Public Policy

Public policy is an institutionalised proposal or a decided set of elements like laws, regulations, guidelines, and actions to solve or address relevant and real-world problems, guided by a conception and often implemented by programmes. 

Feature melting icebergs
19 August 2024

Policy brief - Empowering Africa: Advancing climate resilience and sustainability on the Continent

WSG Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Kennedy Manduna contributed to this policy brief with his chapter on why...
X ray
14 May 2024

Why the NHI is clearly a dream that never was nor is likely ever to be

Signing the NHI Bill into law will not change the fact that the health plan is doomed, writes...
Hands and coins
09 December 2023

Watch: Issues of poor governance and leadership

Following the International Monetary Fund's warning that South Africa's economic prospects are...
07 February 2018

South Africa needs good water management - not new water laws

Because water is shared by everyone, there have to be some rules to govern the way it is used.