John Kane-Berman wrote in Business Day today that, "The costs to the country, if not yet all apparent, will be great. By dropping the charges against Zuma on so flimsy a pretext, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) looks both cowardly and ridiculous. Who of independent mind will now wish to join this body?"
Has the Treasury been captured by the black business lobby? Has it bowed before the powerful wind of racial nationalism sweeping through the ruling party and its communist and trade union allies?
THREE days from now, on Thursday May 7, is the 70th anniversary of the surrender of the forces of the Third Reich in Europe. South Africans, white and black, men and women, played their part on land, in the air, and at sea. They should not be forgotten as Europe celebrates Victory in Europe Day on Friday.
The founding ideals of a post-apartheid South Africa are under serious threat as the State slides into lawlessness. This according to the key findings of a report published by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) in Johannesburg.
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.
In his fortnightly column in Business Day, the Institute's Chief Executive, John Kane-Berman, says that South Africa is still a net exporter of food. The question is how much longer that will last.
The real challenge is to open up real opportunities for all disadvantaged black South Africans, says Anthea Jeffery.
The last generations of South Africans that include a significant proportion of highly skilled personnel, whether employed in the public or private sectors, are reaching retirement. The large numbers of academics, doctors, dentists, welders, engineers, plumbers and electricians of the 1950s and 1960s moving into retirement will bring South Africa to a skills cliff.
Sara Gon says our role should rather be to help facilitate a durable peace settlement.
A report released by the IRR this week tracks crime, violence, policing, and justice trends for South Africa on an international, national, and provincial level over the past 20 years. It makes for a sober read about a country whose people confront an extraordinary criminal onslaught.
15 February 2018 - The looming judicial review of the government’s controversial Mining Charter this month sharpens attention on what works, and what doesn’t, in stimulating an industry capable of attracting investment, creating jobs and pulling up the growth rate.
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.
Hlaudi Motsoeneng looms so large in the SABC crisis that we pay little attention to the SABC’s board to which he is accountable.
Alec Hogg asked: How do we get Cyril, Jeff to grow a pair? The context was that many in London think SA is doomed. They see a Mugabe-like President supported by a system that focuses enormous power on his person.
Violent protests threaten social stability and otherwise legitimate forms of democratic expression are being manipulated for criminal ends; The State Security Agency (SSA) is mandated to detect threats to national security, guided by
The Institute's CEO, John Kane-Berman, argues that one cannot buy into Marxist economic policies without accepting its political ones as well.
According to the African Development Bank, Africa has experienced huge declines both in the child mortality rate and deaths caused by HIV/AIDS-related diseases. This is a significant factor in Africa’s population growth
The seven or more SACP members of the Cabinet are only the tip of the iceberg of communist influence in the government and the public sector. If their interventions cause even more economic and social damage, they will not apologise but rejoice - and call for even more state power for themselves.
With bold leadership, even one-party states can undergo radical reform, as we saw with Deng Xiaoping in China in the late 1970s and Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union a decade later. This is not an argument for one-party states,
One of the most imaginative pioneers of multi racial education in Southern Africa, Deane Yates, died in Johannesburg last month aged 90.
