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 rebukes US ambassador, army deployed in Joburg, warning that state capture persists
Lamola warns US ambassador not to polarise South Africa International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola has warned US ambassador Leo Brent Bozell that his comments must
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).
IEC warns of long ballots, economy edges up, new SOE crisis feared
IEC raises concern over record number of political parties South Africa’s Electoral Commission has warned that ballot papers for the upcoming local government elections could
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.
Fuel rationing fears grow as oil prices surge, Ramaphosa heads to Brazil, Absa profits jump
Fuel rationing fears grow as oil crisis exposes weaknessesSouth Africa is facing rising fears of possible fuel rationing as surging global oil prices highlight weaknesses
Rand falls on oil surge, defence tender row deepens, Iran’s new Ayatollah
South African rand weakens as oil surge sparks inflation fearsThe rand fell sharply at the start of the week as soaring global oil prices rattled
News Focus: Is Iran changing tack?
As US President Donald Trump vowed that Iran “will be hit very hard”, warning that US forces would attack “areas and groups of people that
News Focus: US/Israel-friendly, not democratic, Iran is objective – Trump
US President Donald Trump has told CNN that, even if Iran did not become a democratic state, he would be quite happy with another religious leader in Tehran who was “going to be fair and just” and “[t]reat the United States and Israel well”, along with its Middle East partners.
US lets India buy Russian oil, Kristi Noem goes and Ukraine offers drone expertise
India given green light to buy Russian oil, for now As the Middle East crisis disrupts global crude shipments, the United States treasury has issued