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The 80/20 Report on Local Government examines the structure, roles, and responsibilities of local government, tracks the history of local government from the ...

Flashes of common sense bring out contradictions in the ANC's latest policy documents. Published in Johannesburg on 27 March 2017.

8 February 2018 - This document has two parts: Part A aims to briefly set out and analyse the extraordinary turnover rate among EFF MPs in Parliament; Part B ...

7 April 2019 – This ‘Voter cheat sheet’ is a simple, three-page summary table that sets out every main voter position and characteristic from the IRR's ...

South Africa’s transition to democracy was a brutal and violent era characterised by extraordinary political ruthlessness. This propensity for ruthlessness, ...

The Road to Electoral Reform

7 November 2022 – In this report commissioned by the Institute of Race Relations, independent elections analyst Michael Atkins makes the case for South Africa ...

The SA Pink Vote

31 August 2021 – This report examines why it is important to consider the Pink Vote, which political parties have been at the forefront of fighting for LGBTQ ...

The South African Education Crisis: Giving Power Back To Parents

31 May 2018 - South African education is in crisis. Children attending South African schools fare poorly on almost every metric, and are ill-prepared for the ...

The Ten Year Lockdown, with worse still to come

4 June 2020 – This report shows that the easing of South Africa’s stringent Covid-19 lockdown occurs against the background of an unacknowledged policy ...

Thirsty Land: South Africa’s water crisis and how to overcome it

12 March 2020 – Among the key findings in this report is that the appointment of an independent water regulator is essential if South Africa is to overcome its ...