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Press Release: Canny amendments to the Protection of State Information Bill - 28th March 2012.
Canny amendments to the Protection of State Information Bill of 2011 (the Bill) might suffice to persuade a majority of Constitutional Court judges that the measure now passes constitutional muster, says the South African Institute of Race Relations. The amendments genuflect towards the Constitution’s guaranteed right ‘to receive or impart information’. However, they are likely to mean little in practice.
Press Release: Business urged to do more to develop skills - 15th March 2012.
The South African Institute of Race Relations has said that companies invested in South Africa could overcome some of the skills constraints they face by doing more to identify and fund tertiary study opportunities for potential graduate professionals.
Press Release: Only 15% of public schools have laboratories - 7th March 2012.
The proportion of schools with laboratories and stocked laboratories declined greatly between 2006 and 2011, according to the South Africa Survey 2010/2011, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: More prisoners or just longer sentences? 5th March 2012.
The proportion of South African prisoners serving sentences longer than ten years increased by more than 2 400% between 1995 and 2011, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: Independent schools on the rise, public schools dropping - 29th February 2012.
Despite an increase in the number of independent schools the number of all schools in South Africa dropped between 2000 and 2010, according to the latest South Africa Survey, recently published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg.
Press Release: Half of HIV-positive people are women of child-bearing age - 10th February 2012
Of those infected with HIV in South Africa, one in two is a woman of child-bearing age. This is according to the latest South Africa Survey, recently published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg.
Press Release: Most pupils choose English instead of their mother tongue - 7th February 2012.
Over 60% of pupils in South African schools choose English for learning and teaching, despite the fact that only 7% of pupils speak English as their home language, according to the latest South Africa Survey, recently published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg.
Press Release: South African investment in Africa increasing four times faster than overall foreign investment - 7th February 2012.
South African direct investment in Africa has increased at four times the rate of overall South African foreign direct investment since 1994, according to the latest South Africa Survey, recently published by the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Press Release: South Africa's democracy is slipping - 6th February 2012.
South Africa’s performance in key areas of democracy is slipping, according to the latest South Africa Survey, recently published by the South African Institute of Race Relations last month.
Press Release: South Africa's road death to murder ratio a global anomaly - 6th February 2012.
South Africa is the only country in the world whose murder rate exceeds its road accident fatality rate, according to the South Africa Survey, released by the South African Institute of Race Relations last month.
