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Effectively paying more than 10% more for electricity in South Africa is plain bonkers and the people responsible for approving this kind of madness should explain their thinking - or lack of it.

Minority rights group AfriForum’s attempt to polish the turd the was Apartheid into something shiny is just plain common stupid, says the Institute for Race Relations (IRR).

A little but if pressure can go along way… the government’s Yes4Youth job creation programme has admitted it is racist and had promised to make changes.

Rocks, instead of coals are being supplied to Eskom while control room staff is taking the piss. That’s why you suffer load shedding.

The South African government is running out of money and the ruling ANC wants to get hold of the money saved by ordinary hard-working South Africans in private pension funds.

The first set of results from the February 2019 Election Poll conducted by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) into the electoral landscape in South Africa shows that the ANC currently stands on 54.7% nationally. That’s 1.3 percentage points down from December (56%).

The implementation of quotas in South African sport can soon be a thing of the past.

New vehicle sales are going down the toilet and you thank the Prince of Darkness himself - ESKOM - for it.

Beneficiating South Africa’s rich mineral resources has long been a dominant feature of the ruling ANC's industrial policy ambitions - but far greater gains are available to the economy by boosting mining itself, and the myriad industries that feed into it.

South Africans need to speak clearly and forcefully for their interests if they are to secure the future of the country as a free and prosperous society. This was the message delivered by Institute of Race Relations (IRR) project manager Terence Corrigan at the launch of the Southern African Agricultural...

No, this is not an April fool's joke but from 1 April, job experience will no longer be a pre-requisite for those applying for entry-level jobs in the public service.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South African employers to observe 8 May, the day of National and Provincial elections, as a public holiday and encourage staff to use the day to exercise their right to vote.

The SA government is intensifying ways and means of taking private land and property for state use.

A huge number of South Africans rely on taxis as a mode of transport, of which mini-bus taxi users dominate the market. Yet, a recent study has found that users are deeply concerned about their safety in using this means of transport.

The idea that you could flee the endless 9 - 5 grind and hit the road, working from exotic locations, meeting fascinating people from various parts of the globe and finding a better work-life balance sounds rather wonderful.

A national campaign has been launched against Discovery Bank’s share plan where only black clients can receive 10% of shares in the bank.

The numbers presented in Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni’s budget speech are another warning that South Africa is sailing into very serious political and economic trouble, says the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).

“Unconstitutional and potentially extraordinarily damaging”, is how the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) describes the Expropriation Bill of 2019. The Bill is open for public comment until the end of today, and the IRR urges South Africans to stand up against the measure by demanding four key changes.

If you are one of the few white engineers still left working at Eskom trying to keep the lights on, then your days can be numbered soon.

How much do you love betting on your favourite sports matches?

So you left South Africa to build a bright future for yourself and your family… but now the ANC government is after you to you to get their dirty fingers on your hard earned cash.

Throw the corrupt people at Eskom in prison to rot and hire former engineers to sort out the mess.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has lost the plot on black empowerment in South Africa, proving that the official opposition in South Africa’s leader Mmusi Maimane is not a leader but a follower.

This year South Africans can look forward to a general election in which they can vote in the ambiance created by Eskom - darkness.

Growth rates taking a dive, poverty increasing, public dept ballooning and unemployment getting out of hand… Take your pick, under former president Jacob Zuma’s corrupt regime your country took a hell of a knock.

Research conducted by SANParks scientists has confirmed the presence of a female elephant roaming the Knysna forest.

The State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa did not offer reassurance to either foreign or local investors, but rather created more reason for uncertainty and concerns.

A campaign to warn South Africans about the risks to their pensions, and to take a stand in urging the government to concentrate on growing the economy instead has been launched by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).

The recent heat wave in the Western Cape is not good news for Cape Town’s water saving efforts as dam levels have dropped at a higher rate than expected.

Racism is ugly and social media seems to foster it. But civil rights organisation AfriForum is out to nail the culprits.

Well-known sports commentator Pieter van den Berg, who was falsely accused of racism at a Super Rugby broadcast in 2016, must be paid R990 000 in damages.