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More cadres and state controls will not avert water shedding

‘Under the Water Services Amendment Bill of 2023 (the Services Bill),’ notes the IRR, ‘the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) plans to appoint hundreds ...

IRR latest polling: 'Opportunities or Bust' is emerging as the theme of 2024 ballot battle

South Africans are looking for political parties that set out a clear, non-racial, pragmatic agenda capable of delivering opportunities to build a better life.

Mistaking the ‘Malema’ risk: A reply to Martin van Staden - Politicsweb

This is really a reflection on the virtue of being less than wholly convincing, or convinced, and thus avoiding the penalty of bringing the argument to a close.

Starlink or BEE: Government of National Unity must choose – IRR

Government and business have a difficult decision to make, one that places the concept of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) in grave danger.

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 ...

Chasing the White Whale: an epic moment in literature, and a tawdry feat of character assassination

It’s doubtful that more than just a few South Africans, including those with a fondness for literature, will ever read Herman Melville’s magisterial novel Moby ...

IRR, Zondo and Harvard agree: Cut BEE to keep the lights on, ignite economic growth – Gabriel Crouse - Biznews

The last campaign I ran at the IRR was to scrap BEE at Eskom, particularly in procurement, in order to combat load-shedding. A new working paper from Harvard’s ...

The ANC’s turn to non-racialism - Polity

The African National Congress is hoping that a chunk of white voters will help it over the electoral finishing line.

IRR research shows South Africans would accept a good president of any race

Annual surveys conducted for the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR) show clearly that ordinary South Africans do not care about the skin colour of ...

Nxesi faces his Rubicon moment with race-law targets

Like P W Botha in the 1980s, Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has reached his Rubicon moment in publishing proposed “sectoral targets” for so-called “employment ...