Infant mortality rate at its lowest in almost two decades
16 May 2018 – South Africa’s infant mortality rate is at its lowest in almost two decades, having fallen by 32% between 2002 and 2017, according to data in the IRR’s latest South Africa Survey.
Education Charter launched to endorse greater parental involvement in our failing schools
21 May 2018 - The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) today launches an Education Charter to give South Africans the opportunity to endorse greater parental involvement in schools as a first step to rescuing the education system from the grave crisis it is in.
SA needs an alternative to the State-run schooling that is stunting our children’s future
22 May 2018 – This first edition of FreeFACTS, ‘Parents, not politicians, must run South Africa’s schools’ exposes the extent to which the State-run school system is stunting the development of South Africa’s children, especially black pupils, and argues for stronger parental and community control over schools .
Press Release: 86% doctor vacancy rate in Limpopo - 17th January 2013.
Limpopo has the highest public sector doctor vacancy rate in South Africa, at 86%. This is according to the latest South Africa Survey, to be published in Johannesburg next week by the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Adoptions decrease by 52% while foster care grants increase by 72% - 9th July 2012.
The number of orphans in South Africa increased by 29%, from just over 4 million to approximately 5.2 million, between 2005 and 2009. In the same period adoptions decreased by 52% and foster care grants increased by 72%. This is according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
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: 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: Independent and opposition candidates gain as the ANC sees a net loss at by-elections - 5th February 2013.
The African National Congress (ANC) and the National Freedom Party (NFP) experienced net losses in the 12 sets of by-elections held between the May 2011 local government election and November 2012. The Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Congress of the People (Cope) have seen net gains, according to the South Africa Survey, recently published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg.
Press Release: African women and white men weigh in heaviest - 4th February 2013.
A third of all African women are obese. Coloured, white, and Indian women follow closely, with around a quarter being obese. Overall, almost one third of South African women are obese. This is according to the latest South Africa Survey, published recently in Johannesburg by the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Afrikaans and English no longer ‘white languages’ - 22nd April 2013.
Some 4.1 million (or 60%) of people whose home language is Afrikaans are African, coloured, or Indian. Of the 6.9 million people who speak the language at home, only 2.7 million (or 40%) are white, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Are we attractive enough? 16th January 2012.
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.
Press Release: Armed security the popular choice as private security ceases to be preserve of rich provinces - 19th January 2012.
The number of private security armed response businesses shot up by 264% while total active registered security businesses grew by 61% over a five-year period. This information appears in the latest South Africa Survey, to be published by the South African Institute of Race Relations next week.
Press Release: Billions lost due to strikes - 11th April 2013.
Just over R10bn was lost in gold and platinum production during the mining sector stoppages in the 2012/2013 financial year. An additional R180m was lost in coal production during the same period. The total value of production lost across all sectors of mining amounted to R15.3bn.
Press Release: Africans and whites on equal mortgage footing - 26th February 2013.
The emerging African middle class is catching up to the white middle class in terms of home ownership. This is according to data published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in its latest South Africa Survey.
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: Africans die of TB, whites die of heart disease - 1st February 2012
Tuberculosis is the number one killer of Africans in South Africa, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg last week.
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: Coalition-run councils increase - 30th January 2012.
Local councils run by coalitions have almost doubled in number in the last two years, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published last week by the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Most household internet access occurs via mobile phones
Less than a fifth of households would have access to the Internet if there was no access through mobile phones. As it is, more than a third of households have access to the Internet.
Press Release: Daily Sun, Sunday Times, Ukhozi FM, SABC 1 leaders in their respective fields
Adults choose the Daily Sun, the Sunday Times, SABC 1, and Ukhozi FM as firm favourites among daily and weekly newspapers, television stations, and radio stations.
