News Focus: IRR arms MPs to take up the value-for-money fight
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has shared with MPs a range of questions to put to President Cyril Ramaphosa in the forthcoming SONA debate
Mr President, don’t miss your value-for-money moment – IRR
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s eighth State of the Nation Address (SONA) this evening “will be incomplete and short of key reforms” if he “fails to address
SA turnaround depends on basic reforms – IRR
The recent improvement in sentiment about South Africa’s economic outlook should not be mistaken for a turnaround, according to the latest Blueprint for Growth paper
IRR webinar tomorrow on first 2026 Blueprint for Growth paper
Growth must become the central objective of public policy if South Africa is to succeed in overcoming its deepest social failures, from high unemployment to
Value-for-money procurement could get SA on right track – IRR
With a week left until President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his 2026 State of the Nation Address, many indicators of his performance over eight years in
Replace BEE premiums with “value for money”, IRR CEO urges Ramaphosa
End Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) premiums and save taxpayers billions of rands by endorsing the Value for Money Bill drafted by the Institute of Race
The end of this is fine
The following is the text of my address yesterday to the Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town conference. John Endres [Image: supplied] We live in unsettling times.
Encouraging support for debate about real transformation – IRR
Responses from MPs reveal encouraging support from across various parties for the Freedom Bills drafted by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), a legislative package
Malatsi’s directive on Starlink a “turning point” in SA’s BEE trajectory – IRR
If the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) “wants to promote inclusive growth in rural South Africa it can open the gates to Starlink
Structural policing reforms needed address economy-throttling crime – IRR
Crime will continue to throttle South Africa’s economy for as long as the belief persists that policing problems can be solved through short-term operations rather