
Go beyond VAT and confront “pro-poverty” policies, IRR urges EFF, MK
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 11, 2025
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) should “go beyond opposing the Value-Added Tax (VAT) increase by actively protecting poor communities from

Parliamentary committee exchange reveals BEE failure – IRR Legal
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 10, 2025
Even lawmakers who support BEE premiums admit that only a small elite has benefited from the policy thus far. This much emerges from an exchange

IRR seeks meetings with EFF, MK on cutting BEE premiums, halting VAT hike
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 9, 2025
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will be reaching out this week to the leadership of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and uMkhonto we Sizwe

IRR polling result captures SA’s current “historic moment”
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 8, 2025
polling by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), the first batch of which is to be released early next week. The first of three reports

IRR polling result captures SA’s current “historic moment”
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 7, 2025
South Africa’s current “historic moment” is reflected in results from the latest opinion polling by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), the first batch of

Ban on foreign funding would threaten free speech – FSU SA
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 4, 2025
The reported bid by the African Transformation Movement (ATM) to block foreign funding of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that are critical of South Africa’s policy choices

Avoid VAT hike by cutting BEE premiums, IRR urges MPs
- By Staff Writer
- . Mar 28, 2025
Parliament can help resolve the contest over the budget – the first such impasse since 1994 – by cutting BEE “preference premiums” and thus avoiding

Support #NoMoreRaceLaws Bill, or bring back apartheid’s race registration law, IRR urges MPs
- By Staff Writer
- . Mar 25, 2025
Parliament must either adopt the #NoMoreRaceLaws Bill – published by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) today – and so formally repeal all race-based statutory

MPs must “challenge harmful policies instead of remaining silent”, IRR urges
- By Staff Writer
- . Mar 21, 2025
Parliament must answer for its failure to oversee Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policies that obstruct investment and job creation, says the Institute of Race Relations

IRR challenges MPs to check “pro-poverty direction of travel”
- By Staff Writer
- . Mar 19, 2025
Parliament must be held responsible for failing to exercise its oversight powers over the executive’s Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) failures, says the Institute of Race