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07 February 2024

South Africa’s massive R1 billion a day headache

South Africa’s debt servicing costs are growing astronomically, with the country not being able to show much for the...
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06 February 2024

Public Leadership and Governance: New course introduced by WSG

The Wits School of Governance Executive Education has introduced a new executive course, Public Leadership and...
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29 January 2024

Is mobile money the answer to financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa?

The increased adoption of the latest digital technologies in developing countries has heightened speculation and...
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25 January 2024

Spotlight on Public Ethics

Dr Christine Hobden from the Wits School of Governance hosted a workshop on Public Ethics in the context of the findings...
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10 January 2024

Green lawfare imperils just transition

By undermining the country’s economic sovereignty, it is leaving SA hostage to external forces and potentially poorer...
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09 December 2023

Executive Courses help develop key leadership skills - Monyepao

Meet Matabogela Monyepao, a Project Manager in the Internal Audit domain at Johannesburg Water entity under City of...
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09 December 2023

Unlocking my strategic level of thinking at WSG

Nembra Maluleke, a Municipal Finance Management Graduate works as a Prepaid Metering Manager at Johannesburg Water.
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09 December 2023

Don’t fall for political, ideological, religious or cultural groupthink – and shed toxic beliefs

Do not fall into victimhood. Accept the past – and move on. Refrain from being a prisoner of anger, resentment and...
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29 November 2023

Load shedding as a result of failures at the political-technological interface

In effective developmental states, technocrats are ‘embedded’ in the political system with sufficient autonomy to...

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