@Liberty - Property Rights Belong To All: Women and Property Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa
25 November 2020 - This argues that women in Africa remain excluded from the benefits of property ownership, and this must receive the attention of policy makers and society at large.
FreeFACTS - October 2020
23 November 2020 - This edition of FreeFACTS looks at corruption in South Africa. It looks at how South Africa’s ranking on the Corruption Perceptions Index has declined and the vast amounts of money that have been lost die to wasteful expenditure. It argues that corruption is effectively stealing South Africa’s future and citizens must make it clear that there must be a zero-tolerance attitude to corruption.
18 November 2020 – The IRR’s submission to the Standing Committee on Finance (National Assembly) regarding the South African Reserve Bank Amendment Bill
FreeFACTS - September 2020
27 October 2020 - This edition of FreeFACTS looks at South Africa’s unemployment crisis. It examines various aspects of South African unemployment, bringing to light the serious jobs crisis the country faces.
#SaveRuralSA: A Community Safety Charter
16 October 2020 - The IRR’s Community Safety Charter sets out a range of solutions geared to winning the fight against crime and farm attacks.
@Liberty - Electoral Reform in South Africa: The Time Has Come
29 September 2020 - This report examines the question of electoral reform in South Africa. It provides an overview of the recent debate around electoral reform and provides two proposals for a new South African electoral system.
FreeFACTS - August 2020
29 September 2020 - This edition of Free Facts looks at the latest economic growth figures which were released, and the impact that the lockdown had on South Africa. It reveals how significantly the South African economy was affected. It also provides statistics on levels of trust South Africans had in various institutions during the lockdown.
FreeFACTS - July 2020
24 August 2020 - The latest crime statistics show that violent crime still remains at very high levels. The rate of murder has not decreased in the past three years and South Africa has the third highest murder rate of any large country (after Venezuela and Brazil). The increase in crime can be linked to the decline of the SAPS (as well as other government institutions) which began under former President Jacob Zuma, but which shows no sign of changing under his successor, Cyril Ramaphosa.
Growth & Recovery: A Strategy to #GetSAWorking
18 August 2020 – This report argues that, with the right growth-enhancing policies in place, South Africa could target economic growth levels of 7% by the end of the decade.
Because #BlackLivesMatter - What Institutions need to know about the BLM Global Network
21 July 2020 – This report examines the origins, strategies and ideology of the Black Lives Matter movement, and cautions institutions about the risks of endorsing it.
FreeFacts - June 2020
This edition of FreeFACTS looks at a number of South African indicators and shows the serious trouble we are in as a country. This edition shows how we are sliding on metrics such as Economic Freedom and proposes some reforms the country should make as a matter of urgency.
freeFACTS - May 2020
The Covid-19 epidemic has forced many South Africans to change the way they work and learn. But access to tools which make it possibly to work or learn remotely are not shared equally among people in this country. This edition looks at access to various communication tools and how these trends have changed over time.
