Dr Tracy Ledger, lead author on PARI's latest report, Affordability of Basic Services for South African Households, spoke to Radio Islam about why it is imperative for South Africa to...
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By Tracy Ledger, with Nonhalanhla Mathibela South Africa is characterised by high poverty and high inequality. More than half of all households live below the upper bound poverty line and...
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Public Service Amendment Bill [B13B—2023]: Submission of public comment to the National Council of Provinces Submitted by the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) and The Ethics Institute (TEI) 30 June...
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About this brief Climate change is necessitating a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Despite policies implemented to mitigate the impacts, marginalised groups – including indigenous people, women...
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About this brief This policy brief is one of a series developed by the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI), intended to contribute to a strategy for state reform. The series...
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By Lily Manoim, graduate of PARI's Organisational and Institutional Studies programme. This is article is grounded in her Master's thesis. Volume 5 - Issue 1 - 2025 | New Sociological...
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Image: Water leak in road, Johannesburg/Bram Lammers Photography for PARI By Tracy Ledger and Jugal Mahabir [First published in Daily Maverick] Extravagant councillor lunches should be sacrificed to ensure that...
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About this brief Effective parliamentary oversight is essential for democracy. The Constitution enshrines the National Assembly’s mandate to exercise oversight over the Executive arm of government. But committees are the...
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2025 Duca, F., A. Mutua, L. Tetley-Brown, G. Karuri-Sebina and J. Backhouse (2025) 'A systematic review of smart city governance in the Southern African Development Community'. Nature Cities 2: 149–56....
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