Land rights are the legally or socially recognised entitlements which individuals or groups access, possess, use, transfer and exercise in various ways on land and land-based natural resources. Unregistered land...
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By Megan Cole and Tracy Ledger Multiple policies and plans have been developed under South Africa’s JET to diversify the local economy and to create new employment and livelihood opportunities....
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By Tracy Ledger South Africa needs more electricity, more reliable electricity and cheaper electricity. Many municipalities have failed to take sufficient note of the opportunity provided by small-scale embedded generation...
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Statement on Xenophobia in South Africa “South Africa belongs to all who live in it” — preamble to the South African Constitution The Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) acknowledges...
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Image: ID 3073888 | Whistle © Feng Yu | Dreamstime.com By Zain Mayet [First published in Daily Maverick] The new Protected Disclosures Bill could see whistleblowers being paid for...
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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 [First published in Business Day] Public service legislation...
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Submission of comment on the Draft Revised White Paper for Local Government To the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) 28 May 2026 PARI...
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Report | Climate Adaptation, Justice and Equity: Conceptualising a ‘Just Adaptation’ in South Africa
By Tracy Ledger This research paper presents a detailed analysis of the linkages between climate change, poverty and development, and critically applies that analysis to South Africa’s current climate adaptation...
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Protected Disclosures Bill Submission of public comment to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development A new Protected Disclosures Bill is out for public comment by the Department of...
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