The President’s Economic Recovery Plan - Some observations
The President announced an economic recovery plan on 20 September. The purpose of this brief is to comment on some of its silences: the absence of important detail and the implicit assumptions.
Land reform - The developmental state on the job
In this brief, Charles Simkins tracks the land reform process both at the executive and legislative phases and offers insights into the challenges ahead.
Land Expropriation and South Africa’s Financial Institutions
This brief considers the potential effects of land expropriation without compensation on the financial institutions of South Africa.
Parliamentary Submission: Competition Amendment Bill, 2018
On 17 August 2018, The Helen Suzman Foundation Made Written Submissions In Response To The Portfolio Committee On Economic Development’s (The Committee) Call For Public Comment On The Competition Amendment Bill, 2018 (The Bill).
Submission on the Draft Broad-Based Socio-Economic Empowerment Charter for the Mining and Minerals Industry, 2018
This brief summarises the HSF’s submission to the Department of Mineral Resources, in response to the Draft Mining Charter which was published in June 2018 for public comment.
Improved Distribution And Utilization Of Land In Rural Areas - Our Approach
This brief pulls together and summarizes the principles in our approach to the improved distribution and utilization of rural land.
The National Assembly’s Finance Standing Committee Fakes It
On 14 August 2018, representatives of the World Bank presented their ‘systematic country diagnostic’ report entitled An incomplete transition: Overcoming the legacy of exclusion to the National Assembly’s Finance Standing Committee.
Section 25 Of The Constitution - What Happens Next?
The purpose of this brief is to set out the framework within which developments in relation to the potential amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution will unfold, in relation to expropriation without compensation.