1 October 2021 – This submission by the Institute of Race Relations to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services argues that the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill of 2018 is both unconstitutional and unnecessary and should be abandoned rather than pursued. The submission recommends that the government should instead focus on bringing the hate speech provisions in Pepuda into line with the Constitution.
Submissions on proposed legislation
13 August 2021 – The IRR’s submission on the Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill of 2021 argues that the best way forward for South Africa and all its people is to jettison both the EWC idea and any attempt to introduce state custodianship for land – and to leave Section 25 of the Constitution unchanged. It warns that the long-term economic consequences of the amendment bill are likely to be severe.
2 August 2021 – The IRR’s submission on the Draft Firearms Control Amendment Bill argues that the draft legislation is poorly conceptualised and will not likely achieve the goals that it claims to be pursuing.
23 July 2021 – Read the IRR’s submission to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services in the National Assembly on the Land Court Bill
30 June 2021 – The IRR’s submission to Parliament on the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Amendment Bill of 2021, arguing that it is the polar opposite of the formula for inclusive prosperity.
3 March 2021 – This memorandum sets out the facts around the government’s financial crisis, and raises the spectre of a tax revolt and investment revolt should the government proceed with tax increases and asset seizures.
26 February 2021 – The IRR’s submission to Parliament, urging a fundamental rethink on the Expropriation Bill of 2020, and making the case for amendments to bring it into line with the Constitution.
19 February 2021 – The IRR’s submission to Parliament on the Employment Equity Amendment Bill of 2020, warning that the measure will hinder rather than promote socio-economic upliftment.
18 November 2020 – The IRR’s submission to the Standing Committee on Finance (National Assembly) regarding the South African Reserve Bank Amendment Bill
19 February 2019 – IRR submission on the Draft Expropriation Bill of 2019. Read the IRR’s submission to the Department of Public Works warning of the Expropriation Bill’s likely adverse repercussions.
28 September 2018 - Pressing ahead with National Health Insurance (NHI) will steadily undermine South Africa’s excellent private healthcare system, and overburden the country’s already gravely deficient public health system, at vast cost to taxpayers, the IRR warns in its submission to parliament.
10 September 2018 - This submission is made by the South African Institute of Race Relations NPC (IRR), a non-profit organisation formed in 1929 to oppose racial discrimination and promote racial goodwill. Its current objects are to promote democracy, human rights, development, and reconciliation between the peoples of South Africa.