
Don’t miss this IRR webinar on public service reform
- By Staff Writer
- . May 5, 2025
“Urgent and thorough reform” of the public service is “essential” if South Africa is to move onto a path of higher economic growth. This goal

Urgent, thorough public service reform essential to SA’s growth ambitions – IRR
- By Staff Writer
- . May 1, 2025
“Urgent and thorough reform” of the public service is “essential” if South Africa is to move onto a path of higher economic growth. This goal

FSU SA to become an independent entity
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 30, 2025
Free Speech Union South Africa (FSU SA) is to become an independent entity with effect from tomorrow. Sara Gon will remain director of FSU SA,

Cutting BEE premiums best way to fill fiscal gap – IRR
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 25, 2025
Cutting BEE premiums and delivering value-for-money governance must be the next step for the National Treasury if it “is serious about fiscal responsibility”, according to

“Pro-poverty” BEE premiums harm poorest South Africans the most – IRR
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 19, 2025
Scrapping the BEE premiums “is a practical alternative to resorting to the ‘tax-and-spend economics’ of hiking VAT, which has the harshest effects on the most

IRR Legal to challenge new employment race law in court
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 18, 2025
IRR Legal says it will challenge in court regulations that “bring the most counterproductive racial labour law in the 21st century, the Employment Equity Act (EEA),

Scrapping BEE premiums key to creating “fiscal headroom” – IRR
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 17, 2025
Scrapping BEE premiums in public procurement policies could “create the fiscal headroom not only to avoid the controversial Value-Added Tax (VAT) increase, but in fact

Shift to post-racial politics sign-posted in latest IRR survey
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 16, 2025
The potential emergence of a politics defined by socio-economic concerns rather than identity-based grievance is one of the standout features of the latest polling by

IRR polling placing DA ahead of ANC indicates major political shake-up
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 15, 2025
A tripling in support for the Democratic Alliance (DA) among black registered voters – from 5% to 18% – signals “the potential emergence of a

Don’t miss tomorrow’s IRR webinar on polling results and party support
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 14, 2025
Political party support is the theme of the first of three reports on the latest polling by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), to be