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South Africa on brink of an e-revolution – IRR report
30 September 2014 – The report found that access to electronic communications devices and infrastructure and the use of electric communications had increased far faster than the delivery of any other type of basic service.
Liberation for the ‘born frees’
10 September 2014 – A voucher system for school education would do more than anything else to liberate South Africa's generation of ‘born frees’.
Give all pupils school vouchers worth R12 000 each!
South Africa should introduce a comprehensive system of educational vouchers to level the educational playing field, says the IRR. The vouchers – which could be spent solely on education – would be tantamount to a universal bursary system.
South Africa should adopt a better foreign policy on Israel
In an article written for Politicsweb the IRR has argued that South Africa should revise its foreign policy on Israel towards one of constructive engagement.
Time to wake up to affirmative action dangers
Official data on wastewater management at municipal level show that very large numbers of people are potentially at risk, says the IRR (Institute of Race Relations).
Government poisoned by a toxic mix of policies
South Africa's system of government is poisoned by a "toxic mix of affirmative action, cadre deployment, and impunity", according to the IRR (Institute of Race Relations).
The best and the worst
Seven of the top ten performing municipalities, based on service delivery indicators, are in the Western Cape. Eight of the ten worst performing municipalities are in the Eastern Cape.
Affirmative action is killing babies and must be scrapped
The CEO of the IRR, Dr Frans Cronje, says that it is time to scrap race-based affirmative action in South Africa given the damage the policy is causing to poor and vulnerable communities.
Different policies required to fix the future
Instead of merely criticising ANC policies, it is necessary to put forward fundamentally different policies and ideas. So says the Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: DA increases share of eligible votes by 400%
The Democratic Alliance (DA) increased its share of eligible votes by 400%, from 2% in 1994 to 10% in 2009.
Press Release: Worst spenders of wasted billions
KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 41% of all unauthorised expenditure in the 2011/12 financial year, followed by Gauteng with 36%.
Press Release: Single-medium schools losing hold on African languages
Public single-medium African language schools have declined since 2008, from 7.2% of all single-medium schools to 4.6% in 2012.
