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‘I am no longer applying straight’ – Human Resource Practices in State Institutions: Perspectives of public servants

By Public Affairs Research InstituteFeatured, Government, Publications, State Reform, Working Papers
By Joel Pearson and Thatshisiwe Ndlovu Appointment, promotion and placement of officials in positions within government administrations is the subject of intense daily discourse by those working within the state...
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September 10, 2018
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Transnet Inquiry Reference Book

By Public Affairs Research Institute#AfterCapture, Materials, Publications, Reports, State Capacity Research Project, State Reform
Download the full report Investigating corruption in Transnet "As this report details, corruption at Transnet has centred largely on procurement, including questionable contracts for port cranes, locomotives, IT services, and...
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August 24, 2018
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Read | Watch | Listen | Shadow State: The Politics of State Capture

By Public Affairs Research InstituteBooks, Featured, Materials, Multimedia, Publications, State Reform
Johannesburg book launch 21/08Cape Town book launch 28/08About the BookBuy the Book MEDIA Extract in the Daily MaverickExtract in News24Extract in News24
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August 21, 2018
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Taxation and State-Society Relations in Sub-Saharan Africa

By Public Affairs Research InstituteFeatured, Fiscal Histories, Publications, Reports, State-Society Relations, Taxation and State Formation
By Alice Soares Guimarães, Federica Duca and Thatshisiwe Ndlovu.   The centrality of taxation in the making and functioning of modern states is widely recognized in academic literature as well...
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June 6, 2018
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Op Ed | Cyril Ramaphosa’s New Dawn is Breaking in Mahikeng

By Public Affairs Research InstituteLocal Government, Op Ed, Publications
By Thokozani J Chilenga President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke about a "new dawn" in his state of the nation address earlier this year. Since then, the new dawn has been repeated...
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May 3, 2018
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Chapter | The End of Tyranny: How Civil Society in SA Fought Back

By Public Affairs Research InstituteBooks, Publications, State Reform
Rising to the Populist Challenge is a groundbreaking playbook for the human rights field against populism, by Columbia-based research and advocacy organisation, Dejusticia. Ivor Chipkin's chapter talks about civil society's...
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April 24, 2018
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We Are Building a City: The Struggle for Self-Sufficiency in Lephalale Local Municipality

By Public Affairs Research InstituteFeatured, Local Government, Publications, Reports
By Dr Mosa Phadi and Joel Pearson   In 2006, Eskom unveiled plans for a new multi-billion rand mega-project: the construction of the Medupi coal power station in the small...
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April 12, 2018
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2016/17 Annual Report

By Public Affairs Research InstituteAnnual Reports, Featured
The Year in Review 2017 was a dramatic year for PARI, as three major research projects matured into their final phases, and the Institute gained a weighty profile in the...
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March 23, 2018
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Chapter | The Salience of Chiefs in Post Apartheid South Africa

By Public Affairs Research InstituteBooks, Land Governance, News, Publications
Recently published is Mbongiseni Buthelezi's co-authored chapter on chieftancy in contemporary South Africa, in: Comaroff, J.L. and J. Comaroff. eds., 2018. The Politics of Custom: Chiefship, Capital and the State...
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March 13, 2018
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