaround to reach target

South Africa aims to create five million jobs by 2020 but has only created 624 000 in the last decade, according to a survey released on Monday.

Government can’t continue driving job growth

Researchers say an increase in public sector jobs is not sustainable to drive job growth in SA, adding a 40% growth is needed to reach the target.

ANC nominations for top jobs begin in October

Zuma’s arms deal probe: A ‘tactical manoeuvre’?

Was Zuma’s ordering of the inquiry into the arms deal the start of a serious investigation or a move to avoid judicial scrutiny?

New index shows SA development improving

South Africa’s overall development has improved, according to a new index released by the South African Institute of Race Relations.

ANC’s job targets ‘not realistic’

The ANC earmarked sectors for creating employment that have been shedding jobs for years, the South African Institute of Race Relations said on Monday

SAIRR: SA development index improving

SA’s human development index is rising after declining for more than a decade, the SA Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) said on Tuesday.

Private security industry rockets in SA, study shows

The number of active private security officers increased 167% between 1997 and 2007, the SA Institute of Race Relations said on Wednesday.

White South Africans still top of the income pile

A recent survey shows that white people still sit comfortably atop the pile of income earners in South Africa.

SA life expectancy decreases

International comparisons show that the average South African will not live longer than 50 years, the SA Institute of Race Relations said on Thursday.

Lack of values opens cultural vacuum

Nikiwe Bikitsha follows up on the responses received to her M&G column on single parenting two weeks ago.

Expropriation Bill shelved ‘for fear of backlash’

The committee cited insufficient public consultation as the reason for setting aside the Bill, which was intended to accelerate land reform.

Mbeki’s rule in limbo as townships burn

President Thabo Mbeki faces an uphill battle to remain politically relevant in his last year in office after his failure to contain an eruption of violence that has killed dozens…

‘What kind of nation are we building?’

The South African government is under growing pressure to send troops into Johannesburg’s townships for the first time since the apartheid era as African immigrants continued to…

Govt blamed for violence ‘tinderbox’

As police announced the launch of "specialised units" to combat the deadly xenophobic violence in Gauteng and the National Intelligence Agency confirmed that it was probing the…