Fast Facts no 5 - May 2010

Contents:

• Labour
  Employment and unemployment over 10 years
• ‘Rainbow Index’
  The ANC sees the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow as lying in a national democratic revolution and ambitious new forms of social engineering.  Liberals believe it lies rather in the maintenance of political and economic freedoms. The Institute’s new ‘Rainbow Index’ tracks developments in ten policy areas and scores the country’s performance on each. Analysis and scores for the first 15 years of democracy are contained in a new book, Chasing the Rainbow: South Africa’s Move from Mandela to Zuma.  These scores are also reflected here, along with the scores accorded the country in 2009/2010.
• Fast Stats
  170 updated economic and social indicators and forecasts for South Africa