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Op Ed | ANC Should Stop Recycling Old Ideas

By Public Affairs Research InstituteFeatured, Op Ed, Publications, State Reform
By Thokozani Chilenga-Butao There is an important question people used to ask before Nkandla, state capture, Thuma Mina and Ramaphoria became the most important issues in South Africa: Who comes...
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June 14, 2019
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Article | Document Wars and the Local Archives: The Case of Mogalakwena Local Municipality

By Public Affairs Research InstituteFeatured, Journal Articles, Local Government, Publications
By Joel Pearson ABSTRACT In this article, I explore the flows of official paperwork in the troubled Mogalakwena Local Municipality in the Waterberg District of Limpopo Province from 2009 to...
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May 27, 2019
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Article | Reform in the Contract State: Embedded directions in public procurement regulation in South Africa

By Public Affairs Research InstituteJournal Articles, Publications, State Reform
By Ryan Brunette, Jonathan Klaaren and Patronella Nqaba As South Africa contemplates another episode of public procurement legal reform, we trace the post-apartheid history of such efforts and consider critical...
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May 20, 2019
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Op ed | #ShutDownAlex, symbole d’un développement à deux vitesses en Afrique du Sud

By Public Affairs Research InstituteOp Ed, Publications
Research fellow Thomas Lesaffre writes about #ShutDownAlex and the ANC in the lead up to 2019 national elections on 8 May. Dans deux semaines, les Sud-Africains sont appelés à élire...
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April 30, 2019
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2018 Annual Report

By Public Affairs Research InstituteAnnual Reports, Featured
Download 2018 Annual Report The Year In Review In 2018, PARI took significant strides to start becoming a globally recognised organisation, and to develop a presence with organisations in other...
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April 29, 2019
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Article | State “Infrastructural Power” and the Bantustans: The Case of School Education in the Transkei and Ciskei

By Public Affairs Research InstituteEducation, Featured, Journal Articles, Publications
By Sarah Meny-Gibert   In this article I explore the authority of the state (and its “infrastructural power”) in school education in the Eastern Cape bantustans during and after “homeland”...
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April 29, 2019
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Watch | Traditional Leaders in a Democracy Interview with Mbongiseni Buthelezi

By Public Affairs Research InstituteBooks, Featured, Land Governance, Multimedia, Publications
Mbongiseni Buthelezi speaks about unaccountable leaders and apartheid legacies in an interview about the book, on which he is one of the editors, "Traditional Leaders in a Democracy: Resources, Respect...
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April 20, 2019
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Elections Are At The Heart of Democracy in Africa

By Public Affairs Research InstituteFeatured, Op Ed, Publications
By Thokozani Chilenga-Butao and Gwinyai Taruvinga For the African continent to address the challenges that it faces, we need to strengthen Africa’s democracies. The conduct of elections is at the...
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April 16, 2019
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Policy Brief for Improved Prioritisation and M&E

By Public Affairs Research InstituteFeatured, Public Policy, Publications, State Reform

Following the commissioned literature review, The Challenge of Prioritisation and Alignment in Public Sector Planning and Implementation, for Twende Mbele (http://www.twendembele.org), authors Tracy Ledger and Sarah Meny-Gibert have extrapolated the…

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April 8, 2019
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