Two out of every three young African women are jobless, according to the latest South Africa Survey just published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johanneburg.
Two out of every three young African women are jobless, according to the latest South Africa Survey just published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johanneburg.
Only 33% of children in South Africa live with both their parents. The rest live with single parents, on their own, with relatives, or in foster care, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
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.
Over 3.3 million crimes occur every year but half of them go unreported, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg.
The IRR has appointed Mr Ian Cruickshanks as its chief economist.
A report released this morning by the South African Institute of Race Relations tracks the performance of black people in the economy and broader society over several decades, with a special emphasis on the post-1994 period. It suggests that the widely held notion that racial transformation in South Africa has failed is not true - although much still needs to be done to create opportunities for black people.
Despite the Government's demand that companies in the private sector conform to employment equity targets, the demographics of upper management in most South African parastatals do not reflect the demographics of the country, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg this week.
The South African Institute of Race Relations says that Reeva Steenkamp, late girlfriend of murder accused Olympian, Oscar Pistorius, is one of approximately 2 500 adult women who are murdered in South Africa every year.
There has been a significant decrease in the number of police officers murdered since 1994.
As international and local media agencies have reported a British national and his wife were attacked in the township of Gugulethu on the urban periphery of Cape Town while honeymooning in the city. The couple were kidnapped by armed robbers and the wife was later found murdered. In response to media coverage the South African Police Force has released a statement expressing shock at the murder.
The number of protection and security services personnel in the police increased 20 times faster than the number of detectives and ten times faster than visible policing staff, says the South African Institute of Race Relations.
The South African Institute of Race Relations calls for the immediate suspension of all police officers involved in the shooting at Lonmin yesterday pending charges of murder and/or culpable homicide.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) increased its share of eligible votes by 400%, from 2% in 1994 to 10% in 2009.
KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 41% of all unauthorised expenditure in the 2011/12 financial year, followed by Gauteng with 36%.
The proportion of people who believe that the Government is performing well dropped by 37%, from 74% in 2002 to 54% in 2012.
Estimates show that from 2030 onwards, South Africa will have a decreasing population.
But for HIV/AIDS, the population of South Africa would be over 4.4 million more than it is today. So says the South African Institute of Race Relations in its latest South Africa Survey, published this week in Johannesburg.
The Government - or at least one part of it - appears once again to be trying to get control of independent organisations in civil society.
Two pieces of pending legislation could together result in the expropriation of commercial farming operations with zero compensation.
African households experience 92% of all stock theft cases reported, according to the 2013 South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR) in Johannesburg recently.