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Symposium | State, Democracy and the Promise of Development: South Africa in comparative perspective

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The symposium, State, Democracy and the Promise of Development: South Africa in comparative perspective is taking place at Wits University on 15 and 16 May, in collaboration with Brown University. In…

T20 Side Event | Critical Minerals: Brazil-SA Dialogues for a Just Transition

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Dr Tracy Ledger is PARI's Just Transition Programme Lead. She was a panellist at the Embassy of Brazil in South Africa on 30 April 2025, to engage in the discussion,…

Conference | Elements of just transition readiness: lessons and strategies for transition-effective land governance

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Dr Gaynor Paradza, PARI's Land Governance Programme Lead, is participating in this conference on transition-effective land governance on 5 May 2025, as part of the World Bank Land Conference 2025.…

LATEST WORK

Policy brief | ‘Unjust’ Transition for Youth in South Africa: A case study of youth in Steve Tshwete Local Municipality

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About this brief Climate change is necessitating a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Despite policies implemented to mitigate the impacts, marginalised groups – including indigenous people, women…

Symposium | State, Democracy and the Promise of Development: South Africa in comparative perspective

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The symposium, State, Democracy and the Promise of Development: South Africa in comparative perspective is taking place at Wits University on 15 and 16 May, in collaboration with Brown University. In…

Policy brief | Limiting Political Influence on Appointments in the South African Public Administration

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About this brief This policy brief is one of a series developed by the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI), intended to contribute to a strategy for state reform. The series…

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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SPOTLIGHT ON JOBURG

Journal Article | Legitimating Security Networks in South Africa’s Exclusionary Suburbs

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By Lily Manoim, graduate of PARI's Organisational and Institutional Studies programme. This is article is grounded in her Master's thesis. Volume 5 - Issue 1 - 2025 | New Sociological…

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,…

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

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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…

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