FreeFACTS - January 2019
31 January 2019 - This edition of Free Facts looks at South African retirement funds and why the government has their eye on them. It examines government spending and debt levels and shows how these are reaching unsustainable levels. It also provides statistics on the retirement savings of South Africans, and shows how big the pot is.
FreeFACTS - December 2018
14 December 2018 - This edition of Free Facts looks at the quality of life of South Africans. White people, in general, still enjoy a higher quality of life than other South Africans. This gap is likely to remain as long as the government follows policies which fail to stimulate the economy.
The Criterion Report Vol 1 No 3
10 December 2018 – This report covers the results of a “snap poll” revealing telling shifts in support for South Africa’s main political parties.
FreeFACTS - November 2018
27 November 2018 – Crime rates are on the rise in South Africa, while faith in the police is down. Is there a way back against the scourge of crime?
Broken Blue Line 3
30 October 2018 - This is the third report of the Broken Blue Line project – the previous two having been published by the IRR in 2011 and 2015. As with the two previous reports this third report examines the extent to which the police are involved in perpetrating criminal violence.
Executive Chaos - Discontinuity in the National Executive: 2009-2018
18 October 2018 - The scale of South Africa’s discontinuity in executive leadership is undoubtedly one of the biggest contributing factors to the ANC’s failure to deliver over the last nine years.
FreeFACTS - October 2018
11 October 2018 - The crisis South Africa faces is not one of inadequate government spending or insufficient stimulus, but rather one of an economy battered by a decade of hostile policy.
FreeFACTS - September 2018
1 October 2018 - This latest edition of Free Facts looks at the state of the family in South Africa, and argues that many of South Africa’s social ills can be attributed to problems relating to the lack of a stable family environment.
28 September 2018 - Pressing ahead with National Health Insurance (NHI) will steadily undermine South Africa’s excellent private healthcare system, and overburden the country’s already gravely deficient public health system, at vast cost to taxpayers, the IRR warns in its submission to parliament.
The Criterion Report Vol 1 No 2
26 September 2018 - More than two thirds of South Africans believe individuals should have the right to own property, and 90% are opposed to the government being able to take away land they own themselves, this second edition of The Criterion Report reveals.
The Criterion Report Vol 1 No 1
23 September 2018 - This inaugural survey of the electoral landscape shows the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is polling at 13%, with the ANC polling at 52%. Land reform emerges as the least important issue for the government in voters’ eyes.
South Africa's geological endowment
21 September 2018 – This report examines the scope for making the most of the South Africa’s underlying geology, the foundation of a wide range of vital economic sectors from mining and industry to tourism.