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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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Op Ed | Not Knowing What The Problem Is, IS The Problem

By Public Affairs Research InstituteFeatured, Just Transition, Op Ed, Publications
Not knowing what the problem is, IS the problem Dr Tracy Ledger Daily Maverick, 22 March 2019 Eskom has hit a brick wall and, by all accounts, no one in...
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March 25, 2019
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Op Ed | Unbundling Eskom Will Reveal True ANC

By Public Affairs Research InstituteFeatured, Just Transition, Op Ed, Publications
Unbundling Eskom Will Reveal ANC’s True Nature Simba Lando, Thokozani Chilenga-Butao and Dr Tracy Ledger The Citizen, Saturday 9 March 2019 The mismanagement and corruption at Eskom has reached crisis...
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March 9, 2019
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Traditional Leaders in a Democracy

By Public Affairs Research InstituteBooks, Featured, Land Governance, Publications
Dr Mbongiseni Buthelezi is one of the three editors on the book launched by the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (Mistra) on 28 February 2019.   Published by Jacana Media,...
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February 28, 2019
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Why the Lights Went Out: Reform in the South African Energy Sector

By Public Affairs Research Institute#AfterCapture, Featured, Just Transition, Publications, Reports
Download the full text By Tracy Ledger (van der Heijden), for the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Development Policy and Practice In 2019, Eskom's narrative is a cry...
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February 22, 2019
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Report | The Challenge of Prioritisation and Alignment in Public Sector Planning and Implementation

By Public Affairs Research InstituteFeatured, Publications, Reports, State Reform
A literature review by Tracy Ledger and Sarah-Meny Gibert  Strategic planning has become increasingly popular in the public sector around the world, and is generally understood to mean “a systematic...
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November 29, 2018
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Chapter | Towards a holistic understanding of taxes: coming to grips with the idea of the just tax in Cameroon

By Public Affairs Research InstituteBooks, Featured, Publications, Taxation and State Formation
by Federica Duca Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) This paper aims at enhancing an understanding of the world of taxes from a sociological perspective. It suggests that in order to...
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November 19, 2018
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Read | Mosa Phadi on Understanding Steve Biko

By Public Affairs Research InstituteJournal Articles, Publications, SA Politics
On the anniversary of Steve Biko's death – 12 September 1977 – the Review of African Political Economy journal posts an interview with Mosa Phadi titled Understanding Steve Biko:Race, Class...
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September 12, 2018
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