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Kind commission or official report
Producer various
Coverage 1990-2008
Works using it 18

Debates

Debate Works
Post-apartheid economic policy, governance and corruption 8
Did the apartheid economy fail? Growth, productivity, investment and the post-1970s crisis 4
Cheap labour thesis and the function of the reserves 2
Why apartheid ended: reform, transition and elite bargaining 2
Living standards, health and social policy 2
Education, Bantu Education and skills 1
White electoral politics, delimitation and party systems 1
Industrialisation, protection and industrial structure 1
Data reliability and econometric method 1
The mine migrant labour system: origins, recruitment, foreign labour and stabilisation 1
Resistance and liberation movements 1
Sanctions, disinvestment and the anti-apartheid movement 1
Unemployment: causes, measurement and labour market institutions 1
Racial wage gaps, wage convergence and wage determination 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Anglin (1995) Independent Media Commission, Report to the Transitional Executive Council (April 1994) April 1994 Cited for media monitoring during the election campaign.
Anglin (1995) OAU Council of Ministers resolution CM/Res. 1386 (LVI) and OAU Ad Hoc Committee on Southern Africa Communique (IX) June-October 1992 Documents the OAU's call for a Security Council meeting and the origin of the OAU observer mission.
Anglin (1995) Transitional Executive Council meeting record, 9 December 1993, and Negotiating Council report to Multi-Party Negotiating Process plenary, 17 November 1993 November-December 1993 Documents the formal invitation to international observers and the request for UN coordination.
Aron and Muellbauer (2006) Mouton Report (1992) and Katz Commission Third Interim Report (1996) 1992, 1996 Cited for underfunding of official pension funds before the 1990s and for the taxation of pension fund income after 1996.
Aron and Muellbauer (2006) Prinsloo (2000, 2002) and Van der Walt and Prinsloo (1993, 1995) SARB papers 1993–2002 Used for household debt data and components, durables service lives, and after-tax returns on liquid assets.
Beall et al. (2005) South African Cities Network, The State of South African Cities 2004 2004 Supports the claim that 60,000 households in eThekwini still live in traditional rural-style dwellings.
Cronin (1994) ANC 1994, The Reconstruction and Development Programme: A policy framework 1994 Quoted to show the RDP's commitment to people-driven development and democratisation.
Crush and McDonald (2001) Human rights reports on enforcement (HRW 1998; SAHRC 1999) 1998-1999 Cited as documentation of rights violations under the Aliens Control Act.
Devereux (2007) Botswana government and consultant documents: National Policy for Rural Development 1973, Vision 2016, Old Age Pension Unit 1999, Ernst & Young 1998, BIDPA 2002 1973-2002 Used to describe the introduction, coverage, level and fiscal concerns of Botswana's Old Age Pension.
Devereux (2007) Namibian government policy documents: Integrated Poverty Reduction Strategy 1997, First National Development Plan 1995, Food and Nutrition Policy 1995, NEPRU 1996, World Bank Public Expenditure Review 1995 1995-1997 Source for cost estimates, GDP share, and official sustainability concerns about the pension.
Fedderke (2006) Van der Merwe (2000) Trends in South African Remuneration by Skill Level 1970-1997 Provides real remuneration by skills category used to estimate wage elasticities by skill (Tables 12 and 14).
Fedderke et al. (2006) Development Bank of Southern Africa (1998) Infrastructure: a foundation for development 1967–96 Prior South African econometric evidence on infrastructure and output, reviewed as context.
Fedderke et al. (2006) National Integrated Resource Plan 2 2003/2004, National Electricity Regulator 2003/2004 Cited, with Bogetić and Fedderke, for projections of investment needs.
Fedderke et al. (2006) SARB Annual Economic Reports, 1996–2000 (and various issues) 1996–2000 Cited to explain the 1990s recovery and subsequent slump in infrastructural investment (Telkom, Eskom, SAA expansion).
Hyslop (2005) Hefer judicial commission and the Schabir Shaik trial judgment (2005) 2003-2005 Used to show the spy allegations against Ngcuka collapsed and that the court found a 'corrupt relationship' between Zuma and Shaik.
Hyslop (2005) Human Rights Commission, 4th Annual Economic and Social Rights Report, 2000-2002 2000-2002 Evidence of civil service fraud in pensions and social benefits in the Eastern Cape.
Hyslop (2005) Interim management team report on the Eastern Cape provincial administration, April 2003 April 2003 Documents major deficiencies in the provincial Health, Education, Social Development and Public Works departments.
Inman and Rubinfeld (2013) RSA, President's Office, Development Indicators 2008 1993-2007 Establishes that incomes, poverty, housing, schooling and other welfare indicators improved after apartheid, while HIV and crime worsened.
Kanyenze (2004) Davies (1995) Cross Border Migration in Southern Africa: Mission Report (IDASA) 1995 Source for estimates of undocumented migrants and the link between contract migrancy downturn and undocumented migration.
Kanyenze (2004) SIRDC (2003) An Analysis of the Cause and Effect of the Brain Drain in Zimbabwe 2002-2003 Source for the estimate and distribution of Zimbabweans living abroad.
Kanyenze (2004) Sachikonye (2003) The Situation of Commercial Farm Workers After Land Reform in Zimbabwe 2000-2003 Supports claims about farm-worker displacement and job losses after fast-track land reform.
Kraak (1995) Department of National Education (1993), Education Realities in South Africa 1993, NATED Report 02-300 1980-1991 Table 2 gives the educational attainment distribution of Whites and Africans, showing African gains and persisting inequality.
Lemon (1995) National Education Policy Investigation (NEPI, 1993) and Natal-KwaZulu Education Working Group Report (1992) 1992-1993 Cited as examples of emerging policy planning, not as data for the argument.
Lodge (1998) Attorney General Witwatersrand Division Annual Reports 1993 (RP104/1994) and 1994 (RP100/1995) 1993-1994 Suggests demoralization among white prosecutors.
Lodge (1998) Public Protector reports (matric exam papers 1996; Sarafina II investigation, 20 May 1996; University of Zululand Special Report No. 5) 1996 Documents specific post-1994 irregularities in examinations, health tendering and university degrees.
Lodge (1998) Public Service Commission, Report on the Rationalisation of Public Administration, RP/1997 1996-1997 Gives share of African managers in the civil service, showing turnover of senior personnel.
McIntyre et al. (1995) Commission reports: Steinmetz Commission (1993), Melamet Commission (1994), Committee on uniform fee structure (1993) 1993-1994 Evidence on pharmaceutical shrinkage, medical scheme insolvency and public hospital fee schedules.
McIntyre et al. (1995) Price and Broekmann (1994), Trends in provincial hospital expenditure (HER Technical Paper 8) 1984/85-1990/91 Time series of real provincial hospital expenditure and unit costs per patient day.
McIntyre et al. (1995) Registrar of Medical Schemes (1993), Report for year ending 31 December 1993 1982-1993 Time series of medical scheme membership by race, expenditure per beneficiary, contributions and dispensing practitioners.
Perkins et al. (2005b) Department of Transport (1998), Moving South Africa: a transport strategy for 2020 (draft), including freight customer interviews 1998 Used for estimates of funding shortfalls in roads and ports and overloading damage, and for customer dissatisfaction at ports.
Sender (1994) MERG, Making Democracy Work: A Framework for Macroeconomic Policy in South Africa (1993) 1993 (projections 1993-2004) Primary text under dispute; used to show MERG's stated positions on investment, minimum wages, wages boards, the Reserve Bank and projected wage and employment outcomes.
Venter et al. (2000) Constitutional Court judgments (Makwanyane 1995; Prinsloo v Van der Linde 1997; Hugo 1997; Harksen; Lesapo 2000; DVB Behuising 2000; Grootboom CCT 11/00 of 4 Oct 2000; Soobramoney; Mpumalanga education case; Walker) 1995-2000 Case law is the evidence for the jurisprudence of equality, dignity, land reform and socio-economic rights across several papers.
Venter et al. (2000) Reid: Title Conditions (Scotland) Bill, Scottish Law Commission Report on Real Burdens (No 181, 2000) and American Law Institute Restatement Third, Property (Servitudes) (2000) 1997-2000 Comparative law reform documents are the basis for the analysis of covenants and servitudes.
Venter et al. (2000) South African common law case reports (Bogoshi 1998; Pakendorf 1982; Bank of Lisbon v De Ornelas; Ryland v Edross; Janse van Rensburg v Grieve Trust; Amod, etc.) 1919-2000 Judgments are examined as examples of good and bad common-law development.