Published:
11
Aug
2016
Briefs
Mining
HSF Briefs
Published:
11
Aug
2016
This Brief deals with an overview of how issues of mineral and land rights and community governance undermine individuals and communities in interactions with mining companies. The argument is that future suffering can be prevented by keeping the basic principle that mining must benefit South Africans while changing the structure and, most importantly, the application of some of the law. Two follow-up briefs will delve more deeply into each issue.
Briefs
Mining
Published:
10
Aug
2016
In this brief, Matthew Kruger considers the majority judgment of the Chief Justice in the recent Tshwane street-naming case. Whilst acknowledging that morally-speaking the decision is probably correct, he expresses concern over the finding that people "must embrace the African philosophy of ubuntu" for them to be truly South African.
Briefs
Social Justice
Published:
02
Aug
2016
In this brief, Matthew Kruger argues that the President's duty to pay back approximately R7.8 million, for the construction at his private residence in Nkandla, is only one of the President's duties arising from the order of the Constitutional Court in March 2016. He might owe us quite a bit more.
Briefs
Fighting Corruption
Published:
21
Jul
2016
This is the last Brief in a five part series of Briefs on the IMF and it discusses some conditions necessary for making progress in a bleak environment.
Economy
Briefs
Published:
21
Jul
2016
This is the fourth Brief in a five part series and looks at structural reform
Economy
Briefs
Published:
21
Jul
2016
This is the third brief in a five part series and it considers the role of the state: public finance and fiscal policy, monetary policy and state-owned enterprises.
Economy
Briefs
Published:
21
Jul
2016
This is the second part of a five part series of briefs which considers constraints and risks associated with South Africa’s position in the global economy.
Economy
Briefs