IRR cohosts webinar on fixing local government
“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.
Credible offer on economic opportunity, household security key to winning crucial women’s vote – IRR
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
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.
Failure to meet “progressive realisation” of property rights key to IRR’s approach to SAHRC
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
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?
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
Mkhwanazi’s questions about policing require answers – IRR
SAPS KwaZulu-Natal provincial commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s questioning whether South Africa needs a single “entity” to control policing deserves attention from parliamentarians, the Minister of
News Focus: undercompensation threatens dependants, IRR argues
In two press releases yesterday, the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) underscored the multi-generational importance of affirming and extending property rights to South Africa’s women, and warned how the country’s property expropriation legislation posed a potential threat to children.
Competing with the world to keep skills means getting policies right – IRR
Race laws, insecure property rights, and corruption are barriers to investment in South Africa, and barriers to job creation and the realisation of a better life for South Africans, says Makone Maja, strategic engagements manager at the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).
What’s needed to equip SA’s “long-stifled” economy to “expand and prosper” – IRR
It is time for the Government of National Unity to “think out of the box” and embrace the key reforms now urgently needed to boost growth, stimulate job-creation and create a real skills revolution in the education sector.