Mpiyakhe Dhlamini
Mpiyakhe Dhlamini is the CEO of the African Free Trade and Defence Society. He is also a policy fellow at the IRR, worked as a Data Science Researcher for the Free Market Foundation, and been a columnist for Rapport, the IRR's Daily Friend, and the Free Market Foundation . He believes passionately that individual liberty is the only proven means to rescue countries from poverty.
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Ill-treatment of minorities will end only if consensus becomes the foundation of our institutions
Africa is not short of ill-treated minorities. While on this part of the continent, race and nationalism dominate the political scene, ethnicity is a bigger
Ill-treatment of minorities will end only if consensus becomes the foundation of our institutions
Africa is not short of ill-treated minorities. While on this part of the continent, race and nationalism dominate the political scene, ethnicity is a bigger
Reflecting on the battle of ideas: this fight is ours to lose
South Africa seems to be following the familiar downward spiral common to so many African countries. As IRR chief executive Dr Frans Cronje argues, the
Reflecting on the battle of ideas: this fight is ours to lose
South Africa seems to be following the familiar downward spiral common to so many African countries. As IRR chief executive Dr Frans Cronje argues, the
A different approach to the ‘township economy’
In South African government circles, there has been a lot of talk about the township economy. Part of this interest at the national level, is
The danger of abandoning scarcity
The future of South Africa depends on South Africans working together to achieve shared goals. Helping one another is not just a matter of charity,
The ‘black vote’ phenomenon
Democratic Party Presidential candidate Joe Biden made remarks to the effect that the American Latino community was more politically diverse than the African-American community. The
These are the heroes that will save us
The sentiment that black people are not owners, or that black people have no capital, is repeated often by politicians. Social media, as well, has
You are more than your race
In an article published earlier this month on Quillette, Max Hyams, a student at the School of Law at University of California, Los Angeles, writes
Five reasons why taxis are breaking Covid-19 regulations, and why they have a point
The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) and the National Taxi Alliance (NTA) decided this week to ignore the Covid-19 transport regulations. As of yesterday