About ILRIG
The International Labour Research and Information Group (ILRIG) is a support organisation dedicated to research, education, training, the production of popular materials, and the provision of reflective spaces for working class movements in South and Southern Africa.
ILRIG and COVID-19
Find out more about our approach to the COVID-19 pandemic and how our work has changed in relation to lockdown.
Recent Articles
Vacancy: Researcher Educator
The International Labour Research and Information Group (ILRIG) is an NGO based in Cape Town and in Johannesburg. ILRIG provides popular educational...
Scapegoating ‘illegal foreigners’ is no answer to South Africa’s historic, home-grown crises
By Dale T. McKinley Published in Mail & Guardian To paraphrase the official dictionary definition, scapegoating is the act of blaming a person,...
South Africa needs a more grounded, climate-conscious media
By Dale T. McKinley Published in Daily Maverick For the vast majority of the world’s population, climate change has become an ever-more integral,...
Events
The Building Women’s Power Curriculum & School
The Building Women’s Power project is a program within ILRIG developed to support self-organized formations and activists to promote feminist...
Housing Film Festival
Films| Discussions | Poetry and Music 3PM at Isivivana Centre, Khayelitsha 04 Dec 2022 Program 3pm - Opening and Introduction to the program 3:20 -...
ILRIG WEBINAR: INFORMAL/ARTISANAL MINING IN SOUTH AFRICA UNCOVERED: THE HISTORY, JOURNEY & PRESENT REALITYILRIG WEBINAR:
THIS EVENT HAS PASSED. Watch the webinar recording below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXZU1f1dMIo Informal/artisanal mining has, in recent...
Educational Resources
2023 Calendar
The Climate Crisis and Global inequality The struggle for environmental justice can no longer be delayed. The world is experiencing climate...
Workers World News Issue 123 (August 2022)
Around the world, in the form of rising temperatures, pandemics, scarce natural resources, forced migration, and increasing natural disasters, we...
Workers World News Issue 122 (June 2022)
Solidarity and internationalism take centre-stage in this issue of Workers’ World News, in light of deepening repression faced by the poor and...