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Research and Policy Brief: Fifty-year review of matric results - 10th September 2010
Much has been said about the quality of schooling in South Africa. One debate that has continued to make the headlines is whether the school system of today is ...
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Research and Policy Brief: Government should privatise land reform - 2nd November 2010
The leaked green paper on land reform proposes a new policy to drive down land prices through new taxes, land holding restrictions, watered down land rights, ...
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Research and Policy Brief: Unemployment's Statistical Illusion - 17th November 2010
Unemployment remains a central obstacle to South Africa’s attaining the ANC’s 1994 promise of a ‘better life for all’. The current rate of unemployment is ...
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Research and Policy Brief: South Africa after the ANC - 2nd July 2012.
Few analysts are prepared to make bold forecasts about South Africa’s future political landscape. This paper breaks from that pattern and argues that the ANC ...
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Research and Policy Brief: Forewarned is forearmed - 23rd June 2011.
In this speech to the AGM of the Southern African-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Johannesburg on 23rd June 2011, John Kane-Berman begins with ...
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Research and Policy Brief: Why the Firearms Control Act failed and what should be done about it - 21st June 2011.
In 2004 the South African Government implemented new gun control legislation in the Firearms Control Act. The Act required licensed firearms owners in the ...
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Research and Policy Brief: Residential property ownership in Gauteng - 10th December 2010.
Property ownership is a key part of any free and open society. Property is also a source of income, equity, and savings for many households. Yet available data ...
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Research and Policy Brief: South Africa 2010 - Frequently Asked Questions. 30th September 2010.
The Institute delivers a range of briefings and scenario planning sessions to its subscribers. These are often followed by long question and answer sessions. ...
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Research and Policy Brief: The Case for South Africa - 29th November 2010.
Recent months have seen an increasing number of people question the political and economic trajectory of our country. Once silent parties, such as organized ...
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Research and Policy Brief: ‘Green monster’ could wreck both property rights and the rule of law - 1st September 2011.
The green paper on land reform, finally made public on 31st August 2011, is part of a new assault on the Constitution and the rule of law.
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