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South Africans reject racial distractions, latest IRR polling shows

Johannesburg – A new nationally representative opinion survey by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has found a clear rebuke to political interests who continue to stoke racial divisions for their own ends. The findings reveal that ordinary South Africans have long moved past the historical politics of race and are united in their focus […]

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92% of South Africans reject race-based sports team selections in wholesale repudiation of long-standing government stance – IRR

A recent study by the Institute of Race Relations’ (IRR) has found that nearly all South Africans, from across all communities, want national sports teams to be chosen on merit, not race. This is one of the key findings in the IRR’s latest polling report on the current state of race relations, to be released

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SA’s child malnutrition crisis exposes economic and moral failure – IRR

Johannesburg, 17 October 2025 – The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) warns that South Africa’s economic and moral crisis is laid bare by two alarming figures: non-financial companies are holding a record R1.8-trillion in cash, while 21% of South African children under five are stunted due to malnutrition. Says John Endres, Chief Executive Officer at

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Free SA rejects pension tax proposals: “Hands off our retirees!”

Immediate Release1 October 2025 The Foundation for Rights of Expression and Equality (Free SA) has launched a national campaign to oppose proposed government measures to tax foreign pensions, a move it warns will severely undermine the financial security of elderly citizens, damage South Africa’s attractiveness to foreign retirees, and deter the return of diaspora citizens

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Beacon Bay Retail Park Enterprise Development Programme builds skills, strengthens businesses, and changes lives

Press ReleaseImmediate Release22 September 2025 Beacon Bay Retail Park: Where Local Business is Getting a Real Boost In October 2024, Growthpoint Properties, in partnership with Property Point, launched an Enterprise and Supplier Development Programme at Beacon Bay Retail Park in East London. The programme was introduced during a period of refurbishment and expansion at the

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Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s claims that BEE has been a ‘great success’ is indefensible, says IRR

IRR polling… found that most South Africans reject not only the claim of BEE success, but the underpinning principles of the policy as well. 16 September 2025 Deputy President Paul Mashatile recently told the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) that Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) has been a “great success,” that it must be implemented

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