The IRR’s Blueprint for Growth: Cut VAT & BEE Premiums
Feb 18, 2026
This report summarises evidence and arguments for two simple ideas: to cut VAT and to cut BEE premiums in public procurement to R0. This will save South African consumers R100 billion, to the benefit of poor people especially.
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