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Cut procurement premiums to fix broken municipal finances – IRR Legal
IRR Legal has reached out to all 69 financially distressed municipalities across South Africa that have recently had their national grant funding withheld by the National Treasury under Section 216(2) of the Constitution, with the offer of a lifeline in the form of assistance in shedding needless spending on costly BEE preference premiums.
IRR to research reasons for emigration, and what’s needed to halt brain drain
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) is launching a Diaspora Survey this week as part of its #WhatSACanBe campaign to better understand South Africans’ reasons for packing up and settling elsewhere, and what the country needs to do to convince people to remain, or come back home.
Police to be probed over possible operation against journalist, UEFA warning on Balogun red-card saga, and Chinese official sentenced to death for fraud
Crime intelligence discussed “counter” initiative against journalist, Madlanga Commission hears Adila Hassan, evidence leader at the Madlanga Commission, has said that a 2021 burglary at
Election tracker shows ANC support falling, Leon rejects accusations of improper influence, and Mojtaba absent from father’s funeral
Election tracker shows failing ANC support A tracking study of by-elections by analyst Gareth Van Onselen shows declining voter support for the ANC, with varying
News Focus: The Pope on Lampedusa
“This is a place where gestures speak louder than words. But for gestures to be human, they need a heart.” So said Pope Leo XIV
News Focus: IRR engages MPs on draft GEM law to fix mining
The Institute of Race Relations is following up the release of its draft mining legislation, the Growth and Employment in Mining (GEM) Bill, by engaging
Landmark “apartheid spatial planning” judgment, SA’s last manganese smelter under pressure, and Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral
ConCourt gives WC three months to set out “affordable housing” plans in Cape Town CBD The Constitutional Court has given the Western Cape government three
Changing policy mandate, not reshuffling Cabinet, key to SA turnaround – IRR
Appointing new ministers without reforming their policy mandate “will do nothing to reduce South Africa’s 60% youth unemployment, lift the growth rate above the paltry
“30 June” crisis averted, but protests to continue, US Supreme Court confirms birthright citizenship, and far-right threat in Germany
Violent disruption averted, anti-migrant activists vow to sustain pressure Police and march marshals are largely credited with maintaining order during the “30 June” demonstrations yesterday
Tense SA monitors “30 June” demonstrations, fuel price to fall, and Trump checked on Fed governor firing
“30 June” demonstration venues under close watch Security services are closely monitoring venues across the country – particularly the city centres of Durban, Johannesburg and