MPs should scrap new water legislation for threat it poses to economy – IRR
The National Water Amendment Bill of 2026 poses risks to agriculture, and the wider economy, which could imperil food security and worsen deprivation.
News Focus: fight for property rights continues
The five-day hearing by the Western Cape High Court on the challenge brought by the IRR Legal, the DA, and AfriForum against the Expropriation Act ended with a postponement on Friday to a date later in the year.
News Focus: property rights and women
They may have paid for, occupied, and maintained properties for years, but many of the country’s poorest and most vulnerable women remain exposed to the administrative failure that is the government’s longstanding and unaddressed title-deed backlog.
Let’s get over our Africa fatigue and be courageous Africans instead
A week ago today, I flew to Accra, capital of Ghana, with colleague Hermann Pretorius, head of Strategic Communications at the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), to attend Atlas Network’s 2026 Africa Liberty Forum, and present a case study of a project in South Africa supported by Atlas’s Champions for Growth initiative.
IRR Legal challenges Expropriation Act
IRR Legal made its first appearance in the High Court yesterday to challenge provisions in the Expropriation Act that threaten freedom and prosperity in South Africa by violating the Constitution.
Policy, not lack of maintenance, the reason for SA’s infrastructure crisis – IRR
Behind every dry tap and broken railway is a decision taken in an office, and the cumulative effect of those decisions is weighing heavily on South Africa’s economy.
Don’t miss tomorrow’s webinar on SA’s infrastructure crisis, and how to end it
An unflinching account of the state of South Africa’s core infrastructure in a new report from the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) is the subject
How do we stop healthcare professionals leaving SA?
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) is approaching various healthcare organisations to discuss the effects of the emigration of healthcare professionals on the industry and on healthcare services generally, and what needs to be done to keep them in South Africa.
Cut procurement premiums to fix broken municipal finances – IRR Legal
IRR Legal has reached out to all 69 financially distressed municipalities across South Africa that have recently had their national grant funding withheld by the National Treasury under Section 216(2) of the Constitution, with the offer of a lifeline in the form of assistance in shedding needless spending on costly BEE preference premiums.
IRR to research reasons for emigration, and what’s needed to halt brain drain
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) is launching a Diaspora Survey this week as part of its #WhatSACanBe campaign to better understand South Africans’ reasons for packing up and settling elsewhere, and what the country needs to do to convince people to remain, or come back home.