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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.
14 December 2022

Expert panel advocates ‘gradual phasing-in’ of basic income grant

The Expert Panel, chaired by Adjunct Professor Alex van den Heever, on Basic Income Support report ‘answers some crucial...
01 November 2022

Citizens, not sitizens, please: more than ever, South Africans must take charge

We need active citizenship to show social solidarity to break out from the hopelessness, paralysis and apathy.
01 November 2022

Keeping it simple: monetary policy, growth and jobs in South Africa

Public lecture: Central banks are important, long-standing expressions of a universal need for stability in social and...

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