13 September 2019 - Many have argued that as the Constitution in its current form already allows for expropriation without compensation, the amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution would not present much of a problem. However, changing the Constitution is, in fact, a step closer to nationalising all land, and thus keeping the political elite in power.
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.
12 September 2019 - Crime statistics released today show that South Africa is continuing to lose the battle against rising criminality. It is no exaggeration to say that, on the basis of the number of people killed each year, South Africa is facing a crisis that is akin to a low-intensity civil war.
11 September 2019 - Yesterday’s debate on prescribed assets reveals that the governing African National Congress (ANC) is intent on implementing such a policy.
10 September 2019 - The looming NHI is bad enough; we don’t need this sort of medical ‘keystone cops’ to push young doctors to emigrate as well.
10 September 2019 - The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) welcomes today’s debate in Parliament on the issue of prescribed assets.
9 September 2019 - One of the worst aspects of NHI – and of Mr Ramaphosa's "like it or not" attitude – is the nonchalance and insouciance with which his party and government are embarking on their destructive course. They will destroy private medical businesses with no more concern for the consequences than was shown by the people who destroyed little shops in last week's violent attacks.
9 September 2019 - The extent to which the Treasury’s advice is adopted and put into action will be a useful indicator of that balance, and hence the longer-term prospects of meaningful policy reform.
9 September 2019 - The Commission for Employment Equity’s latest report is an appalling example of the Orwellian reasoning that gives such far-reaching meaning to the accident of what we look like, but in language that pretends not to.
8 September 2019 - Wanneer alle simbole en uitbeeldings van apartheid uit die openbare oog verwyder is, sal ons ‘n punt bereik waar min mense sal weet wie en wat ons land tussen 1948 en 1994 in so ‘n gemors gedompel het.
6 September 2019 - Die Wet op Gelyke Indiensneming (GI) is nie slegs onkonstitusioneel nie, maar ook nadelig vir die meeste Suid-Afrikaners, en behoort herroep te word.
6 September 2019 - We can't support a government which has failed, and which fails to consider cheaper, more logical solutions.
5 September 2019 - The IRR commends the thousands of women and men who gathered outside Parliament today to speak up for their fundamental freedoms – their freedom to live as they wish to without fear or risk of abuse, assault, rape or murder.