Tomorrow’s Institute of Race Relations (IRR) webinar launches a short report exploring the value-for-money common ground between the major parties, and the scope in hung councils across the country for their working together to put residents’ interests first.
The public’s desire for effective, efficient and economical spending is paramount; IRR polling shows that 8 in 10 South Africans want government to procure goods and services on a value-for-money basis.
The IRR’s new report, authored by IRR researcher Chris Patterson, argues that parties are broadly aligned on the problems facing municipalities, and have proposed solutions to them.
Patterson says: “The report illustrates that the major political parties share a common goal in achieving value for money. Voters across the country live with the real consequences of the failure to achieve value-for-money spending – in the potholes scarring roads, not being sure the lights will come on, and having to drink store-bought water because the taps have run dry.”
This will be subject of tomorrow’s online discussion, starting at 10am, between Patterson, John Endres, IRR CEO, Hermann Pretorius, IRR Head of Strategic Communications, Ofentse Donald Davhie, CRA Research Associate, and Terence Corrigan, IRR Projects and Publications Manager.
To join, go to: https://streamyard.com/watch/CXQ5TUKi8EBX
Learn more about the IRR’s value-for-money initiatives here and here.