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IRR Legal to challenge employment race law in court

Employment Minister Nomakhosazana Meth has issued regulations that bring the most counterproductive racial labour law in the 21st century, the Employment ...

IRR publishes third ‘Blueprint for Growth’ paper, ‘Breaking the BEE barrier to growth’

The IRR has published the third paper in its Blueprint for Growth publication series, a comprehensive set of policy solutions that charts a viable path to ...

IRR reaffirms call for scrapping VAT-boosting BEE premiums in letters to DA, FF+, ACDP

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has sent letters to the leaders of the Democratic Alliance (DA), Freedom Front Plus (FF+), and the African Christian ...

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 ...

IRR seeks clarity on Dis-Chem’s position on BEE

18 October 2022 - Dis-Chem’s racial employment policy has been the subject of intense national controversy since the leaking of a document last week indicating ...

IRR seeks legal clarity on Eskom’s exemption from full financial reporting

The Institute of Race Relations is taking legal advice on the constitutionality of the decision by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to exempt Eskom from its ...

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 hand over 23 000-strong petition against race-based law to President Ramaphosa

1 June 2022 - Just over 23 000 South Africans have registered their opposition to the race-based Employment Equity Amendment Bill (EEB) in a petition which the ...

IRR to investigate racial tensions in North KZN

6 October 2021 - On 28 September Qiniso Dlamini (17) was fatally shot during a scuffle with farmer Garth Simpson (68) near Glencoe, in Northern KwaZulu-Natal. ...