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 Race Relations (IRR) on the country’s public procurement rules, mainly that they have been weaponised against South Africans and require major overhaul”.
Scrap “fatally flawed” B-BBEE codes, IRR Legal urges Tau
IRR Legal has urged Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau to withdraw the fatally flawed draft amendments to the “B-BBEE” Codes of Good Practice, warning that they are “procedurally defective, legally uninterpretable, substantively unlawful, and highly vulnerable to judicial review under the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act”.
News Focus: BEE under pressure
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has written to Deputy President Paul Mashatile challenging him to provide concrete evidence for his claim that B-BBEE has proved to be a “great success” and a non-negotiable part of South Africa’s economic progress.
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.