News Focus: IRR engages MPs on draft GEM law to fix mining
The Institute of Race Relations is following up the release of its draft mining legislation, the Growth and Employment in Mining (GEM) Bill, by engaging
Changing policy mandate, not reshuffling Cabinet, key to SA turnaround – IRR
Appointing new ministers without reforming their policy mandate “will do nothing to reduce South Africa’s 60% youth unemployment, lift the growth rate above the paltry
News Focus: the hottest it’s been
Dozens of deaths have been attributed to sweltering conditions sweeping Europe, with record-breaking temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius in some places. As the weather system
News Focus: 30 June
The arbitrary 30 June “deadline” set by anti-migrant activists as the date by which their campaigns say undocumented foreigners must leave the country is claiming
Bill sets out how to restore SA’s critical mining sector
Restoring South Africa’s mining sector as a key contributor to the economy is the thrust of a draft mining bill released by the Institute of
News Focus: Rietspruit River bridge and fake transformation
Reports of school pupils in Emfuleni being compelled to find their own way across the stinking, polluted Rietspruit River because an unfinished bridge on which
Why should SA keep policy that has failed the poor, IRR asks
After 25 years of BEE policy, Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau “must explain why South Africa should persist with race-based laws that have
Make 17 June “No More Race Laws Day”, IRR urges
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has suggested that the government adopt its draft No More Race Laws Bill to “complete the work begun on
News Focus: Ramaphosa, BEE and SA mining’s collapse
Mining was once the mainstay of the South African economy, but has declined steadily under the burden of excessive regulation introduced by succeeding ANC administrations,
News Focus: Culture, Kennedy and Trump
US President Donald Trump’s self-aggrandisement campaign suffered a setback this week with District Judge Christopher Cooper’s order that his name be removed from the façade