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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
3 August 2017 - Today, the IRR released a report titled “Political musical chairs: Turnover in the national executive and administration since 2009”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.