BEE and tourism: a victory for decency and common sense

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The IRR has always fought racism, including that which seeks to remove the freedom of any person to pursue the business or trade of their

On South Africa’s fixation on America

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I recently watched Last Action Hero again. Released in 1993, it’s an Arnold Schwarzenegger action comedy that did indifferently in cinemas, but was a hit

Farmers and retailers: victims of tobacco control

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Having an interest in the tobacco industry should qualify people to participate in the WHO’s tobacco control deliberations, not disqualify them. Instead, unaccountable and wilfully

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This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 26th September 1907 – New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies

The other elephant in the room

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One of the most useful spin-offs of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture (the Zondo Commission) has been all the publicity

Lawmaking, and the right to public participation

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The right to public participation in lawmaking is fundamental, yet South Africa’s environmental authorities have denied this right for more than ten years and show

The real problem with Critical Race Theory

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Yes, it’s time to take a look at Critical Race Theory. There are lots of rants out there if you want to waste time with

“Free us from the shackles of labour laws”

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South Africa’s tragically high unemployment has frequently been described as a “ticking time bomb”. To what extent unemployment contributed to the violence in July in Kwazulu-Natal

Oh the humanity (12th September 2021)

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“This is one of the worst catastrophes in the world. And oh, it’s…burning, oh, four or five hundred feet into the sky. It’s a terrific crash,