“ 'n Klein familiesaak sal 'n kwart van hul onderneming aan 'n swart vennoot moet oorhandig."
“ 'n Klein familiesaak sal 'n kwart van hul onderneming aan 'n swart vennoot moet oorhandig."
The state of the nation address on February 12 was the clearest indication yet of the economic and political abyss into which the current ANC is leading South Africa.
RURAL Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti says of proposals to restrict land ownership by foreigners that "we won’t do anything foolish". No doubt we are all reassured by this. But it does seem foolish to suggest a cap of 12,000ha on farm sizes irrespective of whether locals or foreigners own the farms.
When it first came to fruition under Mandela’s South Africa, the equal opportunities act showed huge promise in rectifying inequalities perpetuated by the Apartheid government. Twenty odd years later, BEE has grown out of proportion and deviated from its original purpose – to empower those who were historically disadvantaged.
The government says the current Expropriation Act of 1975 is unconstitutional and has to be replaced. To this end, it has recently put forward a reworked Expropriation Bill, but this Bill is just as unconstitutional as the present statute.
The IRR plots the roads SA could take in the next nine years.
ALMOST everywhere the African National Congress (ANC) and its increasingly influential partners in the South African Communist Party (SACP) go, they leave a trail of destruction. Parliament, whose white-anting started with its first speaker, Frene Ginwala, and the torpedoing of the arms deal investigation, is but the latest wreck.
Head of Policy Research at the IRR, Dr. Anthea Jeffery underlines the crucial pitfalls that can be found in the recently cast Expropriation Bill of 2015 – a document that should, by way of aligning itself to our Constitution, be a protection for the people of our nation as much as it is for the government.
Ondanks al die beloftes in Donderdagaand se staatsrede het pres. Jacob Zuma nagelaat om te noem dat die regering se geld aan die opraak is en dat die fiskale tekort terug is by vlakke laas ná die Soweto-opstand van 1976 gegeld het.
NO DOUBT it was unintentional, but the parliamentary portfolio committee on labour could not have picked a better time than right now for its hearings on a national minimum wage.
The African National Congress (ANC) has been canny in proposing 12 000 hectares as the maximum amount of land that farmers may own. Though this may not suffice to farm successfully in the Karoo, it is enough to meet the needs of many farmers. By contrast, if a cap of 500 hectares had been proposed, this would have sparked an uproar and cast doubt on the country’s food security.
THE Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill of 2013 has been sent back to Parliament for more consultation and possibly extensive change. The bill was so damaging to an already struggling mining sector that the industry was widely expected to welcome a rethink. Instead, the Chamber of Mines has expressed dismay at the delay in the bill’s adoption. Though this response seems surprising, the chamber has reason to fear that a new bill may be even worse.
