8 March 2019 - This issue of Free Facts looks at a number of indicators which shows how South Africa deteriorated through the Zuma years. This edition shows how GDP stagnated, crime rates rose, and how unemployment continued to rise. However, the point is made that this deterioration is on the back of much progress since 1994. The next issue of Free Facts will look at the progress that the country has made, and how it can once again get onto a path of progress.
6 March 2019 - The first set of results from the IRR’s February 2019 Election Poll provide key insights into voters’ party political preferences and the electoral standing of the major parties.
4 March 2019 – The latest @Liberty report makes the case for a decisive shift in mining policy from an emphasis on beneficiation to measures that boost mining itself, and the myriad industries that feed into it.
25 February 2019 – A huge number of South Africans rely on minibus taxis (82% of all respondents), which dominate the market (64% of all taxi-users), but there are profound concerns both about taxi-safety and crime, as well as the condition of South African roads, this Special Edition of The Criterion Report reveals.
19 February 2019 – IRR submission on the Draft Expropriation Bill of 2019. Read the IRR’s submission to the Department of Public Works warning of the Expropriation Bill’s likely adverse repercussions.
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.
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.
10 December 2018 – This report covers the results of a “snap poll” revealing telling shifts in support for South Africa’s main political parties.
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?
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.
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.
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 - February 2019
