News Focus: #PledgeToVote survey
More than 90% of respondents in the IRR’s 2026 #PledgeToVote Survey believe voting makes a difference, highlighting the value participants place on having a say
Don’t punish citizens for the government’s folly, IRR urges Rubio
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has written to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to urge him to take care to distinguish between the
IRR polling shows Roelf Meyer right to reject “white genocide” claim
Polling shows SA ambassador to the United States Roelf Meyer “is in step with a clear majority of South Africans in rejecting the allegation that
News Focus: AI, humanity and global politics
As Pope Leo XIV warned at the start of his four-day visit to France this week of the risk of “losing our humanity amid a
Scrap race laws for SA’s sake, not Washington’s, IRR urges government
Whatever Washington’s concerns are, South Africa should ditch race laws and threats to property because they directly harm South Africans in every government-defined race group.
Striking down of Public Procurement Act “major victory for South Africans” – IRR Legal
The Constitutional Court’s striking down the Public Procurement Act (PPA) due to Parliament’s failure to facilitate public participation “is a major victory for South Africans,
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