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01 July 2023

State failure: Why SA should move towards an entrepreneurial state

Government has failed to entrench an entrepreneurial mindset to its developmental statehood ambitions for a poverty...
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17 June 2023

As the world reconfigures its political system, there will be casualties

South Africa needs to assert its sovereignty to be respected among emerging powers. The fact that South Africa appears...
04 April 2023

Green energy: South Africa’s transition plan must be careful not to deepen inequality

Since the UN Climate Change Agreement was signed by 196 nations in December 2015, many countries have announced policies...
15 March 2023

Redress for victimised whistle-blowing public servants is a critical in SA

Through the State Capture Report we know that individuals received backlash in the form of malicious disciplinary...
01 March 2023

Getting to the roots of contemporary protests in South Africa

Mistra and the Wits School of Governance recently launched the book, Protest in South Africa: Rejection, reassertion...
21 February 2023

Why SA’s CSR models need to change

SA's corporates must rethink their flawed CSR models or risk rising anti-business feeling, community protests and legal...
19 February 2023

Death of globalisation is overhyped and distracts from its real problem – inequality

The inequitable distribution of the benefits of globalisation and the emergence of new technologies that reproduce...
Informal settlements could drive solar revolution
06 February 2023

Informal settlements could drive solar revolution

Solar would provide their dwellings with power, but also a source of revenue if power is sold back to the grid.
03 February 2023

Do ministers matter for audit performance?

Reports of corruption and mismanagement have scarred the South African Government's reputation at home and abroad.

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