Anthea Jeffery
Dr Anthea Jeffery holds law degrees from Wits, Cambridge and London universities, and is the Head of Policy Research at the IRR. She has authored 12 books, including Countdown to Socialism - The National Democratic Revolution in South Africa since 1994, People’s War: New Light on the Struggle for South Africa and BEE: Helping or Hurting? She has also written extensively on property rights, land reform, the mining sector, the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) system, and a growth-focused alternative to BEE.
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Simple solutions under the law and the Constitution
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
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
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
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
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
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
Lesufi’s revenge for his Overvaal defeat
Cyril Ramaphosa’s promised ‘new dawn’ continues, with yet another damaging bill soon to be opened for public comment. This time it is both the powers
Why all South Africans should resist the criminalisation of ‘hate speech’
The government plans to criminalise all speech that can be brought within the broad definition of hate speech contained in the Prevention and Combating of
Rescuing mining from the Charter morass
Last Friday the mineral resources and energy portfolio committee met to discuss the impact of the September 2021 Pretoria high court judgment which struck down
Smuggling in a permanent income support grant via the back door
Lindiwe Zulu, minister of social development, is seeking to smuggle in a permanent ‘social relief of distress’ grant by means of regulations on which she