Upcoming Webinar: Education, Racism and Social Cohesion
IJR is regularly asked to intervene in schools, both public [...]
Upcoming Webinar: In Conversation With Communities – Episode 3
IJR continues its exciting webinar series entitled "In Conversation with [...]
Africa’s Democratic Decay
“There is not a single country on the African continent [...]
Webinar Series: In Conversation With Communities
We invite you to come and listen to what South [...]
The SADC will regret its approach to Mozambique’s insurgence
On June 25 Mozambique celebrated 45 years of independence from [...]
Pandemic-induced human rights violations a double tragedy to humanity
The dreaded Covid-19 pandemic sweeping across the world has already [...]
SA is a country of two nations – and evictions lay bare its injustices
Bulelani Qolani was bathing yesterday when he was forcefully removed [...]
IJR Media Statement: Dehumanising Evictions in Khayelitsha
Attention Media Houses: For Immediate Release 02 July 2020 IJR [...]
Protecting Lives and Livelihoods – Views from the Inclusive Economies Project
As the country moves to level 3 of lockdown, the opening up of the economy comes as a welcome relief to all South African’s, including the most economically marginalised. While the Covid-19 crisis spreads through the country, the media has put on raging narrative inducing a dichotomy of lives vs livelihoods. Yet, whichever side of the debate you buy into, it is always the most vulnerable segments of society that will bear a disproportionate burden of losses to both lives and livelihoods.
South Africa’s Trust Deficit and Covid-19
Freedom Day, a public holiday commemorating South Africa’s first democratic elections, passed with a bitter sense of irony.