Press Release: Extended households record short-term leap
Extended household numbers rose sharply by almost a million in just two years and were the only type of household to experience growth, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR) last week.
Dependency on employed down but still high among Africans - 14 January 2013.
Every worker in South Africa supports themselves and on average three additional non-working people, according to the latest South Africa Survey, to be published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg next week.
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: Disappearing domestic workers - 31st January 2013.
The number of domestic workers in South Africa has declined over the past ten years according to data published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in its annual South Africa Survey this month. The number of domestic workers declined from 1 215 000 in 2003 to 1 153 000 in 2012, or by 5%.
Press Release: Less than a third of children attend Early Childhood Development centres - 2nd February 2012.
More than two thirds of all children between the ages of 0 and 4 do not attend Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published last week by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg.
Press Release: Pupils also seek greener pastures
A combined total of 153 392 school-aged children between 6 and 18 left the Eastern Cape, the Free State, Limpopo, and the North West between 2001 and 2007, but only 90 998 moved into those provinces.
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.
Press Release: Education, not race, will determine employment equity progress in South Africa - 19th September 2012.
Educational achievement is a more important indicator than race in determining whether someone is likely to be employed in a professional position, according to data from the South African Institute of Race Relations. This challenges the view that employers in South Africa are resisting racial transformation.
Press Release: Electricity: wired up but switched off - 5th March 2013.
Despite the fact that 84% of South African homes have access to electricity, over a quarter of households do not use it for cooking and over half do not use it for heating, according to the latest South Africa Survey published by the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: The New Expropriation Bill is Better – But Still Bad - 27th March 2013.
The Expropriation Bill is back. It is better than its 2008 predecessor in one key way, for it allows the courts to decide the compensation payable for expropriated property. This is a major advance. In many other ways, however, the Bill remains as bad as before.
Press Release: Number of farmworkers plummets - 26 January 2011.
The number of people employed on commercial farms has dropped by 27.1%, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg this week.
Press Release: Fewer than two children per woman in future - 16th January 2012.
The fertility rate will drop below two births per woman by 2040, according to the latest South Africa Survey, to be published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg next week.
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: Fivefold expansion in ART access - 1 February 2011.
Nearly one in ten people in the world who receive Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) live in South Africa. Access to ART in the country has increased more than fivefold in the past four years, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: South Africa on a positive development trajectory shows South African Development Index (SADI) - 7th December 2011.
The South African Development Index (SADI) has recorded its fourth consecutive increase for 2011.
Press Release: Western Cape municipalities providing far more free basic services than other provinces - 24 January 2011.
The proportion of households receiving free basic services from Western Cape municipalities was significantly higher than the average provided to households nationally in 2009. Some 82%, 69%, and 52% of Western Cape households received free basic water, sanitation, and solid waste management services respectively. The corresponding national figures were 58%, 33%, and 23%.
Press Release: GDP per capita growth rates lag - 24 January 2011.
The annual average growth rate of South Africa's per capita gross domestic product (GDP) was less than one percent between 1970 and 2008. This is according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Handful of universities most prolific - 18 January 2011.
The University of South Africa (Unisa) is the most productive university in the country, accounting for 12.8% of all degrees conferred by a total of 23 public universities and universities of technology, says the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release - New HIV infections halve from almost 2 000 to fewer than 1 000 a day
Approximately 1 000 people get infected with HIV daily in South Africa. High as this may seem, the figure has decreased by more than 50% since 1999.
Press Release: 1 in 2 pregnant women in Gert Sibande district HIV-positive, but only 6% in Namakwa
Some 46.1% of women attending public antenatal clinics in the Gert Sibande district municipality (Mpumalanga) are HIV-positive.
