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Pro-Growth or Pro-Poverty: Findings of IRR Polling 2025 | Report 1: The Political State of Play as of April 2025

Recent polling by the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR), conducted in March/April 2025, reveals shifting voter sentiment amid debates over a ...

SA must guard against provincial decoupling | FreeFACTS - October 2024

This edition of FreeFACTS looks at the differences in economic growth rates between provinces and warns against provincial decoupling.

IRR Submission to the Electoral Reform Consultation Panel

30 September 2024 - In this submission to the Electoral Reform Consultation Panel the IRR lays out the problems with the current electoral system and proposes ...

The IRR's Blueprint for Growth 4: In Service of the Public: Reforming South Africa's Public Administration

How did South Africa's public service get where it is today? How can it be improved? This paper considers the future of public service and outlines what the ...

Public Administration: Reward Skills, Deliver for Citizens

'#WhatSACanBe: 100 days to get SA back on track' is a series of nine short papers each focusing on a key policy area. Taken together, these papers offer a ...

A Question of Fate: An ANC-EFF coalition in 2024?

The prospect of the ANC losing its majority has caused a riot of speculation about what a post-election government might look like. Will the ANC be able to ...

The Day After the Night Before: Governance implications of a gridlocked Parliament

Election Day is rushing nearer and silly season has begun. And while what happens on 29 May is of vital importance, it is what comes after that is of even ...

Growth prospects of the Democratic Alliance manifesto

There is a singular overarching goal that any post-election public policy must achieve: vigorous economic growth. The success of everything else, from reducing ...

Growth prospects of the African National Congress manifesto

There is a singular overarching goal that any post-election public policy must achieve: vigorous economic growth. The success of everything else, from reducing ...

The 7 Economic Pillars of the EFF

The South African political party the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) claims to fight for what it conceives to be 'economic freedom'. Its conception of ...