Parliamentary Information Service
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The Parliamentary Information Service (PIS) is a project that is funded by the Royal Danish Embassy, and operated by the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR). It is aimed at Members of Parliament (MPs), and seeks to promote transparent governance and accountability through enabling MPs to have access to the same, credible information. This project also aims to enable fact-based decision-making into a space that is normally dominated by ideology.
Research publications
All MPs and their support staff have access to the research publications of the PIS, free of charge. These publications include:
Query service
The Institute’s library has data from a wide variety of sources on all major political, economic, and social developments in South Africa. This information is classified each day under more than 1 200 subject headings.






