20 March 2018 – The IRR’s 2017 field survey confirms that race relations are generally still sound. This provides a vital foundation for building on the country’s many strengths and helping South Africa to realise even more of its enormous potential.
Reports
Below is chronological listing of the reports we have released in support of our campaigns and advocacy efforts to defend your right to make decisions about your own life free from unnecessary government or political interference and counter-productive policy.
8 February 2018 - This document has two parts: Part A aims to briefly set out and analyse the extraordinary turnover rate among EFF MPs in Parliament; Part B aims to provide an explanation for the phenomenon.
7 February 2018 - This document is drawn from a speech delivered by Frans Cronje to the FW de Klerk Foundation in Cape Town on the 28th anniversary of Mr de Klerk’s announcements in Parliament on 2 February 1990.
@Liberty - Mining and People: The impact of mining on the South African economy and living standards
6 February 2018 - Although the mining sector no longer dominates the South African economy as it once did, mining accounts for a major proportion of the country’s earnings of foreign exchange.
@Liberty - Ramaphosa and the Strange Workings of ANC Democracy
30 January 2018 - The report, written by distinguished political analyst, R W Johnson, provides an “unrivalled picture of the country’s mood on the cusp of a great change”.
25 January 2018 - On average, pupils in independent schools in South Africa achieve much better National Senior Certificate results (sometimes loosely known as “matriculation” results) than do their counterparts in public schools. This applies to the overall pass rate, as well as to the higher “bachelor” pass rate required for admission to university to study for a degree.
@Liberty - Deep and dangerous: Health and safety in our mines
The latest @Liberty report from the IRR (Institute of Race Relations) – “Deep and Dangerous: Health and Safety in Our Mines” – seeks to explain the current safety and health rules and explore the ways in which they are being implemented.
@Liberty - Pressing ahead with NHI implementation
24 November 2017 - There is still no clarity on what the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) system will cost, how it will be financed, how the supply of health services can be ramped up to match increased demand, how the enormous administrative burden will be met, or how the corruption the new system will foster can be curbed.
A strategic report by the Centre for Risk Analysis at the IRR on how the leadership race in the African National Congress (ANC) is likely to conclude and what the long-term implications for South Africa and the economy will be.
@Liberty - A new approach to empowerment in mining
06 Septemeber 2017 - The new charter identifies its ownership, skills development, and community upliftment elements as ‘ring-fenced’ elements with which mining companies must demonstrate ‘100% compliance at all times’. These targets apply ‘throughout the duration of a mining right’, which is generally 30 years.
Turnover in the National Executive and Administration since 2009. This report was released in Johannesburg on 3 August 2017.