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It is time to let the sun set on BEE, argues IRR Fellow Gabriel Crouse.
More investment, more jobs ✅
More jobs means fewer unemployed black people ✅
Ending BEE leads to increased investment ✅
Friday Briefing this week considers whether B-BBEE remains an effective policy to achieve equity and equality. And if not, what should replace it?
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The IRR stands proudly with
@GarethCliff
to
#SaveSavings
&
#ProtectPensions
.
Corporate SA must decide: will they stand with South Africans or sell us out?
Join us - Ask those you've entrusted with your money whether they will protect you against a parasitic government!
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We've taken the fight for your property rights global. We're engaging with governments and organisations around the world.
South Africans must decide: Do you want
#AFuture4SAorEWC
?
Stand with us, fight with us to
#StopEWC
:
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“[The unemployment rate rise amongst black people shows that] it is quite bizarre that a growth policy [BEE] has had the opposite effect than intended.” – IRR’s Makone Maja
#StopBEE
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(1/5) The IRR has written to the Board of
@OfficialCSA
warning that its reported instruction to all players to kneel before matches in support of the
#BlackLivesMatter
threatens political and religious freedom.
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IRR CEO Frans Cronje in Washington. DC, meeting stakeholders to discuss South Africa and its prospects
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‘The seed of the DA’s recovery has been planted by a white man in the Western Cape.’ Alan Winde should be the new leader of the DA. Stand with the IRR at
#JoinTheIRR
or SMS your name to 32823 (SMSes cost R1, Ts and Cs apply)
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“If government-run healthcare has shown South Africans one thing, it is that government cannot successfully run healthcare.”
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“BEE is clearly not working for black people. Black unemployment is now at 35%, but 15 years ago it was at 25% when BEE was first being implemented. Now with the EEA we have BEE on steroids.” – Gabriel Crouse, IRR Fellow
Join us -
#StopBEE
:
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Helen Zille has joined forces with the IRR. Now she can continue to fight for you. With your support she will be able to work for a South Africa that offers a future for all.
#JoinTheIRR
and help Helen build a better country. SMS HELEN to 32823 (SMS/R1, Ts and Cs apply).
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‘I challenge (others) to unambiguously stand up for (Adam Habib), because if you don’t there must be no doubt that one day the mob will come for you.’ – Frans Cronje
via
@BusinessLiveSA
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The IRR has delivered to the
@PresidencyZA
at the Union Buildings, the names of 16 000 ordinary citizens calling for:
- an end to the State of Disaster,
- disbanding of the NCCC, and
- the amendment of the Disaster Management Act to protect Parliament in the future.
🇿🇦
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“Poor people, the majority of whom are black, are the biggest victims of BEE because they bear the brunt [of state failure].” – IRR’s Makone Maja
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In our letter to Health Minister,
@DrZweliMkhize
, we have asked why the government has taken the position to not allow various private sector entities to procure vaccines independently and what considerations were made for coming to this decision.
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“The IRR will oppose the NHI with all the resources at its disposal. The government should rather focus on fixing what is broken instead of breaking what works.” –
@mlondi_mdluli
, IRR Campaign Manager
#StopNHI
:
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"The skills that Ramaphosa learnt as a unionist and honed as a senior ANC official were those of mediation and negotiation. Hence, his reputation as a negotiator and consensus seeker became mistaken as leadership." - Sara Gon
#Ramaphosa
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‘(There) is only one immediate “coup” threat in town: the proposal to suspend the October local elections.’ – Frans Cronje
via
@BusinessLiveSA
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"Not a single municipality in the Free State or the North West achieved a clean audit in 2020...yet, the Expropriation Bill, if passed, would allow municipalities to expropriate property without compensation and without a court order." -
@senderman
#KillTheBill
and
#StopEWC
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‘What sense does it make to send U.S. taxpayers’ money to a country that aligns itself with America’s enemies and seems determined to destroy civil liberties´– Jasson Urbach and Richard Tren
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‘(The ANC’s) objective in amending the constitution is not land reform in the main, but rather the nationalisation of the financial services and private healthcare sectors.’ - Frans Cronje
via
@BusinessLiveSA
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The public needs to be clear about one thing: Julius Malema propagates and encourages hate. It is directed against minorities. It is dangerous. And it must be condemned. Take a stand with the IRR at
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PRESS RELEASE: Would banks expect SA to pay off bonds on properties that have been expropriated without compensation (
#EWC
) by the state?
SA deserves a straight answer to this simple question.
#JoinTheIRR
to
#StopEWC
.
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When the supposed disadvantage of black multimillionaires is measured against the real disadvantage of a white matriculant from a poor family seeking his first job in the police, the absurdity of affirmative action becomes an injustice.
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SA must pressure the DA to expel racist leaders, stamp out corruption, stop race-based policies, break off its alliance with the EFF, and appoint good leaders. SA needs a strong & principled opposition.
#JoinTheIRR
#SaveTheOpposition
SMS “SA” to 32823 (SMS/R1, Ts and Cs apply)
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BREAKING: ConCourt reopens election case; IEC given until Monday to answer arguments against reopening candidate nominations.
Join a special livestream discussion on this at 7pm with Helen Zille, hosted by Gabriel Crouse.
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“BEE won’t reduce poverty and unemployment — rapid economic growth will. But it seems government is unable — or unwilling — to help foster an environment where this is possible.” –
@MariusCRoodt
, IRR Senior Analyst
#StopBEE
:
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"R883-billion was paid into private, racially indexed hands, of which R587-billion, or 66%, went to majority black-owned businesses. Non-black businesses were paid 16%." - Gabriel Crouse, IRR Fellow
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The IRR opposes forcing cricket players to demonstrate their allegiance to a specific ideological movement that they might not agree with.
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PRESS RELEASE
IRR to Presidency: you are on the wrong side of the law, and we are ready to join legal challenges against your government
Full statement:
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It’s not Siya Kolisi who deserves a roasting but the ANC government, for failing to ensure every school has a sports field. Take a stand with the IRR at or SMS your name to 32823 (SMSes cost R1, Ts and Cs apply) via
@IOL
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‘Ramaphosa says “return of land to our people will unleash enormous growth”. This is nonsense so obvious one wonders whether he believes it. If he does, SA is in very serious trouble.’
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The IRR stands proudly with
@mikeschussler
to
#SaveSavings
&
#ProtectPensions
.
Corporate SA must decide: will they stand with South Africans or sell us out?
Join us - Ask those you've entrusted with your money whether they will protect you against a parasitic government!
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David Bullard: ‘The kindest thing would be to shut the SABC down, sell off the assets and better-known radio brands to private investors, and turn its HQ into a vast museum of incompetence.’ Stand with the IRR at
#JoinTheIRR
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The IRR’s
@mlondi_mdluli
and Gabriel Crouse today continued their battle against the unconstitutional Employment Equity Amendment Bill (EEA).
They handed over a follow-up letter to
@PresidencyZA
’s office , seeking clarity on his rationale for signing this bill into law.
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"We're under a military curfew. We're supposed to be a bastion for liberty. It's not a mistake that you're under a military curfew." - Frans Cronje
🎧 LISTEN: IRR CEO Frans Cronje in conversation with
@GarethCliff
and
@KanthanPillay
on
@CliffCentralCom
, on president Cyril Ramaphosa's address to the nation last night and more.
Listen to the full show:
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Make your voice heard. Stand with the IRR in saying “No!” to forced allegiance to BLM.
Sign our petition to send a joint email of complaint with the IRR to the
@ICC
and
@OfficialCSA
.
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“[The Black Business Council] is a lobby group for wealthy tenderpreneurs who use their race and their government connections to enrich themselves.” – IRR’s
@Meneer_Mann
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UCT vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng’s celebration of a thesis ending “ONE SETTLER‚ ONE BULLET!!” symptomatic of the university’s devolving into a poisonous epicentre for hate and intolerance.
@GvanOnselen
Join the IRR at
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"Our problem has not been that our policies are good but poorly implemented or that they're just too uncertain, the real problem is that our policies are very often bad - they are destructive of economic growth."
Full discussion:
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“The government claims the Bill will help ‘return’ the land to ‘the people’, yet land and other assets expropriated for nil or inadequate compensation will, in fact, be owned or controlled by the state, and not transferred to black South Africans.”
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#ConCourt
ruling: a great day for democracy! The IRR is proud to have challenged voter suppression, and an attempt to break the election cycle. Now that
#Savethevote
worked we urge South Africans to use it wisely.
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‘This nonsense is spewed from the top and it distracts us. Worse, it divides people, and even terrifies people into thinking they must not join hands with fellow South Africans to eject looters, regardless of looks.’ – Gabriel Crouse
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We have sent a letter to the Dutch Ambassador to SA, HE Mr J P M Peters
As a major donor to
@IMFNews
, we have urged Netherlands, in considering any appeal for relief from SA, to bear in mind the country’s pursuit of destructive government policies.
To grow, SA must
#ChangeGear
.
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‘I don’t think the ZACP expect to be running the country after May 8 but their ten guiding principles make such good sense that they deserve an X on the ballot paper....’ Take a stand with the IRR at
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‘The enthusiasm for a neat conspiracy to explain [the looting] ... is an attempt to shield the current administration and organised business from culpability for the real problem, which is the absence of reforms....’ – Frans Cronje
via
@BusinessLiveSA
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Will you take a stand to
#SaveSavings
&
#ProtectPensions
?
Join us in asking those you've entrusted with your money whether they will protect you against a parasitic government.
Say no to prescribed assets! 🇿🇦
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Wall Street Journal warns today: 'snatching private property is about as destructive a policy as there is'. Join the IRR and
#tellCyril
why you reject EWC via
@WSJOpinion
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This morning we heard a somber reflection on a lost life and on communities in fear, abandoned by their government.
It is time for the people to lead and for the government to follow.
#Senekal
#UniteTheMiddle
#SaveRuralSA
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The IRR will be joining the court case on the postponement of the local government elections, to be heard on Friday, to oppose the postponement and provide an alternative. Your vote matters, and we are fighting for it.
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We have issued a letter to Health Minister
@DrZweliMkhize
, requesting clarity and details on the government's Covid-19 vaccine strategy.
The Minister has until close of business on Monday 11 January, to respond.
#LivesAndLivelihoods
are at stake.
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IRR Head of Policy Research, Dr Anthea Jeffery, speaks to
@janedutton
on
@ENCA
about why South Africans should comment on the draconian and destructive Expropriation Bill.
#KillTheBill
:
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In adopting the ANC’s failing B-BBEE policy, the DA’s Federal Council surrenders itself intellectually and morally to the governing party’s hegemonic hold over SA policy. Take a stand with the IRR at
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"That it persists with the lockdown in the face of the evidence that it is not meeting its objectives, indicates that it's not the health issues that are really at the heart of the government's decision-making, but rather the ideological ones." - Dr Jeffery
#KeepLibertyAlive
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#StopNHI
! It is time to say ‘No!’ to the uncosted and unsustainable NHI proposal and find far better ways to improve universal health coverage. Stand with the IRR at
#JoinTheIRR
or SMS your name to 32823 (SMSes cost R1, Ts and Cs apply)
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Gabriel Crouse: ‘There is no scientific basis to doubt that 9 in 10 South Africans have been infected with the virus at least once – but there is a political one.’
via
@news24
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‘Perhaps the big question is whether banks are going to be willing to stand up against the EWC agenda, in all its manifestations.’ – Terence Corrigan
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“Given the fractious nature of the
@MYANC
and the rate at which it's losing political support, you probably set up a circumstance that could trigger the internal collapse and demise of that party.”
Full discussion:
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"Dis-Chem’s racist hiring policy is just a fraction of the problem. The big problem here is that the government is making ‘more aggressive’ race laws." - Gabriel Crouse, IRR head of campaigns
#LiveFree
#StopRacism
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Behind the billionaire smile and the ability to jog with the bourgeoisie, there is a socialist telling us that he is coming for what South Africans have earned by the sweat of their brows. Stand with the IRR at
#JoinTheIRR
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#StopDisarmingDecentCitizens
Reason 5: Blaming law abiding gun owners for violent crime is a tactic used by the State to evade responsibility for its policing failures.
@GUNOWNERSSA
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‘Firstly, much of the blame for the racial makeup of (SA’s Olympic) team ... can be laid at the (government's) door ... and, secondly, few South Africans care about the skin colour of those representing the country in Tokyo.’ – Marius Roodt
via
@news24
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The Expropriation Bill is fundamentally destructive and dangerous. If South Africans want a bright future, it must be stopped.
Today is your last chance to comment on the Bill.
The future of South Africa and the power to
#KillTheBill
is in your hands:
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📣: “The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) calls on South Africans to support the petition launched today to oppose the postponement of the 2021 local government elections scheduled for October.”
#SaveTheVote
.
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IRR senior policy fellow Helen Zille will tomorrow deliver to Parliament the names of 40 000 South Africans who support our alternative proposal to solving the country’s healthcare crisis. Stand with the IRR at
#JoinTheIRR
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Did you know? 💡
The gap between rich black & poor black South Africans is the largest inequality gap in the world. After 20 years of spending huge amounts of taxpayers’ money on failures like BEE, inequality is worse than it was in 2000.
Lower taxes & spending is the way out.
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“[The] NHI is neither 'reasonable' nor 'affordable'. The government should rather focus on fixing what is broken instead of breaking what works.” –
@mlondi_mdluli
, IRR Campaign Manager
#StopNHI
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Land is SA’s rock-bottom issue, new IRR poll shows. Only 4% of black voters regard it as a priority.
@GvanOnselen
Join the IRR and
#tellCyril
why you reject EWC
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The IRR stands with
@DailyFriendSA
columnist,
@IvoVegter
, in saying NO to prescribed assets.
It's time to ask Corporate SA: will they stand up against the expropriation of pension funds?
Will they protect you against a parasitic government and
#SaveSavings
and
#ProtectPensions
?
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We are proud to count
@Unathi_Kwaza
an ally in the battle of ideas.
#JoinTheIRR
if you want to
#LiveFree
.
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"The IRR has intensified efforts to encourage public opposition to the policy, urging individuals to question their financial service providers about their stance on prescribed assets."
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🔊 LISTEN: "A State of National Disaster can be adopted far more easily but it does not suspend the Bill of Rights, and the government seems to be ignoring that." - Dr Anthea Jeffery on the unconstitutionality of the lockdown.
#OpenTheEconomy
. Save
#LivesAndLivelihoods
.
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‘Overall, the Bill is intended to make expropriation so quick and cheap for the government that it will soon become the favoured means of land acquisition for hundreds of cash-strapped organs of state.’ – Anthea Jeffery
via
@TheCitizen_News
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"It's essentially a con -
@MYANC
is claiming that
#EWC
will provide redress for the past, when in fact it will empower the government. It will turn land into a patronage tool in the hands of the state."
#StopExpropriation
:
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#StopDisarmingDecentCitizens
Reason 4: LESS GUNS DO NOT = LESS CRIME. In the last decade the number of registered gun owners has gone down, but murder rates have gone up.
@GUNOWNERSSA
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The IRR has asked
@AbsaSouthAfrica
to clarify their position on the Expropriation Bill.
The next few weeks will be some of the most important in the history of post-apartheid SA. Will ABSA stand with South Africans or sell us out on EWC?
#KillTheBill
:
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IRR predicts EWC will trigger currency devaluation, stall investment flows, drive down economic growth – possibly into recession by 2019 – and increase unemployment and poverty. Join the IRR and
#tellCyril
why you reject EWC
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The IRR will be going to the Union Buildings tomorrow to present our Memorandum on
#StopCitizenAbuse
to the Presidency. Stand by the citizen!
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#StopDisarmingDecentCitizens
: Reason 3: SAPS keeps no complete data on the different types, origins, ownership, circumstances, and locations of guns used in crime and therefore has no factual, basis for making firearm policy.
@GUNOWNERSSA
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‘SA’s citizens, irrespective of their stance on firearms, need to recognise the removal of a means of self-protection — and the legal right to use it — for the callous citizen abuse it is.’ – Terence Corrigan
via
@BusinessLiveSA
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The IRR has asked
@FNBSA
to clarify their position on the Expropriation Bill.
This draconian Bill gives the state power to seize the property of citizens without paying for it. Will FNB stand with the people or the government?
Join us to
#KillTheBill
:
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News that DA Federal Council has abandoned BEE in favour of an alternative is a brave decision and a good one: by all measures BEE, in all its iterations, has failed. Take a stand with the IRR at or SMS your name to 32823
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“We are not the subjects of government, we are not the peasants that are to be ruled by this kingly class…the government is there to serve us.” –
@Martin_ASFL
, Researcher
Watch:
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"President
@CyrilRamaphosa
had no pedigree as a reformer, merely the illusion of being one. Not being Zuma is not enough for what the country needs.” – Terence Corrigan, IRR Project Manager
#Prosper
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In
@TheStar_news
today:
"The law must be seen to be applied to the EFF's violent and coercive conduct. Failure to impose severe sanctions for the incitement and violence seen will illustrate that all are not equal before the law" -
@Meneer_Mann
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Ramaphosa claimed in the US that ‘there are no killings’ of SA farmers and ‘no land grabs’; both statements are untrue. Join the IRR and
#tellCyril
why you reject EWC
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Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) hurts more than it helps.
To
#GetSAWorking
BEE and affirmative action policies must be abandoned and replaced with meritocratic and race-neutral policies like Economic Empowerment for the Disadvantaged (EED):
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Mmusi Maimane; a good man who was misled and poorly advised by his DA colleagues. Stand with the IRR at
#JoinTheIRR
or SMS your name to 32823 (SMSes cost R1, Ts and Cs apply)
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Following the recent murders of the Rafferty's on their Normandien farm, over 3 000 people from the Newcastle community protested farm murders and the general state of corruption in the country.
We spoke to some of them.
WATCH the full documentary:
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Breaking news: Helen Zille joins the IRR to help unite South Africa’s moderate middle. Stand with the IRR at or SMS your name to 32823 (SMSes cost R1, Ts and Cs apply) via
@Netwerk24
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What a win. What a team. What a country.
South Africa agrees that our teams make us proud when they're selected on merit, not quotas.
Our people are decent, honest people with more
#CommonSense
than our politicians.
#JoinTheIRR
to ensure politicians listen to your
#CommonSense
SMS “AGREE” to 32823 (SMS/R1, Ts&Cs apply)
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The IRR stands proudly with
@RussLamberti
to
#SaveSavings
&
#ProtectPensions
.
Corporate SA must decide: will they stand with South Africans or sell us out?
Join us - Ask those you've entrusted with your money whether they will protect you against a parasitic government!
1
27
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The flag: Many have lost sight of the principle that one can disagree vehemently with a view being expressed, but still believe that the person expressing it has a right to be heard. Stand with the IRR at
#JoinTheIRR
via
@BusinessLiveSA
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IRR senior policy fellow Helen Zille delivers to Parliament the names of 40 000 South Africans who support our alternative proposals to solving the country’s healthcare crisis. Stand with the IRR at
#JoinTheIRR
or SMS your name to 32823 (SMSes cost R1, Ts and Cs apply)
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"Should the state not back out of its EWC drive, and proceed to adopt the policy as law, the likely outcome will be to stunt SA's growth and economic development prospects for at least the next 20 years"
- Frans Cronje in
@TheCitizen_News
#StopEWC
:
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Vodacom’s ‘abject cowardice’ – appeasing the EFF instead of standing up to a party that has proved itself repeatedly to be willing to abuse its democratic rights. Take a stand with the IRR at via
@News24
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When the ANC looks at Zimbabwe, it does not see the disaster obvious to the rest of us, but a liberation movement that’s still in power after 37 years. Join the IRR and
#tellCyril
why you reject EWC via
@Netwerk24
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We have written letters to prominent think tanks in Switzerland, Spain and the Netherlands
As important donor nations to the IMF, we urge them to bear in mind SA's pursuit of destructive policies, in considering any appeal for relief from SA.
#ChangeGear
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ANC repeats abhorrent views and inaccurate statistics on land ownership. They no longer have the best interests of SA at heart. Join the IRR and
#tellCyril
what you think about EWC and the threat it poses to our future
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