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[Opinion] If Ramaphosa wants major growth, he'll need to drive major reforms
![[Opinion] If Ramaphosa wants major growth, he'll need to drive major reforms](https://p21.juizi.com/cra-sa.com/media/if-ramaphosa-wants-major-growth-hell-need-to-drive-major-reforms/@@images/be2de293-776f-49d3-92fe-f813139d1029.jpeg "[Opinion] If Ramaphosa wants major growth, he'll need to drive major reforms")
South Africa’s low levels of growth and investment are a consequence of an inhibiting policy environment, and it is up to President Cyril Ramaphosa to drive the reforms necessary to remove obstacles to growth, argues CRA COO, David Ansara.
[News] 'We are still crying': Anger at poor public services 25 years into SA's democracy
According to the 2019 Socio-Economic Survey published by the Centre for Risk Analysis, a policy research institute, the number of regular houses in SA has increased by a quarter since 1996. The number of people with access to electricity went up by 61%, and access to flushing toilets rose 30%.
[Opinion] The dying of the light
![[Opinion] The dying of the light](https://p21.juizi.com/cra-sa.com/media/the-dying-of-the-light/@@images/63d7e2b2-69a2-43cd-bde5-23ec138d2eaa.jpeg "[Opinion] The dying of the light")
Fixing Eskom requires a better mix of energy sources including nuclear, a lower wage bill, appointing staff on merit and more autonomy for the board.
This is the future: Why facts-obsessed Frans Cronje is suddenly filled with hope for SA - BizNews
18 February 2018 - Here’s a brilliant assessment of the state of South Africa by one of the country’s foremost analysts. Frans Cronje is the CEO of the respected Institute of Race Relations, which since its formation in 1929 has been acknowledged as the country’s leading political and economic think tank.
Hoping for less of the same: An alternative SONA from the IRR’s Frans Cronje - BizNews
7 February 2018 - If South Africa’s ever-increasing demands born of post-1994 successes are not met, the ruling ANC may soon find itself in the same trouble it was in just a few weeks ago – and for the same reasons.
Press release: "Imperative to root out arms deal corruption" - SAIRR, 5 May 2011.
“President Jacob Zuma has a constitutional obligation to take effective action against corruption. This includes the corruption which appears to have accompanied the 1999 arms deal,” says the South African Institute of Race Relations (the Institute), which has been admitted as an amicus curiae (friend of the court) in a case before the Constitutional Court today.