25 March 2019 - A free society is one whose freedom is a way of living. If we don’t practise it, it won’t exist. And that’s really the threat to be feared.
Media
Every week we reach hundreds of thousands of people through placing arguments in the media in support of the principles we stand for. No other advocacy group in the country does as much as we do to promote support for policies that defend your right, and that of your community, to make decisions about your own life free from counter-productive government interference.
24 March 2019 - Ons oorweldigende indruk is dat daar ‘n enorme begeerte vir so ‘n eenheid oor rasse- and klassegrense heen bestaan, wat beteken dat dit iets is wat bereik kan word indien ‘n groot genoeg poging aangewend word.
23 March 2019 - Compiled by the provincial Africa National Congress (ANC), it provides some noteworthy insights into how a broader EWC campaign might unfold. The signs are not encouraging.
22 March 2019 - So, after the elections, what comes next? By all accounts, more of the same. And that is a blinding tragedy. For more of the same means a refusal to deal with the real problems confronting land reform in favour of politically satisfying illusions.
21 March 2019 - An analysis of the forensic evidence central to the conviction for murder of Pieter Doorewaard and Philip Schutte after the death of teenager Matlhomola Jonas Moshoeu.
20 March 2019 - South African retirement funds are a hidden jewel in the South African crown. We must not allow a rapacious government to make South African savers pay for its mistakes.
20 March 2019 - On the ground in South Africa, moves towards expropriation without compensation are gathering pace, and will likely achieve the very reverse of matching Sullivan's plea that it "promote confidence" in the economy.
20 March 2019 - The ANC’s real problem: for 20 years it has failed to register new ANC voters in the province in significant numbers and, with time, that trend has caught up with it. This failure means it now faces a monumental battle just to match its 2014 performance, come May 8.
19 March 2019 - But the biggest problem is that the base upon which upstream beneficiation should operate – the process of mining – encounters obstacles to development rather than support.
18 March 2019 - It is a matter of considerable urgency that the present malaise in the mining industry is decisively addressed, through policy measures that radically simplify laws and ease regulations, that evolve empowerment principles to reduce economic drag, that lower the tax burden, and that significantly improve labour flexibility. Mining still matters. South Africa needs the mining industry not just to survive, but to thrive.
18 March 2019 - Without urgent policy interventions to revitalise the mining industry, the country’s entire economy will wither, like a gold rush town fallen into decay, according to the latest report from the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), Why mining still matters, The socio-economic importance of the mining industry.
18 March 2019 - At first glance, the African National Congress (ANC) should be alarmed that its national support has dropped from a peak of 69.8% in the 2004 general election to 54.7% in the latest opinion poll published by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR). A closer look suggests that those who think the ANC has been in power quite long enough are the ones who should really be alarmed.