Cut VAT to relieve hard-pressed South Africans, IRR recommends
A simple policy measure the government can adopt to help relieve the pressure on South Africa’s hard-pressed consumers is to place public procurement on a
Don’t overlook need for electoral reform, IRR urges GNU
South Africa needs electoral reform to affirm and strengthen political accountability – and help boost popular engagement with the electoral process and democracy in general,
Exempt job seekers from labour law burdens, IRR urges GNU
Reform labour legislation to make it easier for investors and businesses to operate, and give unemployed South Africans a Job Seekers Exemption Certificate (JSEC). This
President’s Health Compact should be strenuously opposed – IRR
The President’s Health Compact must be rejected by business and civil society alike as long as it endorses the National Health Insurance Act, says the
IRR tackles employment equity body on apartheid racial categories
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) says the Commission of Employment Equity (CEE) must account for its racial classification rules that date back to apartheid
Key steps needed to tackle SA’s public debt crisis, IRR urges GNU
Tackling South Africa’s mounting debt crisis is central to achieving gains in economic growth and job creation, says the Institute of Race Relations (IRR)/ In
No response yet from SAHRC on IRR’s questions about racial classification
Questions put to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on why South Africa still uses the racial classification devised under apartheid have yet to
Scrap EWC, localisation master plans, IRR urges GNU
South Africa’s economy will not grow “as long as the government insists on keeping the handbrake up”, warns the Institute of Race Relations (IRR). To
Policing reforms needed to make real difference in South Africans’ lives, says IRR
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has urged the Government of National Unity (GNU) to “use its political capital to start introducing critical reforms on
IRR launches papers series as pro-growth roadmap
South Africa’s Government of National Unity (GNU) must use its political capital “to start introducing changes that make a real difference in South Africans’ lives”,