Press Release: South Africa's Human Development Index on the rise - 25 January 2011.
After declining for over a decade, South Africa's Human Development Index (HDI) has started to rise again, says the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Number of female politicians on the rise - 25 January 2011.
Between 1994 and 2009 the number of women serving in the National Assembly (NA) increased by 56%, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg this week.
Press Release: By-elections show ANC losing support - 25 January 2011.
The last few years have seen the African National Congress (ANC) lose 38 wards in local government by-elections, while the Democratic Alliance (DA) gained 24, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published this week by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg.
Press Release: GDP per capita growth rates lag - 24 January 2011.
The annual average growth rate of South Africa's per capita gross domestic product (GDP) was less than one percent between 1970 and 2008. This is according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: More and more taxpayers of all kinds - 24 January 2011.
The total number of registered individual taxpayers in South Africa grew from 3.4 million in 2002/03 to 5.9 million in 2009/10, an increase of 73%. This is according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg this week.
Press Release: African home ownership figures higher than those of other races - 24 January 2011.
Far more Africans live in fully paid-up homes than is the case with other race groups, says the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Western Cape municipalities providing far more free basic services than other provinces - 24 January 2011.
The proportion of households receiving free basic services from Western Cape municipalities was significantly higher than the average provided to households nationally in 2009. Some 82%, 69%, and 52% of Western Cape households received free basic water, sanitation, and solid waste management services respectively. The corresponding national figures were 58%, 33%, and 23%.
Press Release: More people living in urban areas than ever before - 24 January 2011.
More people in South Africa live in urban areas than ever before. Some 52% of South Africans lived in urban areas in 1990, but this proportion went up to 62% in 2010.
Press Release: Murder more rife in rural areas - 19 January 2011.
A person in South Africa has the highest likelihood of being murdered in the Cacadu District municipality of the Eastern Cape, sexually assaulted in the Xhariep District of the Free State, violently robbed personally or at their business premises in the City of Johannesburg, and is most vulnerable to attack if they own a home in the Metsweding District of Gauteng, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Police protection service personnel rise the fastest - 18 January 2011.
The number of protection and security services personnel in the police increased 20 times faster than the number of detectives and ten times faster than visible policing staff, says the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Increase in African graduates shows higher education has transformed - 18 January 2011.
The number of Africans being awarded degrees by South African universities has increased by more than 300%, according to data from the latest South Africa Survey, to be released by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg next week.
Press Release: Handful of universities most prolific - 18 January 2011.
The University of South Africa (Unisa) is the most productive university in the country, accounting for 12.8% of all degrees conferred by a total of 23 public universities and universities of technology, says the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: More whites wanted in defence but fewer in the police - 18 January 2011.
Two departments in the security cluster aim to implement employment equity targets that have contradictory objectives. One wants to increase the proportion of white people in its ranks while the other intends to do the exact opposite, says the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Number of graduating teachers on the increase - 18 January 2011.
The number of students registering for teaching qualifications has increased significantly, according to the latest South Africa Survey, to be published next week by the South African Instittue of Race Relations in Johannesburg.
Press Release: The school, not race, makes the difference - 17 January 2011.
A pupil's chances of passing matric improve dramatically if they attend a former 'Model C' school, says the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Awaiting-trial detainees are driving prison overcrowding - 17 January 2011.
The degree of prison overcrowding for awaiting-trial detainees rose by 1 044% and for sentenced prisoners by 18% between 1995 and 2009, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: No-fee schools account for more than half of all South African schools - 17 January 2011.
No-fee schools make up 55% of all South Africa's public schools, and account for 43% of all pupils attending public schools, according to the latest South Africa Survey, to be released next week by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg.
Press Release: Independent schooling growing apace in South Africa - 17 January 2011.
The number of pupils attending independent schools in South Africa increased by 50% between 2000 and 2009. At the same time the number of pupils attending public schools increased only 1.6%, according to the latest South Africa Survey, to be published by the South African Institute of Race Relations next week in Johannesburg.
Press Release: Statement by the SAIRR on the behaviour of managers of the SAPF damaging police morale and the rule of law - 13th January 2011.
The South African Institute of Race Relations has warned that the behaviour of senior managers in the South African Police Force, around the recent Winnie Mandela incident, damages police morale, the rule of law, and the fight against crime.
John Kane-Berman argues that Ebrahim Patel's New Growth Plan is a nonstarter.
In his fortnightly column in Business Day, John Kane-Berman argues that the propsed introduction of the National Health Insurance scheme is another example of the ANC's proclivity "to put the cart before the horse".
John Kane-Berman argues that the Government's new plan to create five million new jobs over a ten year period is nothing new, neither of which is the widespread criticism that has met it.
In his fortnightly column in Business Day, John Kane-Berman argues that it is not only the media that is at risk from the ruling party.
In his fortnightly column in Business Day, John Kane-Berman argues that racial fronting in companies is likely to continue despite the Government's efforts to stop it.
In his fortnightly column in Business Day, John Kane-Berman argues that stopping racial fronting in companies is likely to be futile, just as it was when it occurred during apartheid.
Media Release: Institute backs COSATU on civil society initiative - 21st November 2010
The CEO of the South African Institute of Race Relations, John Kane-Berman, has spoken out in defence of efforts by the Congress of South African Trade Unions to promote the role of civil society organizations in the country. COSATU came in for considerable criticism from both the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) after inviting a group of civil society organizations to a meeting in Boksburg in October. Kane-Berman has described the criticism directed at COSATU as “Stalinism straight and simple”.
Media Release: Statement by the South African Institute of Race Relations: Police 'out of touch with reality' over Gugulethu murder - 16th November 2010.
As international and local media agencies have reported a British national and his wife were attacked in the township of Gugulethu on the urban periphery of Cape Town while honeymooning in the city. The couple were kidnapped by armed robbers and the wife was later found murdered. In response to media coverage the South African Police Force has released a statement expressing shock at the murder.
John Kane-Berman argues that very few believe in the Government's latest promise to create five million new jobs in the next ten years.
Media Release: Statement by the Unit for Risk Analysis at the South African Institute of Race Relations on the Cabinet's 'new growth path' - 27th October 2010.
The Cabinet has announced that as part of its ‘new growth path’ the Government will aim to create 5 million new jobs in the ten years to 2020 or 500 000 jobs a year.
In his fortnightly column in Business Day, John Kane-Berman argues that the green paper on land reform drafted by the Department of Rural Development on Land Reform only gives a small inkling on what is truly in store due to the lack of reference to black economic empowerment (BEE).
