Lies of the land – government’s deeply questionable Land Audit
27 March 2018 - Who Owns the Land? notes that aside from numerous errors in its texts and tables, the Audit does not support many of the claims that have been made.
Life in South Africa much better than in 1994 – Think tank report
8 November 2016 - The IRR has released a report titled Life in South Africa: Reasons for Hope, that sets out the social and economic progress our country has made since 1994. The report found progress in areas ranging from the economy to crime, education, healthcare and living standards.
The IRR puts out in the region of 50 media releases annually drawing attention to its major research and policy findings.
Mining and People: The Impact of Mining on the South African Economy and Living Standards
6 February 2018 - “Mining and People: The Impact of Mining on the South African Economy and Living Standards”, latest @Liberty report from the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), is a comprehensive survey of mining’s critical role in the economy and in the lives of people, both in mining communities and far beyond them.
Mining does not get the credit it deserves for its contribution to the South African economy
15 February 2017 – South Africa's mining industry must start blowing its own trumpet. The mining sector does not get the credit it deserves for its contribution to the South African economy, says a paper published today by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).
More South Africans receive grants than have jobs – a recipe for chaos and violence
21 June 2017 – There are more people receiving social grants in South Africa than there are people with jobs. This is the finding from the latest South Africa Survey published by the IRR last week.
Murders of police officers have decreased over the past 20 years
28 June 2017 – The rate at which police officers are being murdered has fallen significantly over the past twenty years, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR).
New BEE regulations will promote corruption and harm service delivery
22 July 2015 – The IRR has warned that draft regulations published last week will increase the costs of goods and services procured by the Government and thereby harm service delivery.
New IRR report says South Africa’s politicians need new policy focus on cancer
1 June 2017 – The IRR has released a report on the extent to which cancer and other non-communicable diseases affect South Africans. The report was released to coincide with National Cancer Survivors Day this coming Sunday, 4 June 2017.
Newly published scenarios explain whether South Africa’s rainbow nation ideal will survive the next decade
30 May 2017 – A new set of scenarios explaining how South Africa’s long-term future will unfold has been released in the form of a book titled A Time Traveller’s Guide to South Africa in 2030.
No convincing health rationale for the sugar tax
15 September 2016 - The National Treasury has no convincing reason to believe that its proposed 20% excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) will be effective against obesity, says the IRR in a policy paper on the proposed tax, published yesterday.
No scientific basis to climate change scare
25 November 2015 – “Belief that mankind is changing the climate in a dangerous way has become a ruling ideology of today,” writes Andrew Kenny, an engineer and energy expert, in the latest issue of @Liberty, the policy bulletin of the IRR.
Non-commercial cattle account for two-fifths of total herd
08 August 2016 - According to the July edition of Fast Facts published by the IRR this month (August) the non-commercial herd of cattle accounted for just over 40% of the total cattle herd in 2015.
Northern Cape records fastest-growing monthly rental rates
10 April 2018 - The Northern Cape’s average residential rental prices grew the fastest compared to other provinces between 2010 and 2016, according to data published in the 2018 South Africa Survey
Nothing to be had if the cupboard is bare
22 February 2018 – The latest edition of Fast Facts, ‘Old Mother Hubbard’, from the Centre for Risk Analysis at the IRR, assesses the 2018 Budget, warning that, in the absence of profound changes in economic policy, “Mr Ramaphosa will fail to translate his political success into an economic reformation”.
Ominous raid on investigative journalist Jacques Pauw’s home has a chilling effect on democracy
1 March 2018 - Profoundly worrying questions arise from the raid by the Hawks' Crimes Against The State Unit on the Riebeek Kasteel home of writer and investigative journalist Jacques Pauw.
Only 4 in 10 people of working age have a job
21 August 2017 - Less than half of South Africans of working age have a job. This is a finding of the 2017 South Africa Survey published by the IRR, based on Stats SA data.
Piped water provided to at least 1.3 million people every year
30 March 2015 – At least 22.2 million people got access to piped water between 1996 and 2013. This works out to an average of 1.3 million per year, or 109 000 people every month.
Poor carry brunt of SA’s water pollution burden – IRR report
15 November 2016 - The IRR has published a new policy paper on water pollution in South Africa and the impact that such pollution has on poor households.
Press Release: Children on social grants increase thirteen-fold - 18th January 2012
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.
