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Webinar | From Your Pocket to Public Services: Tracking Municipal Budgets

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Join the National Treasury, GTAC and PARI for an engaging webinar on the outcomes of the 2023/2024 MFMA Section 71 local government report. We’ll explore key revenue and spending trends,…

PARI Urban Crisis Seminar Series 2025

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The Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI), Society, Work and Politics Institute (SWOP), Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO) and the Johannesburg Crisis: Concerned Academics, launch a seminar series to offer scholars, researchers,…

Webinar | Enhancing Youth Participation in Local Government in South Africa

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Exploring different tools and programmes which seek to improve youth involvement in municipalities   On 10 April 2025, the COMPACT project is hosting a webinar on the topic of Enhancing…

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Webinar | From Your Pocket to Public Services: Tracking Municipal Budgets

| Events, Local Govt, News, Uncategorized, webinars | No Comments
Join the National Treasury, GTAC and PARI for an engaging webinar on the outcomes of the 2023/2024 MFMA Section 71 local government report. We’ll explore key revenue and spending trends,…

Webinar | Enhancing Youth Participation in Local Government in South Africa

| Compact, Events, News, webinars | No Comments
Exploring different tools and programmes which seek to improve youth involvement in municipalities   On 10 April 2025, the COMPACT project is hosting a webinar on the topic of Enhancing…

Op Ed | Joburg’s failing infrastructure a result of poor prioritisation, not lack of funds

| Joburg, Just Transition, Local Govt, News, Op Ed, Publications | No Comments
Image: Water leak in road, Johannesburg/Bram Lammers Photography for PARI By Tracy Ledger and Jugal Mahabir Extravagant councillor lunches should be sacrificed to ensure that everyone in Johannesburg receives their…

Support and Solidarity! 🇿🇦

Time for Europe and democrats globally to step up and stand firm with our South African friends as the US administration withdraws solidarity and spreads misinformation and false accusations.

@ForDemocracySa @PARInstitute @SERI_RightsSA ...

PARI internal seminars have kicked off this year with Jugal Mahabir, Local Government Programme Lead presenting a model measuring municipal revenue capacity vs actual collections over time.

@feriduca @JugalMahabir

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South African policy makers need to transform land administration and tenure in South Africa. The 3rd policy brief in the land administration series.
@GaynorParadza @LRCSouthAfrica

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PARI Urban Crisis Seminar Series 2025

| Academic Programme, Featured, Joburg, Local Govt, News, Seminars, webinars | No Comments
The Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI), Society, Work and Politics Institute (SWOP), Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO) and the Johannesburg Crisis: Concerned Academics, launch a seminar series to offer scholars, researchers,…

Op Ed | Joburg’s failing infrastructure a result of poor prioritisation, not lack of funds

| Joburg, Just Transition, Local Govt, News, Op Ed, Publications | No Comments
Image: Water leak in road, Johannesburg/Bram Lammers Photography for PARI By Tracy Ledger and Jugal Mahabir Extravagant councillor lunches should be sacrificed to ensure that everyone in Johannesburg receives their…

Reading Group | Urban Power

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PARI's internal reading group has chosen Benjamin Bradlow's Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in Sǎo Paulo and Johannesburg to read this year. The book seeks to understand why some cities are…

Op Ed | South Africa has failed to deliver access to enough water for millions – a new approach is needed

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Image: Water leaks, Johannesburg/Bram Lammers Photography for PARI By Tracy Ledger South Africa is one of only 52 countries that guarantee access to water as a human right. “Access” from…

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