IRR welcomes Godongwana’s greenlight for state organs to have their own procurement policies
28 October 2022 - In his medium-term budget policy statement (MTBP) this week, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana opened the door to all organs of state to make their own procurement policies in order to maximise value for money.
28 October 2022 - Imagine for a moment the Jurassic World franchise stripping out all mention of genetics. Or the Alien films dispensing with the space travel. Or the Terminator movies dropping any reference to artificial intelligence.
27 October 2022 - Peter Bruce is correct to note the omission of any reference to cadre deployment in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s response to the report and recommendations of the Zondo state-capture commission, and the scope this continues to create for ongoing malfeasance. (“Agencies, advisers and boards, boards, boards”, October 26).
26 October 2022 - Don’t look to this afternoon’s presentation to Parliament of the Medium-term Budget Policy Statement, which covers the next three years, for a path to economic recovery. The government has no resources for a growth budget.
MPs must follow National Treasury in respecting civil society independence
26 October 2022 - MPs serving on Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance should follow the National Treasury’s lead and abandon key clauses in the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill which stand to harm the independence of non-profit organisations.
Use MTBPS to grant BEE exemptions, IRR urges Godongwana
25 October 2022 - Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana should use his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement to announce cutting the most onerous red tape hampering businesses in their dealings with the state: racial preferencing.
22 October 2022 - When a memo from Dis-Chem CEO Ivan Saltzman became public earlier this month, the uproar it created was both predictable and understandable.
21 October 2022 - Over the years, the WWF Living Planet Report has thrown up many strange inconsistencies that suggest active manipulation to hide positive data and exaggerate negative results.
21 October 2022 - Former president Kgalema Motlanthe is often a refreshing voice of reason in SA’s public debate, and his comments about the imperative of depoliticising and professionalising municipal administrations did not disappoint. (“Municipalities should be insulated from politics, says Motlanthe,” October 20).
Dis-Chem controversy: IRR renews call on Ramaphosa to veto race law
21 October 2022 - In light of the revelation of Dis-Chem’s “moratorium” on hiring “white individuals”, the IRR has written to the Presidency renewing its call on Cyril Ramaphosa to stop the Employment Equity Amendment Bill (EEB) from becoming law.
IRR joins call for MPs to reject Electoral Amendment Bill
20 October 2022 - The Electoral Amendment Bill is fundamentally flawed and it is an open question whether it will even pass constitutional muster, given the many problems with it, says the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).
19 October 2022 - It remains unclear whether Dis-Chem has withdrawn its moratorium on the hiring of white people. A letter to the public earlier this week on the matter said the order to its staff that decreed a moratorium was not in line with the company’s values. But there was no explicit statement that it would now lift the moratorium.
