FreeFACTS - July 2019
This edition of Free Facts looks at the unemployment crisis, and provides figures by race, region, and a number of other metrics. There is no doubt that the current rate of unemployment in South Africa is a national crisis, but on the current policy trajectory of the country, this is unlikely to change.
What's wrong with the golden promise of NHI?
21 August 2018 - The government claims that its proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) system will reduce the costs of healthcare and provide all South Africans (now numbering some 58 million people) with ‘quality’ health services that are free at the point of delivery.
South Africa's NHI Scheme
18 September 2018 - This report lays bare the appalling scale of deficiency, mismanagement, negligence and corruption in the public health sector which the government intends to be the core of its proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) system.
@Liberty - Steering Mining into the future: can the mining industry prepare itself for a reinvigorated tomorrow?
18 July 2019 - This @Liberty report analyses the state of the country’s mining industry, what current trends reveal about it, and how it might be rejuvenated.
FreeFACTS - June 2019
The South African economy is in trouble. This edition of FreeFACTS looks at the state of the economy and notes how South Africa is losing ground compared to other economies. It also shows that future economic growth is likely to remain low.
FreeFACTS - May 2019
This edition of FreeFACTS outlines the true state of race relations in South Africa. It shows that there is a large majority of South Africans who agree on the broad issues and want to work to build a country for all who live in it.
Reasons For Hope 2019 - Unite The Middle
10 June 2019 - The latest Hope report shows that racism is not the biggest problem in South Africa, and that a large majority of moderate South Africans agree on the major issues of the day.
@Liberty - A New Empowerment Strategy to Liberate the Poor
30 May 2019 – This report spells out the benefits of shifting from current Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) measures to an alternative Economic Empowerment for the Disadvantaged (EED) strategy, especially in the mining sector.
FreeFACTS - April 2019
The edition of FreeFACTS looks at South African voter trends and results. It shows how there is growing apathy among voters, which is coupled with a decline in the vote of the governing party.
The Criterion Report Vol 2 No 4
6 May 2019 – This report contains the IRR’s final results from its 8 May election tracking poll conducted between 27 April and 4 May 2019
The Criterion Report Vol 2 No 3
30 April 2019 - The first set of results from the IRR’s April 2019 Election Poll provide key insights into voters’ party political preferences and the electoral standing of the major parties.
@Liberty - The September 2018 Mining Charter: An improvement, but transformation still trumps sustainability
17 April 2019 – This report makes the case for reducing government interference in the mining industry to enable it to contribute more effectively to overcoming poverty, unemployment and inequality in South Africa.