Tag: Institute of Race Relations (IRR)
South Africa is between decline and renewal
How to get rich in the 21st century details how India’s prime minister wants his country to reach rich world status by 2047. His formula lies in incentivising homegrown industry, a diversified services base, and a relentless focus on what’s good for the economy.
The Rule of Law and the Wisdom of the Ages
For millennia the dominant thinking throughout human society was, ‘force over voluntary interactions.’ Regardless of the country, the adage of ‘might makes right’ was the guiding rule upon which people interacted with each other.
The State wants to take your house and pay you nothing
At a time when South Africa’s economy is flatlining and Eskom is failing, Government has proposed an amendment to the Bill of Rights, which will allow it to confiscate people’s homes without compensation.
Private education evolution …an unintended consequence of social engineering?
Will the state policy of social engineering through the centralising of post-school admissions create fertile ground for the growth of quality private education?
Weighing up the risks in the land debate
Hot on the heels of President Ramaphosa telling the European Parliament on 14 November that South African land reforms will be enacted in adherence to the country’s Constitution, the joint constitutional review committee formally recommended that section 25 of the Constitution be amended to allow for expropriation of land without compensation.
