20 May 2020 - The scale of the economic devastation from South Africa’s severe lockdown regime is fast becoming apparent.
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 Presidency: you are on the wrong side of the law, and we are ready to join legal challenges against your government
20 May 2020 - The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will soon be writing to the Presidency advising it to tread carefully in view of strong and valid legal arguments about the manner of the enforcement of the lockdown.
Saving the economy is not about ‘making money’ but helping people to look after loved ones – IRR
18 May 2020 - The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) notes with concern the continuing vilification of South Africans who are rightly worried about livelihoods and the economic impact of the lockdown.
Media briefing with Advocate Erin-Dianne Richards – IRR
18 May 2020 - The lockdown, liberty and the law will be the topic of a discussion the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will be hosting on Wednesday with Advocate Erin-Dianne Richards.
18 May 2020 - If the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), green activists, climate crusaders, and complicit governments have their way, the global economy will be in permanent lockdown from now on.
17 May 2020 - It is almost poignant that trade & industry minister Ebrahim Patel invests his hope in consumers buying SA products — “made proudly by local workers” — as a way of making sure “we can rebuild the economy”.
Vouchers for food relief welcomed – IRR
15 May 2020 - The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) welcomes the announcement by Gauteng premier David Makhura of his government’s intention to make use of vouchers in providing food relief to South Africans in need.
SA must counter threats to civil liberties – IRR
14 May 2020 - Now that it has become clear that the lockdown is not a temporary phenomenon but a fixture for the foreseeable future, it is all the more vital to examine, and counter, the threat it poses to the political and economic freedoms of all South Africans.
14 May 2020 - For the first time since 1994, South African business has, in a public and dramatic manner, broken with government. Business is saying that it has had enough of a lockdown approach that is laying waste to the economy.
12 May 2020 - The Covid-19 crisis, exacerbated by the severe economic stress of the lockdown the government has imposed, has emerged as the catalyst likely to trigger a major political realignment, heralding the defeat of the ANC.
Growing risk to civil liberties must be challenged – IRR
12 May 2020 - The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) notes with great concern the government’s renewed enthusiasm for taking on the responsibility of managing the isolation of people vulnerable to or at risk of spreading Covid-19.
11 May 2020 - It is foolhardy to rely on the (supposed) personal beliefs of the president, who has shown little inclination to act on them. His invocation of ‘radical economic transformation’ is a warning of where the country may be headed.