
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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Racism as Culprit no 1?
- By Anthea Jeffery
- . Sep 17, 2020
In the week that Statistics South Africa revealed that the economy had shrunk by an annualised 51% in the second quarter of 2020, the sole

Racism as Culprit no 1?
- By Anthea Jeffery
- . Sep 17, 2020
In the week that Statistics South Africa revealed that the economy had shrunk by an annualised 51% in the second quarter of 2020, the sole

Three key reforms to kick-start recovery
- By Anthea Jeffery
- . Sep 10, 2020
There will be no easy recovery from the economic catastrophe the governing African National Congress (ANC) has inflicted on South Africa through destructive policies, maladministration,

The ANC’s manipulative anti-corruption ploy
- By Anthea Jeffery
- . Sep 3, 2020
The IRR estimates that 41 out of the 80 elected members on the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) have been

Paving the way for a land-grab free-for-all
- By Anthea Jeffery
- . Aug 27, 2020
In a judgment handed down on Tuesday this week, the Cape Town high court issued an interim interdict barring the City of Cape Town from

A poisoned infrastructure programme – or real policy reform?
- By Anthea Jeffery
- . Aug 20, 2020
Now that an estimated 3 million jobs have been lost and the crippled economy looks set to contract by some 7% in 2020, the government,

New anti-corruption agency to muddy the waters – just like the TRC
- By Anthea Jeffery
- . Aug 13, 2020
Last week African National Congress (ANC) secretary general Ace Magashule belatedly responded to public outrage over corruption in Covid-19 procurement with a statement acknowledging the

A race-based BEE system helps keep ANC tenderpreneurship alive
- By Anthea Jeffery
- . Aug 6, 2020
‘A culture of nepotism, favouritism, and abuse’ ‘If, as public servants and political office-bearers we truly care about the public whose interests we claim to

The anti-racism and anti-capitalism behind the current ferment
- By Anthea Jeffery
- . Jul 30, 2020
Most South Africans have little knowledge of Ibram X Kendi, founder of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University, newly appointed holder of

EFF hogwash on land custodianship
- By Anthea Jeffery
- . Jul 16, 2020
Floyd Shivambu, deputy president of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), is at it again. In March 2020 he hailed the Covid-19 pandemic, saying this would