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09 Apr 2020

Economic growth vital to ease Covid-19 'double crisis'

South Africa cannot afford to let the private sector alone continue ‘taking the pain’ of the devastating economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic – urgently needed reforms must include reducing state spending and cutting the huge public service wage bill.
26 Mar 2020

What SA needs to do to save lives and livelihoods – IRR

The Covid-19 outbreak presents South Africa with grave challenges, not least because we confront the coronavirus crisis in an existing – recessionary – crisis. This is according to the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).
04 Feb 2020

Where do insurance companies stand on EWC? – IRR

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) today launches an open-letter campaign to put to insurance companies two cardinal questions relating to the government’s plans to enable expropriation without compensation (EWC).
09 Oct 2019

South Africans must speak up to protect their retirement funds – IRR

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) today launched the second phase of its #SaveOurSavings campaign. “This phase of the campaign will focus on pressuring fund managers to determine what they are doing to protect the savings of ordinary South Africans,” the IRR said in a statement today.
30 Sep 2019

Treasury paper could be first step towards vital reforms – IRR

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) broadly welcomes the economic discussion paper recently released to the public by Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni, and believes the Treasury is providing ‘valuable leadership in South Africa’s battle of ideas’.
10 Sep 2019

IRR welcomes today’s debate on prescribed assets

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) welcomes today’s debate in Parliament on the issue of prescribed assets, it says in a statement. The motion was brought by Geordin Hill-Lewis of the Democratic Alliance (DA), and follows statements by President Cyril Ramaphosa in Parliament that there should be debate on the issue of prescribed assets.
04 Sep 2019

SA at risk of a repeat of 2008 xenophobia crisis – IRR

Mob violence in Johannesburg and elsewhere in Gauteng highlights once again the consequences of governance and economic failure, says the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).
29 Jul 2019

Land panel report risks triggering devastating consequences

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has warned that the recommendations of the Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform, released yesterday, risk triggering devastating consequences for investment and economic growth.
11 Jun 2019

South Africa’s moderate majority share the same hopes and ideals

Today the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) releases the latest in its series of Hope Reports as part of its campaign to unite the moderate majority of South Africans.
30 Apr 2019

Elections 2019: Latest IRR Election Poll results

In line with the IRR’s objective to become an authority on political market research, the Institute has undertaken its fourth full survey of the electoral landscape, to supplement surveys carried out in September 2018, December 2018 and February 2019.

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