Justice Madlanga’s comments on state procurement welcome – IRR

Remarks about failures in state procurement by former acting Deputy Chief Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, chair of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Alleged Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System, “demonstrate strong agreement with the Institute of

Fixing South Africa's immigration crisis!

Nicholas Lorimer and Chris Hattingh discuss the revised White Paper on immigration, which has recently been approved by Cabinet and endorsed by Leon Schreiber. They also discuss the potential for further fuel price increases if the oil crisis is not

And you thought we forgot!

Renting humans – agentic AI’s external labour pool

There is a surprising and somewhat unsettling story that has tumbled out of the world of AI, specifically “agentic” AI, which is a spanking new and revolutionary addition to your good ‘ol chatbot from OpenAI or Anthropic.

What “peace through strength” means

There is a disconnect between the meaning of “peace through strength” and how US President Donald Trump appears to interpret it.

Traoré is right about democracy (but nothing else)

Ibrahim Traoré, the dictator of Burkina Faso, recently declared on state television that “people need to forget about the issue of democracy”, adding: “We have to tell the truth: democracy isn’t for us.” He said that “democracy kills” and invoked

South Africa's 40 transformation funds

Nicholas Lorimer and Dr John Endres discuss the complex world of South Africa’s more than 40 murky transformation funds. They also discuss value for money and the R2 billion spent on a leadership school in Gauteng. Lastly, they chat about

Why has SA’s growth crisis not resulted in reform?

With our economy stagnating and the unemployment rate being among the world’s highest, one would have thought that there would be urgent pressures for the ANC to embark on a reform programme to generate growth and jobs.