Dr Frans Cronje is arguably the best public analyst in South Africa, and a dear former colleague. He deserves some criticism. His most recent diagnosis of South Africa is wrong.
Putting value for money at the core of all public procurement and reducing VAT to 11.5% are the core recommendations of the second paper in the IRR’s Blueprint for Growth series, Slash Waste, Cut Taxes, published today.
The IRR will be hosting an online briefing tomorrow to mark the publication of the second in a series of policy-solution papers, The IRR s Blueprint for Growth: Slash Waste, Cut Taxes.
The final committee debate on the Public Procurement Bill (PPB) before it was passed by the National Assembly was exceptionally heated. Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana correctly said ‘everybody here is canvassing’ in anticipation of next year’s national election, which distracts from the crucial new law.