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2012
- Inequality gap also stretching is South Africa Leadership, 20 February 2012
- Income inequality the ‘most divisive’ Donwald Pressly, Business Report, 19 February 2012
- Lowest earners likeliest to lose jobs SAPA, 16 February 2012
- Class overtakes race as most divisive factor in SA, says IJR Report West Cape News, 16 February 2012
- Leaders blamed for growing inequality Neo Maditla, Cape Argus, 16 February 2012
2011
- No Reconciliation without Material Dignity Ayanda Nyoka, Cape Times, 17 December 2011
- South Africans reflect on sad past Crystal van Wyk, The Africa Report, 17 December 2011
- Apartheid prison becomes a historic site Crystal van Wyk, The Africa Report, 14 December 2011
- Survey shows discord Moses Mackay, Sowetan, 8 December 2011
- Public needs to participate in info bill Chantall Presence and Malungelo Booi, Eyewitness News, 8 December 2011
- Now income dividing us, not race Yazeed Kamaldien, Independent Newspapers/Cape Times, 8 December 2011
- Reconciliation a pipe dream without equality Michelle Pietersen, Daily News, 8 December 2011
- Economic freedom retards reconciliation, Sasha Planting, Moneyweb, 7 December 2011
- Most S. Africans want unity – report Malungelo Booi, Eyewitness News, 7 December 2011
- South Africans want a united nation – IJR Politicsweb, 7 December 2011
- Survey finds local government is not delivering Crystal Orderson, SABC News, 7 December 2011
- Rising opposition partisanship indicates shift in politics SABC, 2 June 2011
- Institute notes a shift in SA politics SAPA, City Press, 2 June 2011
- Researcher points to shift in SA politics SAPA, Mail & Guardian online, 2 June 2011
- Service delivery seen as key measure of parties’ performance SABC News, 23 May 2011
- DA faithfuls celebrate Cape Town victory SABC, 20 May 2011
- Tafelsig protests highlight that democracy is more than just voting Jan Hofmeyr, SABC online, 18 May 2011
- Cape tops governance despite protests: PSC Ayanda Nyoka, SABC online, 18 May 2011
- Government unresponsive, according to South Africans Kate Lefko-Everett, SABC online, 18 May 2011
- Confidence low in local government Kate Lefko-Everett, SABC online, 16 May 2011
- Between polls and promises, comes the reality Kate Lefko-Everett, The New Age, 21 March 2011
- Political parties warned against using the race card Rafiq Wagiet, Eyewitness News, 22 February 2011
2010
- A kaleidoscope of faiths unite in Cape Shaun Benton, The New Age, 17 December 2010
- Distrust Remains Between Whites, Blacks in South Africa NPR, 16 December 2010 (listen here…)
- Many South Africans believe employment prospects have worsened Lynnette Johns, Cape Argus, 15 December 2010
- Racial division lives on in South Africa, survey shows Natasha Prince, Cape Argus, 15 December 2010
- Reconciliation Day is a time to contemplate how we put the past to rest Kate Lefko-Everett, Cape Times, 15 December 2010
- 2010 South African Reconciliation Barometer Data Finland – South Africa Association, 15 December 2010
- Bargaining cuts cost of AIDS drugs The Star, 15 December 2010
- Socioeconomic inequality threat to transformation Miriam Mannak, I-Net Bridge, 15 December 2010
- IJR releases Reconciliation Barometer Politicsweb, 14 December 2010
- 2010 SA Reconciliation Barometer Released Amandla, 14 December 2010
- Colour me South African The Economist, 3 June 2010
- Will racial tensions undermine South Africa’s hard won democracy Africa Today blog, 1 May 2010
- How Racially Polarised are South Africans After 16 Years of Democracy? Tizina Ramagaga & Gareth Newham, The African.org blog, 29 April 2010
- The murder of Eugene Terreblanche and the State of South African Race Relations Gabriella Sacramone-Lutz, The Huffington Post, 6 April 2010
- Terreblanche killing reopens South Africa race wounds Peter Burdin, BBC News, 5 April 2010
- South Africa eyes new stimulus for change Matt Dickinson, The Australian, 4 January 2010
2009
- Holiday of White Conquest Persists in South Africa Barry Bearak, New York Times, 16 December 2009
- Clint, Morgan and Matt depict South Africa’s glorious hour on film Sebastien Berger, The National, 15 December 2009
- Stop playing race card, urges opposition Cedric Mboyisa, The Citizen, 14 December 2009
- South Africa rainbow nation ideal wanes David Smith, The Guardian, 10 December 2009
- South Africans feel protests justified Eyewitness News, 10 December 2009
- Half of SA doesn’t mix with other races Aziz Hartley, Cape Times, 10 December 2009
- Survey reports pessimism over race relations in SA SAPA, 9 December 2009
- Race, a social barricade Michael Hamlyn, I-Net Bridge, 9 December 2009
- Better race relations in SA 15 years into democracy: survey SABC/SAPA, 9 December 2009
2008 and older
- Pricking the proud SA heart Prince Mashele, News 24, 15 December 2008
- Where’s South Africa’s Obama? Charlayne Hunter-Gault, The Root, 9 December 2008
- Racial tensions Editor, The Witness, 8 December 2008
- South Africans ‘not optimistic about the future’ Thembelilhe Tshabalala, Mail & Guardian, 5 December 2008
- ‘Optimism in SA down 40%’ SAPA, Pretoria News, 5 December 2008
- What exactly is the true picture? SAPA, 5 December 2008
- Race tensions a ticking time bomb – survey SAPA, 4 December 2008
- Peaceful racial coexistence doubtful, says half of SA SAPA, Cape Times, 4 December 2008
- S Africans less confident about peace in the land, Radio Islam, 4 December 2008
- Hard times will strain our delicate order Jan Hofmeyr, Cape Times, 3 December 2008
- SA less optimistic about economic prospects Chanel September, December 2008
- South Africa: Trust in institutions takes a dive Hajra Omarjee, Business Day, 22 January 2008
- Apartheid still causing racial divide in SA Alia Limbada, Voice of the Cape FM, 13 December 2006
- The steady march to integration Jan Hofmeyr and Susan Brown, Cape Times, 7 December 2005
- South Africa Ten Years On: A Difficult Lesson Simon Robinson, TIME Europe, 17 April 2005
- Surprising shifts shown in race relations Zubeida Jaffer, Cape Times, 8 December 2004
- Colours don’t run in the rainbow nation Caroline Hooper-Box, Cape Argus, 7 November 2004
- South Africa Ten Years After Apartheid Jennifer Abrahamson, Slate, 8 April 2004
- Whites in denial about new SA, says survey Pretoria News, 3 October 2000