Why we will be going to Senekal – IRR
15 October 2020 - Events in Senekal underline the need not just for honest, rational debate about key challenges facing South Africa, but practical solutions capable of uniting the reasonable majority of South Africans.
13 October 2020 - It appears to have been missed in the commentary about the new Expropriation Bill that it has been designed for a constitutional position that will soon no longer exist.
13 October 2020 - Police minister Bheki Cele is to be commended for submitting himself to a lengthy interview with Adriaan Basson (‘Frontline: “We are beginning to co-govern with gangsters,” Cele says’, 9 October). It was a valuable opportunity to probe his perspective as the minister in charge of policing on the painful issue of violent crime against farming communities, a subject that has come into renewed focus with the gruesome murder of Paul Roux farm manager Brendin Horner.
13 October 2020 - Expropriation without compensation (EWC) represents another tragic mistake for which South Africa will pay a heavy price.
12 October 2020 - Once upon a time there was a British newspaper that believed in free markets and limited government. Not any more. The Economist now favours “re-wiring” the world’s economy, through carbon taxes, regulation, subsidies, pricing, and other government interventions.
Renewed drive for expropriation without compensation will compromise recovery – IRR
9 October 2020 - Pursuing expropriation without compensation (EWC) represents another tragic mistake for which South Africa will pay a heavy price.
8 October 2020 - This week the Financial Times (FT) in London joined the South African media’s chorus of condemnation for the decision by the Democratic Alliance (DA) to adopt race-neutral policies of redress for apartheid’s manifold injustices.
8 October 2020 - The government’s recently announced intention to make 700 000 hectares of land available for redistribution is good news. So is President Ramaphosa’s allusions to the programme being a means to encourage commercial farming. These are positive signs that there is at least some awareness that land reform can expand the farming economy. Indeed, if it is to be a success, it must do so.
7 October 2020 - The government’s plan to allocate 700,000ha of farmland in its possession is to be cautiously welcomed — but must be understood properly.
7 October 2020 - Black South Africans are far more sophisticated than your article on the Democratic Alliance leadership candidate Mbali Ntuli implies (“Leadership hopeful warns South African opposition to include black majority”, October 5).
ASISA must know that denying the risk of prescribed assets is naive – IRR
7 October 2020 - To deny that asset prescription is on the table is either naive, ignorant or disingenuous, the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) said today in response to a statement by the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA).
5 October 2020 - Last week Cyril Ramaphosa declared that it was now time for us all to “pull together and grow South Africa”. He and his colleagues have made this call on umpteen occasions, sometimes phrasing it as putting “shoulders to the wheel” or getting “all hands on deck”, or some other formulation.
