For every road death in which a minibus taxi was involved, there were 21 road deaths that involved motor cars. This made the chances of being killed in a minibus taxi road accident almost as few as those of being run over while riding a bicycle — 2% of all road deaths in a year — according to the latest South Africa Survey, to be published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg next week.
The number of children receiving social grants has increased 13 times since 2001, according to the latest South Africa Survey, to be published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg next week.
Only half of South Africa’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) managed to post profits in the 2009/10 financial year, according to the latest South Africa Survey, to be released by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg next week.
Employment in the public service is growing four times faster than total employment, according to the latest South Africa Survey, to be published by the South African Institute of Race Relations next week.
The mining and quarrying sector was the major recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) into South Africa in 2009, followed by the manufacturing and financial sectors, according to the latest South Africa Survey, to be published by the South African Institute of Race Relations next week.
The fertility rate will drop below two births per woman by 2040, according to the latest South Africa Survey, to be published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg next week.
The South African Development Index (SADI) has recorded its fourth consecutive increase for 2011.
In his regular column in Business Day, the Institute's CEO, John Kane-Berman, argues that there is more at stake than press freedom and the right of the public to know the latest news on government malfeasance. Sooner or later the courts will be drawn into the fight.
It is often stated that South Africa has good policies in place but the implentation of those policies is poor. Our CEO, John Kane-Berman, argues that the opposite is true: poor policies are abundant in South Africa.
The socio-economic circumstances and inequalities that allowed Mr Julius Malema to become such a force in South African politics were still in evidence.
The CEO of the Institute, John Kane-Berman, pays tribute to Lawrence Schlemmer. Professor Schlemmer was a top social scientist and researcher in South Africa and was a Vice-President of the Institute.
In his fortnightly article in Business Day, the CEO of the Institute, John Kane-Berman, argues that the ANC has found a new policy compass in the Chinese.
Far from the leopard changing its spots, what is slowly beginning to happen is that more people, the latest being Tutu, are waking up to the nature of the beast.
The third quarterly release of the South African Development Index (SADI) for 2011 showed that development trends in the country continued to improve.
In his fortnightly column in Business Day, John Kane-Berman responds to Gwede Mantashe's comments on the SAIRR following Mr Kane-Berman's speech 'Revealing the Master Plan: What the ANC has in store for South Africa' in Cape Town last week.
In his fortnightly article in Business Day, John Kane-Berman argues that the "baffling" decisions made by the ANC of late are part of a larger plan outlined in the National Democratic Revolution (NDR).
[Business Day] report that the new Black Business Council — having suspended its membership of Business Unity SA (Busa) — now has a long list of "wants" (Black business ratchets up pressure on Busa, September 8).
The South African Institute of Race Relations has said that the overall picture emerging from crime statistics released by the South African Police Service this morning is positive.
The South African Institute of Race Relations has sent a complaint to the Human Rights Commission about comments made in the Sunday Times by the national director of public prosecutions, Advocate Menzi Simelane.
Frans Cronje argues that both business and the Government should think long and hard about their role in South Africa when the things they squabble over have lost relevance to ordinary people.
Frans Cronje argues that we continue to ignore the young and poor at our peril.
In his fortnightly column in Business Day, John Kane-Berman explains why he won't be paying Desmond Tutu's proposed tax for white people as reparation for apartheid.
Jobless youth are now routinely described as a "ticking time bomb", but the time bomb will have to explode before it is taken seriously enough to result in the policy changes.
There has been a significant decrease in the number of police officers murdered since 1994.
In his fortnightly column in Business Day, John Kane-Berman, CEO of the Institute, looks at whether South Africa is headed in the footsteps of Greece.
In a recent interview with the Sunday Times, Bobby Godsell of Business Leadership SA said it was time for South Africans in business, civil society, the churches, and government to be "courageous and forthright and candid in our views about how to secure our future".
What a disappointing performance by Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane in seeking to defend the admissions policy of the University of Cape Town (No better admission policy than race — for now, June 22).
John Kane-Berman, CEO of the Institute, argues that labour legislation is keeping the unemployment rate so high.
No fair referendum or election can be held in Zimbabwe on the basis of the current voters’ roll, according to a report published by the South African Institute of Race Relations (the Institute).
The second update of the South African Development Index was released today by the South African Institute of Race Relations and its Unit for Risk Analysis.
Press Release: Minibus taxi deaths as likely as being knocked off a bicycle - 18th January 2012.