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Press Release: Social worker shortage undermines effectiveness of social welfare legislation - 14th August 2012.
There is a shortage of social workers working in the government and non-profit sectors, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Commercial farming drives food security - 8th August 2012.
Commercial farmers account for 95% of the country’s locally-produced food, planting their crops on only 5% of total agricultural land and owning 72% of all livestock, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Deterring lawyers from litigation against the State - 3rd August 2012.
'If the Legal Practice Bill becomes law, the dependants of Andries Tatane and other victims of unjustified police shootings may find it more difficult to secure lawyers willing to take on their cases. So too may motorists offended by irrational and allegedly corrupt e-tolling, or accused people needing due process in the criminal courts.'
Press Release: A fifth of the country's households headed by over 60s - 2nd August 2012.
Almost 21% of all households in South Africa are headed by older persons (those over 60 years of age). The Eastern Cape has the highest proportion of such households, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Almost 21% of all households in South Africa are headed by older persons (those over 60 years of age). The Eastern Cape has the highest proportion of such households, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: A fifth of the country's households headed by over 60s - 2nd August 2012.
Almost 21% of all households in South Africa are headed by older persons (those over 60 years of age). The Eastern Cape has the highest proportion of such households, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Open letter to the Minister of Basic Education - 25th July 2012.
Highlighting the improvements South Africa has made in the provision of physical infrastructure in schools misses the bigger picture: that the majority of South African children will not emerge from the education system with the skills, expertise, or competence necessary to thrive in South Africa’s increasingly tertiary economy.
Press Release: Rise in no-fee schools - 23rd July 2012.
The proportion of schools that do not charge school fees increased from 55% in 2008 to 60% two years later, an overall rise of 9%, according to 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: Canny amendments to the Protection of State Information Bill - 28th March 2012.
Canny amendments to the Protection of State Information Bill of 2011 (the Bill) might suffice to persuade a majority of Constitutional Court judges that the measure now passes constitutional muster, says the South African Institute of Race Relations. The amendments genuflect towards the Constitution’s guaranteed right ‘to receive or impart information’. However, they are likely to mean little in practice.
Press Release: Business urged to do more to develop skills - 15th March 2012.
The South African Institute of Race Relations has said that companies invested in South Africa could overcome some of the skills constraints they face by doing more to identify and fund tertiary study opportunities for potential graduate professionals.
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.
