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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Ignoring the distilled wisdom of centuries on EWC
In pushing ahead with expropriation laws providing for ‘nil’ compensation in wide-ranging circumstances, the South African government is ignoring the distilled wisdom of centuries –
Ideology, control, and a desired NHI ‘pilot’ behind the Covid vaccine impasse
South Africa has more than 1.1 million Covid-19 infections and in excess of 31 000 Covid-related deaths. A stricter curfew and many other controls have recently
Government can take your home, farm, or business premises under Constitutional Amendment Bill
Over the next few weeks, the Daily Friend will be republishing a selection of the most popular posts of 2020. This piece was first published
The Good, the Bad – and the Bizarre
A good development this week was the defeat of the ANC’s attempt to smuggle in the introduction of an electronic voting system under the cover
BEE and the Expropriation Bill to ‘complete the revolution’
Last Friday both Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investor Services downgraded South Africa’s sovereign risk rating by a further notch each, pushing the country yet further
Whistle-blowers force IEC backtrack – but for how long?
The Electoral Laws Amendment Bill of 2020 is to be amended so as to give the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) no more than the capacity
Changing the country’s voting method to keep the ANC in power
The African National Congress (ANC) is so concerned that it could be voted out of power in the 2024 general election that it is trying
Changing the country’s voting method to keep the ANC in power
The African National Congress (ANC) is so concerned that it could be voted out of power in the 2024 general election that it is trying
The biggest land grabber of all
President Cyril Ramaphosa has often stressed that there will be no ‘land grabs’ in South Africa. But the pending constitutional amendment bill to allow expropriation
The biggest land grabber of all
President Cyril Ramaphosa has often stressed that there will be no ‘land grabs’ in South Africa. But the pending constitutional amendment bill to allow expropriation