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Op Ed | Price of Courage: Reward scheme must provide a proper set of incentives to whistleblowers

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Image: ID 3073888 | Whistle © Feng Yu | Dreamstime.com   By Zain Mayet The new Protected Disclosures Bill could see whistleblowers being paid for the risks they take in…

CSWG | Civil Society calls for urgent government action on NACAC anti-corruption proposals

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MEDIA STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 08 June 2026 Civil Society calls for urgent government action on NACAC anti-corruption proposals The Civil Society Working Group on State Capture (CSWG) met in…

Op Ed | Death of cadre deploy­ment is grossly exag­ger­ated — but can still hap­pen

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Op Ed | Price of Courage: Reward scheme must provide a proper set of incentives to whistleblowers

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Image: ID 3073888 | Whistle © Feng Yu | Dreamstime.com   By Zain Mayet The new Protected Disclosures Bill could see whistleblowers being paid for the risks they take in…

PARI Urban Crisis Seminar Series 2026

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Building on our previous seminar series which offered scholars, researchers and activists a space to share their ongoing work, either by discussing work in progress or presenting upcoming and new…

Op Ed | Death of cadre deploy­ment is grossly exag­ger­ated — but can still hap­pen

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Image: 46182474 © Kaido Rummel | Dreamstime.com Pub­lic Ser­vice Com­mis­sion’s expan­ded role cru­cial to state pro­fes­sion­al­isa­tion By Sarah Meny-Gibert and Ryan Brunette Pub­lic ser­vice legis­la­tion doesn’t usu­ally make head­lines, but…

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Nonhlanhla Mathibela, a Researcher in PARI's Just Transition Programme is a discussant for a webinar titled 'Informality in an age of climate change'. This webinar is part of an international writing workshop by the British Academy.

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Land, Energy and Justice workshop | Renewable Energy & Land: Governance, Justice & Opportunity

Land Governance programme lead, Dr Gaynor Paradza, will reflect on their current research at this workshop.

Dates:
10am-5pm Monday 22nd June and
9.15am-3.30pm Tuesday 23rd June

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18 Jun

In today’s JHB Urban Crisis Seminar, Nomsa Mbatha reflected on the emergence and growth of the Yeoville Bellevue Civic Movement, a community-led initiative formed in response to the severe load rotation and service delivery failures affecting Yeoville. Nomsa Mbatha spoke about

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PARI Urban Crisis Seminar Series 2026

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Building on our previous seminar series which offered scholars, researchers and activists a space to share their ongoing work, either by discussing work in progress or presenting upcoming and new…

Blog | Enhancing Procurement Accountability Through Civil Society Engagement

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PARI State Reform Programme From Mexico to the Philippines, civil society oversight is complementing the work of formal oversight bodies, making citizens active accountability partners in public procurement. South Africa’s…

Blog | Ashes to Ashes: Procurement, Coalitions and the Politics of Neglect in Johannesburg

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Zain Mayet and Waseem Holland The phrase ‘the country is on fire’ is a historical echo of protest, but in Johannesburg, it has become devastatingly literal. The crisis within the…

Watch | Surviving on Four Buckets

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Research videos by Mahlatse Rampedi and Ntokozo Ndhlovu This six-part documentary series examines chronic water insecurity in Mountain City and Phumla Mqashi, two informal settlements in the City of Johannesburg,…

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