Transparency

- The “Barnard Principle” says, as of 2014, that a job applicant can be refused if their race-gender pair is already “over-represented”.

 

But how often has this happened in the public sector? Legally, all of the data to calculate this “must” be published for every business unit in every organ of state by every minister in cabinet annually. But Parliament’s Clerk of Papers confirmed this has never happened, not even once.

IRR Legal is bringing transparency, shining a light on all the times when people’s careers have been blocked by race-law.

- BEE Premiums. Treasury says it is still paying BEE “preference premiums” out of the public purse, with an official “cap” at 25% per contract. Total procurement is around R1.2 trillion. How much are BEE premiums? Treasury refuses to say.

IRR Legal is using legal tactics to force transparency on this issue, shining a light on deviations from value for money so that the country can know how much BEE officially costs.