Press Statement: 2009 Matric Results - 7th January 2010
The South African Institute of Race Relations anticipates that an assessment of the 2009 matric results will reveal the following problems.
Press Statement: Terror threat to the soccer World Cup? - 14th January 2010
The South African Institute of Race Relations has warned in an article on its website that there may indeed be terror threats to the soccer World Cup.
Press Statement: Unit for Risk Analysis warns on land reform proposal - 15th March 2010
The Unit for Risk Analysis at the South African Institute of Race Relations has described the proposed nationalisation of agricultural land in South Africa as a potentially cataclysmic event for South Africa’s economy.
Press Statement: New local government report reveals challenges - 8th February 2010
One of the largest and most comprehensive statistical breakdowns of local government performance to date was released by the South African Institute of Race Relations this week.
Press Statement: Mpshe must stay off the Bench - 11th February 2010
The South African Institute of Race Relations calls upon the General Council of the Bar, which has already objected in strong terms to the appointment of state official Mokotedi Mpshe as an acting judge, to bring an urgent action to have this appointment set aside.
Press Statement: Unit for Risk Analysis report on healthcare services in South Africa - 28th June 2010
The South African Institute of Race Relations has warned that any proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) system would threaten the excellence of South Africa’s private healthcare sector.
Press Statement: Threats of xenophobic violence - 13th July 2010
The Unit for Risk Analysis at the South African Institute of Race Relations has urged senior leaders in Government to make a series of concerted public statements condemning threats of xenophobic violence.
Media Release: URA cautions South Africa’s Government on Lonmin rights snatch - 06 August 2010
This morning the Institute’s Unit for Risk Analysis warned the Government that it was undermining investor sentiment on South Africa
Press Statement: Race Relations Institute backs AfriForum on racism charge - 11th December 2009
The South African Institute of Race Relations has noted with concern the attack by the chairman of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Mr Gwede Mantashe, on the civil rights organisation AfriForum. Speaking at an SACP congress this week Mr Mantashe described AfriForum as a group that fights for a ‘racist cause’.
Press Release: More prisoners or just longer sentences? 5th March 2012.
The proportion of South African prisoners serving sentences longer than ten years increased by more than 2 400% between 1995 and 2011, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: South African investment in Africa increasing four times faster than overall foreign investment - 7th February 2012.
South African direct investment in Africa has increased at four times the rate of overall South African foreign direct investment since 1994, according to the latest South Africa Survey, recently published by the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Only 15% of public schools have laboratories - 7th March 2012.
The proportion of schools with laboratories and stocked laboratories declined greatly between 2006 and 2011, according to the South Africa Survey 2010/2011, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Only one in five matrics get more than 50% in maths and science - 29th January 2013.
Only 20% of pupils writing matric mathematics and physical science achieve more than 50%, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg last week.
Press Release: Half of HIV-positive people are women of child-bearing age - 10th February 2012
Of those infected with HIV in South Africa, one in two is a woman of child-bearing age. This is according to the latest South Africa Survey, recently published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg.
‘Waste economy’ holds economic and environmental benefits for South Africa
21 October 2015 – South Africa should be doing much more to ‘monetise’ the waste products currently being deposited in landfills and other dumps. This would clean up the environment while also creating local jobs and supporting the emergence of local entrepreneurs.
215 DG and ministerial relationships since 2009 under Zuma administration
3 August 2017 - Today, the IRR released a report titled “Political musical chairs: Turnover in the national executive and administration since 2009”.
Trade report reveals South Africa’s export and manufacturing weaknesses
27 November 2014 – The key finding is to highlight the uncompetitive nature of the South African economy, and that policy reforms to boost manufacturing and export competitiveness seem the only way to reverse significant trade deficits.
Press Release: Independent schools on the rise, public schools dropping - 29th February 2012.
Despite an increase in the number of independent schools the number of all schools in South Africa dropped between 2000 and 2010, according to the latest South Africa Survey, recently published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg.
Mining and the environment - SA needs new, more balanced approach
25 April 2018 – South Africa must revise its many and complex environmental regulations if it is to attain effective environmental protection, together with a thriving mining sector capable of boosting economic and social progress, according to the IRR’s latest @Liberty report.
How Julius Malema destroyed the NPA’s case against Jacob Zuma in 365 days
10 May 2018 – The latest report from the IRR, ‘Year One: How Julius Malema destroyed the NPA’s case against Jacob Zuma in 365 days’ examines the primary role played by the then ANC Youth League leader in the destruction of the National Prosecuting Authority’s original case against former President Zuma.
