IRR Polling

#WhatSACanBe: Hope, Opportunity, Unity, and Common Ground

In this report, the IRR unveils its 2024 opinion polling findings.

Pro-Growth or Pro-Poverty: Findings of IRR Polling 2025 | Report 1: The Political State of Play as of April 2025

Recent polling by the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR), conducted in March/April 2025, reveals shifting voter sentiment amid debates over a proposed VAT hike and the uneasy dynamics within the multi-party Government of National Unity (GNU).

Pro-Growth or Pro-Poverty: Findings of IRR Polling 2025 | Report 2: Policy Preferences of Registered Voters

Recent polling by the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR), conducted in March/April 2025, reveals a clear national majority, across demographic lines, in favour of policies that prioritise merit, value-for-money government spending, the expansion of choice in key services, and protected property rights. These findings position the South African registered voter very much in opposition to key government policies and adopted laws, particularly employment equity targets and expropriation without compensation.

Pro-Growth or Pro-Poverty: Findings of IRR Polling 2025 | Report 3: Race and Race Relations in South Africa Today

Recent polling by the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR) conducted in 2025 reveals that while racism remains a lived reality for many South Africans, the overwhelming majority define their priorities, values, and expectations in non-racial terms.

IRR Polling 2026: Race and Race Relations in South Africa

The state of race relations in South Africa is the theme of the most recent polling by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), the findings of which are published in this report. Notable topics include whether South Africans share President Donald Trump's view that a "white genocide" is occurring in the country; whether South Africans believe their president should be black; and whether South Africans approve of the government using race to classify citizens.