Freeing Education - The future of the Class of 2020: How to build a bright education future
22 January 2020 – This report offers practical and easily implementable policy solutions to the failures in the South African education system.
Thrown Under The School Bus - The future of the Class of 2020: Gauteng as bellwether on education
14 January 2020 – This report examines grave deficiencies in education in Gauteng – and the implications for schooling nationally – and suggests how these can be addressed effectively.
How Zakaria got it wrong
12 December 2019 – This report analyses flaws in the debate on expropriation without compensation arising from faulty and often misrepresented evidence.
FreeFACTS - November 2019
This edition of Free Facts looks at the latest trends around inequality. Latest figures shows that despite popular belief, inequality is actually declining. In addition, inequality is highest among black South Africans which means a rethink is necessary around policies such as black economic empowerment and employment equity.
FreeFACTS - October 2019
This edition of Free Facts looks at the parlous state of South Africa’s finances and why a policy of prescribed assets is increasingly possible.
What’s wrong with the golden promise of NHI?
Read the IRR’s updated proposal to solve the South African healthcare crisis.
LGBTQ Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: Perspectives of the region from the region
14 November - Despite recent positive developments, Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the more hostile regions for sexual minorities.
FreeFACTS - September 2019
This edition of Free Facts looks at South African education and the trends (some positive and others negative) that have emerged in post-apartheid South Africa.
Going For Growth - Submission on Economic transformation, inclusive growth and competitiveness: Towards an Economic Strategy for South Africa
The IRR made a submission on the economic policy document released by the minister of finance, Tito Mboweni. Although the IRR broadly welcomes the document it argues that it doesn’t go far enough and warns that there a number f risks which could prevent the reforms being enacted
FreeFACTS - August 2019
This edition of Free Facts looks at the latest crime statistics and shows that South Africa’s trend on this is negative. The tide was turning on this scourge up until about 2011 but since then the number of murders and other serious crimes has begun to increase. Without innovative solutions this will continue to be the case.
@Liberty - Reaching the Promised Land: An alternative to the report of the Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture
This @Liberty looks at the current situation regarding land reform in South Africa and explains the ideological imperative behind the government’s drive of expropriation without compensation (EWC). It also provides a number of interventions which can lead to sustainable and practical land reform.
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.
