In his fortnightly column in Business Day, CEO of the South African Institute of Race Relations, John Kane-Berman, argues, "It is not often that the government puts a price tag on failed policies, but that is what the Department of Human Settlements recently did with nepotism, cadre deployment, affirmative action, "tenderpreneurship" and general corruption in subsidised housing under the reconstruction and development programme (RDP)."
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Imperative to root out arms deal corruption - 5 May 2011.pdf
“President Jacob Zuma has a constitutional obligation to take effective action against corruption. This includes the corruption which appears to have accompanied the 1999 arms deal,” says the South African Institute of Race Relations (the Institute), which has been admitted as an amicus curiae (friend of the court) in a case before the Constitutional Court today.
“President Jacob Zuma has a constitutional obligation to take effective action against corruption. This includes the corruption which appears to have accompanied the 1999 arms deal,” says the South African Institute of Race Relations (the Institute), which has been admitted as an amicus curiae (friend of the court) in a case before the Constitutional Court today.
You write in your editorial (A thug state in the making, April 13) that most South Africans don’t see Julius Malema as dangerous but rather as laughable.
MEMBERS of Parliament sitting on its justice committee were recently reported to have been "visibly shocked" at evidence of corruption and incompetence.
Press Release: A lost generation? 6th April 2011.
A third of 15-24 year-olds are not in education, employment, or training, according to a new report on families and youth released by the South African Institute of Race Relations this week.
Press Release: Two thirds of children grow up without both parents - 5th April 2011.
Only a third of children are living with both of their biological parents, according to a new report released by the South African Institute of Race Relations this week.
Press Release: New report released on families and youth in South Africa - 4th April 2011.
South African families are in crisis according to a new report released by the South African Institute of Race Relations this week. The report, entitled The First Steps to Healing the South African Family, documents the extent of family breakdown in South Africa and the effect this is having on children and the youth.
John Kane-Berman argues that conventional wisdom has it that the violence flaring up periodically around the country arises from anger over poor "service delivery".
Press Release: Social spending up and defence down - 16 March 2011.
Government spending on housing and social protection has increased more than any other kind since the African National Congress (ANC) came to power in 1994. Defence shows the biggest decrease, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Meaningless assurances - 8th March 2011.
In an attempt at damage control, President Jacob Zuma has sought to assure coloured people in the Western Cape and Indians in KwaZulu-Natal that the Employment Equity Amendment Bill does not mean what it says, states the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Obstacles to compliance with Jimmy Manyi's bill - 3 March 2011.
Companies in the Western Cape wanting to avoid fines that could go as high as 10% of turnover will face enormous challenges in complying with a bill drafted by the Department of Labour when Jimmy Manyi was its director general, says the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Jimmy Manyi is likely to have the last laugh - 2 March 2011.
Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel has rightly repudiated government spokesman Jimmy Manyi for his statement that coloured people are ‘over-concentrated’ in the Western Cape. So too has the African National Congress (ANC). But the Government of which Manuel is part is still planning to enact a bill that could cause coloured people to move out of the Western Cape if they want work, says the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s 2011 Budget shows why South Africa is rated as the most transparent government in accounting for its expenditure, as the document openly addresses pressing issues facing South Africa. The three biggest areas of spending are education, social protection and health. A notable inclusion is funding for the environment.
Press Release: ANC job figures don't add up - 21 February 2011.
Many of the sectors the Government has recently marked out for massive job creation have been shedding jobs for years. This alone casts doubts on the feasibility of the State’s projections for new jobs, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Statement by the SAIRR on the police's commitment to fight criminality in its ranks - 15 February 2011.
Yesterday morning the Institute released a report titled Broken Blue Line – The Involvement of the South African Police Force in Serious and Violent Crime. The report accessed the extent to which police officers where often themselves implicated in committing serious and violent crimes. It also suggested a number of policy proposals to assist the police in dealing with the problem.
Press Release: South African health worse than BRIC countries despite more money - 2 February 2011.
South Africa's proportional health expenditure is the highest in comparison to the BRIC group of countries, but our health outcomes are generally worse, says the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: White income eight times higher than African - 1 February 2011.
White per capita personal income is nearly eight times higher than that of Africans, says the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: One in eight people works in the public sector - 1 February 2011.
One in eight people works in the South African public sector, according to the South Africa Survey just published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg.
Press Release: Child-support grant not an incentive for teenage pregnancy - 1 February 2011.
Far fewer teenagers give birth today than was the case two decades ago. Between 1987 and 1989 there were 124 births per 1 000 teenagers but only 58 in 2008. This is according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Fivefold expansion in ART access - 1 February 2011.
Nearly one in ten people in the world who receive Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) live in South Africa. Access to ART in the country has increased more than fivefold in the past four years, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
In his fortnightly column in Business Day, John Kane-Berman argues that the proposed new labour laws will harm, not help, the unemployment situation in the country.
Press Release: Construction of a welfare state in progress - 31 January 2011.
The number of social-grant beneficiaries has increased by more than 300% in the past nine years, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Private sector to the rescue with training of nurses - 31 January 2011.
Private nurse training institutions today produce more nurses than public nurse training institutions. This is according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg.
Press Release: One in two youths unemployed - 31 January 2011.
Two out of every three young African women are jobless, according to the latest South Africa Survey just published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johanneburg.
Press Release: Jobs created by the Expanded Public Works Programme last fewer than 50 days each - 31 January 2011.
The average job created by Phase 2 of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) lasts only 46 days, the South African Institute of Race Relations said in Johannesburg today.
Press Release: Violent protests growing in size and number but most are peaceful - 27 January 2011.
The number of violent gatherings increased between 2007/08 and 2008/09 from 705 to 718. Over the same period the number of peaceful gatherings dropped from 6 431 in 2007/08 to 6 125 in 2008/09, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published this week by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg.
Press Release: Number of farmworkers plummets - 26 January 2011.
The number of people employed on commercial farms has dropped by 27.1%, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg this week.
Press Release: Parastatals not compliant with employment equity demands - 26 January 2011.
Despite the Government's demand that companies in the private sector conform to employment equity targets, the demographics of upper management in most South African parastatals do not reflect the demographics of the country, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg this week.
Press Release: South Africa to experience population shrinkage after 2030 - 25 January 2011.
Estimates show that from 2030 onwards, South Africa will have a decreasing population.