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The IRR’s Blueprint for Growth: Cut VAT & BEE

This paper proposes that the government should unlock billions in growth potential by being transparent about the real costs of so-called BEE “premiums”, ...

Infrastructure: Connect Communities, Create Wealth

'#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 ...

FreeFACTS - August 2023

This edition of FreeFACTS looks at the issue of social grants and shows how they have been expanded rapidly.

A population boom - but only in some provinces | FreeFACTS February 2025

In this edition the demographics of South Africa’s provinces are shown and it is clear that the various provinces are diverging in areas such as population ...

Higher education expansion shows advances | FreeFACTS - April 2024

This edition of FreeFACTS looks at the expansion of higher education in South Africa and argues that it is one of the successes of the post-apartheid era.

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 ...

Investment: Eliminate Barriers, Empower Job Creators

'#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 ...

FreeFACTS - October 2022

This edition of FreeFACTS looks at the state of South African democracy. While it notes that while South Africa does well on various indices that measure the ...

Rapid changes in SA media landscape | FreeFACTS - September 2024

This edition of FreeFACTS looks at the South African media landscape. It notes the decline in print media but also shows that the South African press and ...