1 November 2019 - The Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation Amending Section 25 of the Constitution has set out its proposed timetable for the drafting of this constitutional amendment bill. It plans to give the public a scant four weeks – carefully timed to coincide with the December holidays – to comment on the bill.
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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.
1 November 2019 - To adapt the words of renowned economist Ricardo Hausmann, SA’s problem is not the jobs that exist, but those that do not exist. Until government realises this and starts incentivising employers (and potential employers) to create jobs, we can only expect our distressing unemployment situation to get worse.
31 October 2019 - Most commentators seem to assume that any additional ‘NHI’ revenues raised – whether for the Treasury’s limited package or the White Paper’s sweeping changes – will be ring-fenced and used solely to fund the NHI. But the more likely scenario is that these monies will be paid into South Africa’s National Revenue Fund and used for all types of government spending.
31 October 2019 - The Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) delivered by minister of finance Tito Mboweni shows the depth of the crisis South Africa is in.
31 October 2019 - Die voormalige president, Kgalema Motlanthe, het weer eens en sonder om doekies om te draai, ’n paar dinge ten opsigte van die rigting waarin die grondbeleid stuur, kwytgeraak.
30 October 2019 - The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) takes note of the deeply worrying claims made by Eskom board member Busisiwe Mavuso in a parliamentary committee hearing yesterday.
30 October 2019 - President Cyril Ramaphosa was in London in mid-October trotting out the reasons for Europeans to invest in South Africa.
29 October 2019 - What is it in liberal principles that suggests they are ‘right-wing’? Analysis has to be more informed and more honest before we can have a meaningful debate – about what really matters.
29 October 2019 - Mboweni has said of the public: “They are right to expect that their money is spent wisely and productively, and goes to meeting their basic needs.” To which we must add that the environment and policy mix must be suited to the expansion of economic opportunities and prosperity, now and into the future. Otherwise, the verdict of this and future generations will be harsh.
28 October 2019 - Dr Baxter is not the first person to reach an “undeniable” conclusion on the basis of selecting only the “evidence” that supports this conclusion.
28 October 2019 - Christians and Jews alike are instructed by the Ninth Commandment not to "bear false witness against thy neighbour". Yet last month the provincial synod of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa unanimously adopted a resolution which falls short of complying with that instruction.
28 October 2019 - Universal health coverage is an important goal, which SA can attain with the right policies. However, the proposed national health insurance (NHI) will do far more harm than good.