Opinion

Not all human rights are equal

David Bullard
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Sep 22, 2019
“The Human Rights Commission is the national institution established to support constitutional democracy. It is committed to promote respect for, observance of and protection of human rights for everyone without fear or favour”. (from the SAHRC website)
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‘Sorreee’: DStv drops the ball
Staff Writer
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Sep 22, 2019
Staff Writer

Some South Africans were unable to watch the Springboks' match against New Zealand at the World Cup in Japan yesterday.

Government to restrict foreign trading in South Africa
Staff Writer
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Sep 22, 2019
Staff Writer

New legislation is in the works that will impose restrictions on the involvement of foreigners in the South African economy, according to Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola.

What's the problem with strike ballots? Plenty, apparently
Staff Writer
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Sep 22, 2019
Staff Writer

The new law that union must ballot members before they strike is not supported by all unions and their federations, although the reasons given are fallacious

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Not all human rights are equal

David Bullard
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Sep 22, 2019
David Bullard

“The Human Rights Commission is the national institution established to support constitutional democracy. It is committed to promote respect for, observance of and protection of human rights for everyone without fear or favour”. (from the SAHRC website)

Climate Hysteria

Andrew Kenny
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Sep 22, 2019
Andrew Kenny

The greatest folly of our age is the belief that mankind is changing the climate in a dangerous way. It has no basis in science, as I shall show below.

SABC’s failures a microcosm of SA

Marius Roodt
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Sep 21, 2019
Marius Roodt

It’s time the government began correcting its own failures instead of expecting the rest of us to carry the cost.

Ownership indispensable to growth

Terence Corrigan
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Sep 20, 2019
Terence Corrigan

Without property, a market-based economy is impossible to sustain – and without markets, prosperity is impossible.

Mugabe’s death, and Zimbabwe’s dire suffering, should prompt a rethink of EWC

Anthea Jeffery
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Sep 19, 2019
Anthea Jeffery

South Africans cannot allow a self-serving ANC elite to inflict a Zimbabwe-type disaster on the country.

Editor's Choice

There is only one thing to talk about …

Frans Cronje
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Aug 15, 2019
Frans Cronje

There is only one thing to talk about – and that is how to stop expropriation without compensation (EWC). It is the greatest threat not just to agriculture and to the broader economy, but to the entire constitutional edifice, to civil rights, and the rule of law that this country has faced in 25 years. If we do not defeat the threat, we doom South Africa to a future of poverty, and failure, and chaos. How is it possible that we have reached a point where such a statement can be made? The answer is, slowly and deliberately.

Podcasts

Ace the race nationalist, Barry Bateman the profane and Moody's the optimistic

michael@irr.org.za
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Sep 11, 2019
Michael Morris

Nicholas Lorimer, Terence Corrigan and Hermann Pretorius discuss African National Congress secretary general Ace Magashule's recent comments on whites, journalist Barry Bateman insulting Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema, and ratings agency Moody's call on South Africa's debt.

NHI - a hiding to nothing

kelebogile@irr.org.za
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Sep 06, 2019
Kelebogile Leepile

In this special podcast, Sara Gon interviews Paul Theron, CEO of Vestact. Paul has refreshingly outspoken views on the NHI as featured in his recent Business Blunders (ep. 153 and 154). We apologise for the quality of the sound but Paul’s answers are clear and well worth hearing.

Xenophobic violence flares up, with looting and burning of trucks

michael@irr.org.za
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Sep 02, 2019
Michael Morris

In this Monday edition of the show, Big Daddy Liberty, IRR analyst Nicholas Lorimer and IRR chief economist Ian Cruickshanks discuss the resurgence of xenophobic violence in South Africa. What is behind the looting of foreign-owned shops and the burning of trucks driven by foreign nationals? Can the police restore law and order?

IRR TV

The Daily Friend Show (2019-09-13) | ARE YOU SAFE? - We break down the latest crime stats from 2018/19

michael@irr.org.za
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Sep 13, 2019
Michael Morris

Join Big Daddy Liberty with IRR analysts Hermann Pretorius and Marius Roodt on this weekly round-up edition of The Daily Friend Show.

The Daily Friend Show (2019-08-30) | By-elections, Brexit and lion-cub smuggling

michael@irr.org.za
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Aug 30, 2019
Michael Morris

In this weekly wrap, we discuss by-elections in the Free State, Boris's moves on Brexit, and the smuggling of lion cubs.

The Daily Friend Show (23/08/2019) | On the old South African flag, mayor Herman Mashaba and the DA

kelebogile@irr.org.za
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Aug 23, 2019
Kelebogile Leepile

The Daily Friend Show: Weekly Roundup – we discuss the Equality Court's ruling on the old South African flag. Is it the court's place to tell citizens what to own in their homes? We also chat Herman Mashaba and the Democratic Alliance.

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