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A high court judgment that invites more land invasions

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This piece, which was the Daily Friend‘s second-most read article of the year lays out the threat posed by a a court ruling to property

Hostility to property rights

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As South Africans are being asked yet again to suspend their now practised cynicism and allow that the governing ANC really does mean to renew

President Cyril Ramaphosa: the most effective ‘RET’ leader of all

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Last week, a Business Day editorial commended President Cyril Ramaphosa for the ‘important structural reforms’ being implemented under his watch. These reforms, it said, included

The ‘custodianship’ risk in the Expropriation Bill

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By this time next week, the Expropriation Bill of 2020 (the Bill) may already have been adopted by the portfolio committee on public works and

Simple solutions under the law and the Constitution

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Misconceptions abound about two key issues currently confronting the country: the validity of the medical parole granted to former president Jacob Zuma in September 2021;

The NDR steps up towards a BIG and MMT

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President Cyril Ramaphosa is generally portrayed as a successful businessman with a pragmatic grasp of economic realities and a personal preference for the growth-friendly policies

A high court judgment that invites more land invasions

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A flawed judgment handed down last week by a full bench of the Western Cape high court has further undermined the property rights of all

Prescribed assets and a BIG for more dependency and political control

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The SACP is gearing up for its 15th national conference, to be held before the end of this month.  Its revised programme, entitled the South

Time to reject defective ‘employment equity’ laws and accusations

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The latest annual report of the Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) shows that Africans make up 76% of top management in the public sector, whereas

Levelling the political playing field by cutting BEE procurement back to size

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Part 4 of the Zondo commission report into state capture came out last week. It primarily rehashes and reaffirms the story of how Eskom was