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.
IRR webinar: will women voters be the deciding factor?
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will be releasing a major new polling report on Monday examining the political attitudes and party alignment of South
Mkhwanazi’s questions about policing require answers – IRR
SAPS KwaZulu-Natal provincial commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s questioning whether South Africa needs a single “entity” to control policing deserves attention from parliamentarians, the Minister of
News Focus: undercompensation threatens dependants, IRR argues
In two press releases yesterday, the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) underscored the multi-generational importance of affirming and extending property rights to South Africa’s women, and warned how the country’s property expropriation legislation posed a potential threat to children.
Competing with the world to keep skills means getting policies right – IRR
Race laws, insecure property rights, and corruption are barriers to investment in South Africa, and barriers to job creation and the realisation of a better life for South Africans, says Makone Maja, strategic engagements manager at the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).
What’s needed to equip SA’s “long-stifled” economy to “expand and prosper” – IRR
It is time for the Government of National Unity to “think out of the box” and embrace the key reforms now urgently needed to boost growth, stimulate job-creation and create a real skills revolution in the education sector.
Don’t miss tomorrow’s IRR webinar on SA’s jobs and skills challenge
Relatively minor amendments to labour laws could make it easier for millions to find work This is one of the key recommendations in a new
News Focus: IRR bill provides clear timelines for cutting title-deed backlog
The Right to Own Bill drafted by the Institute of Race Relations to show how legal reform that strengthens property rights can benefit all South Africans “provides clear mandates for eliminating bureaucracy that stalls action, and sets clear timelines within which all title deeds backlogs must be eradicated”.
SA joblessness 450% greater than National Development Plan target – IRR
In 2012 the African National Congress (ANC) adopted a National Development Plan (NDP) it said would reduce the unemployment rate to 6% by 2030. Yet, with that deadline just four years away, the joblessness rate now exceeds 33%, which is 450% below the NDP target.