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irr. org. za > media > anthea-jeffery-scrap-draft-bee-codes-and-embrace-true-transformation-business-day

ANTHEA JEFFERY | Scrap draft BEE codes and embrace true transformation - Business Day

2+ hour, 33+ min ago  (669+ words) Advanced Media Search > Draft BEE Codes that require compulsory contributions to a new Transformation Fund and reserve many procurement contracts for 100% black-owned firms should be withdrawn. As we said in our written submission to the department of trade, industry and…...

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irr. org. za > media > anthea-jeffery-south-africa2019s-jobs-crisis-demands-bold-labour-law-overhaul-biznews

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1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (14+ words) Anthea Jeffery: South Africa's jobs crisis demands bold labour law overhaul'irr. org. za...

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irr. org. za > media > steven-gruzd-a-sharp-witted-big-hearted-man-who-cared-sa-jewish-report

Steven Gruzd: a sharp-witted, big-hearted man who cared - SA Jewish Report

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (402+ words) Advanced Media Search > Steve cared. He cared about his work as a political analyst. He cared about the team that worked under him and alongside him. He cared about the relationships he fostered. He was capable of being tough and'stubborn'when…...

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irr. org. za > media > withdraw-fundamentally-flawed-draft-bee-codes-irr-legal-urges-tau

Withdraw fundamentally flawed draft BEE codes, IRR Legal urges Tau

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (532+ words) Advanced Media Search > 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…...

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irr. org. za > media > sa2019s-economic-mood-is-brighter-but-fundamentals-lag

SA's economic mood is brighter, but fundamentals lag

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (293+ words) Advanced Media Search > 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. The 2025 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures vindicate this…...

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irr. org. za > media > cut-bee-premiums-to-put-residents-ahead-of-tenderpreneurs-irr-tells-provinces

Cut BEE premiums to put residents ahead of tenderpreneurs, IRR tells provinces

4+ week, 5+ hour ago  (352+ words) Advanced Media Search > In its engagements with provincial finance MECs this week, the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has implored them to act on their own promises to maximise value for money as a way of restoring their provinces" fiscal…...

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irr. org. za > media > john-endres-reports-from-bnc-8-bozell-means-business-biznews

John Endres reports from BNC#8: Bozell means business - Biznews

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (713+ words) Advanced Media Search > John Endres South Africa has a new US ambassador, and he is not here to please all of the people, all of the time. He is here to make a point " and, if the conditions are right,…...

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irr. org. za > media > provinces-must-do-more-than-just-pay-lip-service-to-value-for-money-2013-irr

Provinces must do more than just pay lip service to value for money " IRR

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (437+ words) Advanced Media Search > At least five provincial legislatures are sitting for their budget speeches today, with the rest following during the week. As this key governance process unfolds, the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will continue its engagements with each…...

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irr. org. za > media > letter-country-deserves-value-for-money-business-day

LETTER | Country deserves value for money - Business Day

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (220+ words) Advanced Media Search > Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has announced that the government plans to spend R1-trillion on infrastructure over the next three years. South Africans should ask a simple question: will they get R1-trillion worth of infrastructure for that money?...

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irr. org. za > media > michael-morris-are-we-still-committed-to-change-business-day

MICHAEL MORRIS: Are we still committed to change? - Business Day

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (465+ words) Advanced Media Search > There was surely a hint of incongruity last week in President Cyril Ramaphosa evoking the "powerful imagery" of the "thousands of women of all races" massed at the Union Buildings 70 years ago, whose "standing in silence illustrated…...