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Vuso Shabalala gave some grudging attention to the Institute of Race Relations IRR in his column "Mbeki challenges us to examine reality through lens of others", Sowetan, March 20.

Vuso Shabalala gave some grudging attention to the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) in his column "Mbeki challenges us to examine reality through lens of others", (Sowetan, March 20).

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 IRRs Blueprint for Growth: Slash Waste, Cut Taxes.

Without the necessary confidence to invest, the growth strategy will remain a pipe dream; local and foreign investors will simply continue to hold back for fear of losing any new investment to the ravages of corruption and organised crime in SA.

Comprehensive policy solutions that chart a viable path to economic growth in South Africa are contained in the first paper of the IRR’s Blueprint for Growth series, published today.

Putting economic growth at the core of government policy as the most effective way to turn the tide on South Africas problems, from unemployment to education to load-shedding, is the thrust of the first of a series of IRR policy-solution papers, The IRRs Blueprint for Growth: Arming SAs pro-growth forces.

The scriptures shape our worship; our worship reads from, quotes, and alludes to the scriptures. This study bible explores this relationship between the scriptures and our worship.

The multiparty charter, consisting of the DA, ActionSA, FF Plus, IFP, ACDP, UIM, SNP and Isanco, wants civil society to help change the country's political direction.

Former president Thabo Mbeki recently drew on the content of a speech I made at the Cato Institute in Washington earlier this year to express his misgivings about the direction South Africa is taking.