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FreeFACTS - July 2023

This edition of FreeFACTS looks at regional disparities in South Africa. It shows differences between the country’s various provinces and argues that ...

FreeFACTS - June 2021

6 August 2021 - Latest population estimates show that South Africa now has a population of more than 60 million people. The most striking findings from the ...

FreeFACTS - May 2019

This edition of FreeFACTS outlines the true state of race relations in South Africa. It shows that there is a large majority of South Africans who agree on the ...

FreeFACTS - September 2018

1 October 2018 - This latest edition of Free Facts looks at the state of the family in South Africa, and argues that many of South Africa’s social ills can be ...

This report is about the things that have gone right in South Africa. It features a selection of the socio-economic successes we have achieved as a country and ...

Life in South Africa: Reasons for Hope

29 August 2018 – Our latest report, ‘Life in South Africa: Reasons for Hope’, reminds South Africans of the significant progress the country has made under ...

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 ...

Pro-Growth or Pro-Poverty: Findings of IRR Polling 2025 | Report 2: Policy Preferences of Registered Voters

Recent polling by the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR), conducted in March/April 2025, reveals a clear national majority, across demographic ...

Despite the damaging vitriol so often found on social media, race relations in South Africa remain sound, says the IRR in a report released in Johannesburg on ...

20 March 2018 – The IRR’s 2017 field survey confirms that race relations are generally still sound. This provides a vital foundation for building on the ...