New education Bill risks deepening SA’s schooling crisis, IRR warns
Far from fixing South Africa’s schooling crisis, the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill, now before the National Council of Provinces, will likely make it
IRR welcomes MPC’s focus on economic growth
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has welcomed the emphasis on economic growth in the policy proposals put forward this week by the Multi-Party Charter
New legislation ‘will not avert water-shedding’ – IRR
Proposed amendments in the Water Services Amendment Bill ‘will make existing problems considerably worse by wasting scarce revenue on more cadres, while further entrenching incompetence,
IRR urges Ramaphosa to send NHI Bill back for rethink
Send the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill back to the National Assembly ‘so that its defects can be cured’. So says the Institute of Race
Reject hate speech Bill, FSU SA urges Ramaphosa
The Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill passed by the National Assembly this week is a profound threat to South Africans’
NHI will destroy what works, not fix what’s broken – IRR
South African healthcare needs fixing, but the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme ‘will destroy what works, while not fixing what is broken’. So says IRR
Poverty or growth: SA’s stark choice – IRR
The vision set out by Nelson Mandela in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech 30 years ago this month of a country in which all
IRR welcomes pause in drive for ‘catastrophic’ NHI
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) says it is ‘heartened by what appears to be a deliberate halt in the ANC’s attempt to bulldoze the
SA’s future is decentralised, IRR urges MPC
South Africa cannot afford to direct its focus entirely on national government; provinces and municipalities are where much of the country’s future will be determined.
Most South Africans want non-racialism, opportunities to build better life – IRR
South Africans are looking for political parties that set out a clear, non-racial, pragmatic agenda capable of delivering opportunities to build a better life. This