A tale of two tensions
We’ve heard some fantastic talks over the last three days. I want to try bring together some key threads as we assess what we’ve heard.
Provinces must choose: keep BEE premiums or put residents ahead of tenderpreneurs – IRR
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has put provincial finance MECs on the spot, urging them to act on their own promises to maximise value for money as a way of restoring their provinces’ fiscal good health.
SA’s economic mood brighter, but fundamentals haven’t caught up – IRR
South Africa’s economic mood may have improved, but the fundamentals have not followed at the same pace, warns Anlu Keeve, Economic Policy Analyst at the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).
Live up to your value-for-money promises, IRR tells provincial MECS
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) is reminding provincial finance MECs who are delivering budget speeches this week of their promises a year ago to apply a value-for-money standard in provincial spending.
IRR challenges provinces to “stop overpaying and overtaxing, and start delivering”
Make value-for-money procurement the centrepiece of your upcoming provincial budgets.
Make BEE premiums explicit – IRR Legal
IRR Legal has formally submitted to both of Parliament’s finance committees a report on the constitutional duty of making BEE premiums in public procurement explicit, and setting out the mechanism to do so now.
IRR urges Budget reforms to boost growth, investment
Fixing spending priorities and reforming Capital Gains Tax are the key areas of budget tips the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has submitted in response
Be transparent on BEE premiums and help fight corruption, IRR urges govt
Next week’s Budget offers the state a chance to act decisively in tackling corruption by being transparent about BEE premiums in public spending, as is
Don’t be complicit in suffering of poor, IRR urges MPs
If MPs fail to challenge President Cyril Ramaphosa on “why South Africans living in poverty should accept that their plight is an acceptable price to
Diarise tomorrow’s IRR webinar on cutting VAT and BEE premiums
The 2026 Budget offers an opportunity for the National Treasury to reduce VAT and eliminate BEE premiums, according to the latest paper in the Blueprint