Most South African Youth will not find work: What can be done to avoid a mounting disaster
19 May 2022 - This Special Report looks at structural youth unemployment in South Africa. If finds that most people aged 24 – 34 are not in employment, education or training (NEET), and that most teens are doomed to a similar fate unless structural obstacles are removed. Three practical, positive steps forward are recommended.
A True 'Human Right': Why Property Rights are Indispensable
10 November 2021 – This paper argues that property rights are human rights which not only give people legal and social recognition of their assets, but are an intrinsic part of maintaining a free society.
The SA Pink Vote
31 August 2021 – This report examines why it is important to consider the Pink Vote, which political parties have been at the forefront of fighting for LGBTQ rights and what LGBTQ voters think about these parties.
Issue Alert: Equality of Outcomes and the Pepuda Amendment Bill
9 July 2021 – This report warns that proposed amendments to the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act (Pepuda) of 2000 could precipitate a banking crisis and push many companies into retrenchments or even bankruptcy.
Don't add chaos to disorder - Exposing the weakness of Key Civilian Disarmament arguments
22 June 2021 - This report explores some major claims made by gun control advocates which claim to be based on solid data and how these claims are ultimately not supported by the evidence.
Fake News: A new challenge to human rights?
12 May 2021 – This report warns that fake news poses a threat to free societies, distorting perceptions of what is true and false, and potentially corroding social and political interactions, not least because combating it can introduce a raft of dangers.
Issue Alert: The Expropriation Bill - One Week Left To "Kill The Bill"
3 February 2021 – This special report warns that the government’s new Expropriation Bill is a draconian measure that must be stopped before it can be used to strip millions of South Africans of their homes and other assets without fair procedures or equitable compensation.
#SaveRuralSA: A Community Safety Charter
16 October 2020 - The IRR’s Community Safety Charter sets out a range of solutions geared to winning the fight against crime and farm attacks.
Growth & Recovery: A Strategy to #GetSAWorking
18 August 2020 – This report argues that, with the right growth-enhancing policies in place, South Africa could target economic growth levels of 7% by the end of the decade.
Because #BlackLivesMatter - What Institutions need to know about the BLM Global Network
21 July 2020 – This report examines the origins, strategies and ideology of the Black Lives Matter movement, and cautions institutions about the risks of endorsing it.
The Ten Year Lockdown, with worse still to come
4 June 2020 – This report shows that the easing of South Africa’s stringent Covid-19 lockdown occurs against the background of an unacknowledged policy ‘lockdown’ for at least the last ten years, characterised by ‘radical economic transformation’ policies aimed at changing the ownership, control, and very structure of the economy.
Keeping Liberty Alive: Through Covid-19 and Beyond
14 May 2020 – This report highlights the risk of political rights and economic freedoms being eroded through measures adopted purportedly to deal with the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the importance of society’s resisting such erosion.
