Houthis Seize Yemen’s Red Sea Coast as Saudi Pipeline Shutdown Deepens Energy Crisis
Iran-aligned Houthi forces have taken control of Yemen’s entire Red Sea coastline, seizing the islands that command the Bab al-Mandeb strait and handing the group leverage over one of the last open arteries for Gulf oil. The advance, completed Friday after a week-long offensive, coincided with Saudi Arabia’s shutdown of its East-West crude pipeline following a drone strike; a one-two blow that has pushed oil back above $100 a barrel and left Washington facing a choice it has been trying to avoid.
News Focus: form should follow function in SA municipalities
Municipal powers, responsibilities and fiscal autonomy should be structured according to the circumstances and capacity of individual municipalities, says a new study from the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).
No growth without fixing municipal dysfunction – IRR
South Africa cannot achieve the economic growth it desperately needs while its cities and towns struggle to provide the infrastructure and services on which businesses
New IRR report on fixing local government released today
“Fixing South Africa’s Broken Municipalities” is the title of the webinar today at which the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) launched a new in-depth study
IRR cohosts webinar on fixing local government
“Fixing South Africa’s Broken Municipalities” is the title of a webinar next week at which the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will be introducing a new in-depth study of local government.
Credible offer on economic opportunity, household security key to winning crucial women’s vote – IRR
A political party that “can make economic opportunity and household security part of the same credible offer will have found a route into one of the ANC’s most important remaining electoral advantages”.
Don’t miss this morning’s IRR webinar on November election polling insights
With South Africa entering an increasingly competitive political era, and the 4 November Local Government Elections little more than two months away, the political support of women voters is likely to prove decisive in determining the country’s political direction.
News Focus: donkey dies for settler nationalism
Violence by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank is set to reach record levels this year, as human rights groups warn that they are
Failure to meet “progressive realisation” of property rights key to IRR’s approach to SAHRC
Accountability, efficient service delivery and secure property rights for all South Africans are the principles on which the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has approached
SA’s housing, title deeds backlogs should be declared human rights violations – IRR
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) says the scale of South Africa’s title deeds backlog and the slowing of government-subsidised housing provision has prompted it to approach the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to have these failures declared human rights violations.