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IRR sends MPs 11th hour plea to cut EWC provisions

13 September 2022 - Every member of the Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure was sent a letter today from the Institute of Race Relations ...

IRR submission to Coalition Convention: Now is the time for bold reforms

South Africa needs nothing less than bold reforms capable of giving citizens a realistic chance of getting ahead through much faster economic growth, increased ...

IRR supports HASA’s legal action against the NHI Act

Eight months after the National Health Insurance Act became law, South Africans still have no clue about how much their taxes will be increased by to fund the ...

IRR to ask leading companies what apartheid-style race audits cost consumers

The IRR will this week be writing to prominent South African corporations on the issue of race- and sex-based employment equity "targets" to investigate the ...

IRR to DA, FF+, ACDP: Opposing VAT hike important, but scrapping tax-funded BEE premiums vital

The IRR will this week be writing to the leaders of the Democratic Alliance (DA), Freedom Front Plus (FF+), and the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), ...

IRR to engage EFF, MK on alternatives to increasing VAT and BEE

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will this week reach out across the ideological divide to engage the leaders of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and ...

IRR to equity consultants: Will you recommend firing employees who refuse racial classification?

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) is today writing to ten employment equity consulting firms across South Africa to ask for clarity on a core issue of ...

IRR to the National Treasury: Recognise taxpayers as the engine of the economy

Promoting economic growth, a sustainable fiscus, and the economic empowerment of individuals is the key theme of submissions by the Institute of Race Relations ...

IRR urges NCOP to vote against the NHI Bill

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has warned the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) that approving the National Health Insurance Bill will trigger an ...

IRR warns of the economic costs of weaponising Competition Commission

The ANC government appears intent on weaponising the Competition Commission in a sustained campaign that is hostile to entrepreneurship, enterprise, and the ...