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ANC heads to election court, Mantashe defends grants comment, local mines falling behind

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ANC turns to courts after candidate portal mishapThe ANC has filed papers with the Electoral Court seeking to overturn the IEC’s refusal to accept councillor

IRR cohosts webinar on fixing local government

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“Fixing South Africa’s Broken Municipalities” is the title of a webinar next week at which the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will be introducing a new in-depth study of local government.

No flyover for Boks, IEC nomination increase, new dinosaur unlocked

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Rugby flyover cancelled Airlink has withdrawn its application to the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) to perform a flyover of FNB Stadium at Saturday’s rugby

Eskom emissions exceed target, ANC fails to list candidates, Madlanga medical drama

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Eskom emissions break boundaries South Africa’s energy utility Eskom came in way over its target for 2025/26, and significantly above the level for the preceding

Credible offer on economic opportunity, household security key to winning crucial women’s vote – IRR

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A political party that “can make economic opportunity and household security part of the same credible offer will have found a route into one of the ANC’s most important remaining electoral advantages”.

Don’t miss this morning’s IRR webinar on November election polling insights

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With South Africa entering an increasingly competitive political era, and the 4 November Local Government Elections little more than two months away, the political support of women voters is likely to prove decisive in determining the country’s political direction.

News Focus: donkey dies for settler nationalism

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Violence by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank is set to reach record levels this year, as human rights groups warn that they are

Failure to meet “progressive realisation” of property rights key to IRR’s approach to SAHRC

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Accountability, efficient service delivery and secure property rights for all South Africans are the principles on which the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has approached

SA’s housing, title deeds backlogs should be declared human rights violations – IRR

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The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) says the scale of South Africa’s title deeds backlog and the slowing of government-subsidised housing provision has prompted it to approach the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to have these failures declared human rights violations.

IRR webinar: will women voters be the deciding factor?

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The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will be releasing a major new polling report on Monday examining the political attitudes and party alignment of South