Bottom-up approach to tackling inequality can benefit the poor more than trickle-down redress
DA’s draft economic justice policy identifies the main areas of disadvantage and focuses on their eradication
08 March 2020 - 18:35
At the dawn of our democracy there was widespread (not to imply majority) agreement that it was less than ideal that a postapartheid dispensation would continue to perpetuate race classification. Those who supported race-based redress often expressed discomfort at the idea, and hence discussions about sunset clauses were abundant.
The apprehension was unsurprising; race would be used to address the historical legacy of apartheid but race itself was also a historical legacy of apartheid. When would we then attend to the race question?..
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