15 June 2020 - What if the people who killed Collins Khosa in Alexandra township on 10th April had been white? We all know what would have happened.
Media
Every week we reach hundreds of thousands of people through placing arguments in the media in support of the principles we stand for. No other advocacy group in the country does as much as we do to promote support for policies that defend your right, and that of your community, to make decisions about your own life free from counter-productive government interference.
IRR to IMF donor nations: Do not be misled on SA government’s dangerous policy intentions
10 June 2020 - Giving financial aid to South Africa while its government continues to pursue destructive policies that have wrecked the aspirations of generations will only sustain the hardship South Africans have endured for at least a decade.
10 June 2020 - The 172% hike in the taxi fare for a trip from Alexandra to Sandton, from R11 to R30, illustrates the effects of the government’s unjustifiable insistence on maintaining zombie elements of its destructive and wasted lockdown, forcing the poorest South Africans into even further hardship.
Media briefing: IMF donor nations will be made aware of SA government’s dangerous policy intentions – IRR
9 June 2020 - The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will this week be writing an open letter to some of the largest donor nations to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to urge them, in considering any appeal for relief from South Africa, to bear in mind the implications of government policy, its damaging effects on the economy and on the country’s prospects of creating a stable, fair and prosperous future.
Governments should try to make life easier, but its zombie lockdown is making life harder - IRR
8 June 2020 - The 172% hike in the taxi fare for a trip from Alexandra to Sandton, from R11 to R30, illustrates the effects of the government’s unjustifiable insistence on maintaining zombie elements of its destructive and wasted lockdown, forcing the poorest South Africans into even further hardship.
8 June 2020 - It must be one of the most unusual advertising campaigns in history – the billions of rands the government has spent bailing out South African Airways (SAA) and otherwise attempting to keep it going despite the chronic fecklessness and incompetence (and worse) of its controlling shareholder.
8 June 2020 - The South African Communist Party (SACP), which has long used its dominance over the African National Congress (ANC) to set the policy agenda for the ruling party, reiterated last week that it wants to ‘mobilise’ the ‘ample resources’ in both ‘public and private financial institutions’ to finance ‘sustainable recovery and development’ by introducing ‘investment requirements’ or ‘prescribed assets’.
8 June 2020 - The easing of South Africa's stringent Covid 19 lockdown last week occurs against the background of an unacknowledged policy lockdown for at least the past 10 years.
IRR warns against planned pension grab
5 June 2020 - The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) notes with concern media reports that elements in the tripartite alliance are considering using ‘prescribed assets’ to help fund South Africa’s economic growth.
Risk to SA in the ANC continuing its 10-Year Lockdown – IRR
4 June 2020 - A continuation of South Africa’s unacknowledged policy lockdown of the past decade – with increased state control and yet more radical policy-making – will only deepen the post-pandemic economic crisis and scupper the country’s hopes of growth and rising prosperity.
Court victory shows government is unworthy of the power it has grabbed from citizens – IRR
3 June 2020 - The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) welcomes the judgment delivered by the Gauteng Division of the High Court declaring the current lockdown regulations unconstitutional.
Sound money, sound government, sound policy are the ingredients of economic stability – IRR
2 June 2020 - In a recent out-of-calendar review, credit ratings agency Moody’s affirmed Botswana’s “A2” rating for long-term bonds. The agency changed Botswana’s outlook from stable to negative, likely as a result of the economic turmoil arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.