With all the excitement in oil markets, it’s easy to forget about other primary industries, like the mining industry that plays such a crucial role in the economy of South Africa. In this piece, Dr Anthea Jeffery of the IRR talks us through the latest policy developments in the mining sector, and how they have the potential to negatively affect the already-struggling industry. It’s sobering to think how quickly bad policy can eviscerate such a long-lived sector.
Will the ANC dump Zuma? Until it does so, it is unlikely to reinvent itself.
In the first edition of this column we set out four scenarios for South Africa the morning after its 2024 election. This month we reveal the key indicators to identify which of those diverse futures is coming into view.
Die IVR se toptien voorspellings oor wat om in 2015 van Suid-Afrika te verwag.
Indien die regering nie beleidsbesluite neem om regstellende aksie en swart ekonomiese bemagtiging af te skaf, eiendomsreg te beskerm en die arbeidsmark te dereguleer nie, daar geen moontlikheid is dat hy die beleggings kan verkry om die nodige ekonomiese vooruitgang te bewerkstellig nie.
Intellectual attack helped to erode the foundations of apartheid. It is beginning to erode the foundations of the racial and other policies pursued by the African National Congress. That is better news for the born-frees than policies that relegate them to perpetual disadvantage.
’n Verslag wat in Oktober deur die Instituut vir Rasseverhoudinge (IRV) uitgereik is, maak dit duidelik dat Suid-Afrika steeds met ’n verskriklike misdaadaanslag te kampe het.
Mark Oppenheimer and Cecelia Kok present an alternative to race-based affirmative action.
South Africa has a moral obligation to address the wrongs of the past, but a race-based policy of affirmative action is an unjust and ineffective way of trying to achieve redress.
Destroy accountability and you destroy one of the two most important reasons for Parliament to exist, the other the passing of legislation.
Balance is a prized quality in all our affairs. Including a nation’s trade. Being too heavily exposed one way or another exposes vulnerabilities that incentivise mischief. In this fascinating insight, Frans Cronje of the Institute of Race Relations dives into details of South Africa’s trade account with individual countries to expose some disturbing trends. In the process, reminding us of the realities which should be shaping the country’s diplomatic policy.
Mark Oppenheimer and Cecelia Kok write that race is no longer an accurate proxy for disadvantage.
