Yearly Archives: 2018

White South Africans Conveniently Ignore Racism

The 1994 ideology of “sameness” that was introduced post-apartheid to bring peace to a much-wounded nation has begun to show cracks, a clear indication that this was, for the most part, a one-sided concord dependent on whose privilege matters most. Samantha Kambule, a Communications and Advocacy Project Leader at IJR, notes that it is time that white people show their stance on racism, march against their convenience and join a call for justice. She further stresses that for our country to rid itself of the chronicle of ‘us’ versus ‘them’ everyone needs to join in confronting social injustices of any kind and remind each other of the importance of dignity for all human beings.

By |2024-05-21T12:23:35+02:0028th February 2018|Newsletter|

STATEMENT ON THE LATE MORGAN RICHARD TSVANGIRAI

IJR mourns the passing away of Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, the trade unionist, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe. Tsvangirai was a courageous leader of the opposition against Robert Mugabe’s political regime.

By |2024-05-21T12:23:35+02:0016th February 2018|News, Uncategorised|

IJR WELCOMES THE RESIGNATION OF JACOB ZUMA

IJR welcomes the resignation of President Jacob Zuma. While there are concerns about the majority party’s process around presidential recalls – as it happened previously with President Mbeki – we regard Zuma’s resignation as being in the best interest of the country

By |2024-05-21T12:23:35+02:0015th February 2018|News|

STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO BANNING OF INXEBA FROM MAINSTREAM CINEMAS

IJR joins the call for the FPB to withdraw this banning, effective immediately, as we believe that denying someone of their right to be represented, heard and protected threatens our prospects of collectively reimagining a national consciousness that is characterised by accountability, inclusion, justice and the full realisation of another's humanity.

By |2024-05-21T12:23:35+02:0015th February 2018|News, Uncategorised|

Holding Economic Criminals to Account: A Global Struggle

As a result of focusing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on violent human rights violations, there were alternative forms of justice that were ignored. South Africa did not address the impact that economic criminals and injustices had on the socioeconomic livelihoods of those who were disadvantaged during apartheid.

By |2024-05-21T12:23:35+02:006th February 2018|Uncategorised|
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