Press Releases
29
Feb 20
Budget 2020 Statement
PSAM Urges Government to Grow ‘the Aloe’ by Strengthening Public Institutions and Prioritising Effective Public Expenditure Using the analogy of...
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29
Feb 20
Bolster State Capacity and Listen to Communities’ Demands to Improve the State of the Province
Recent events within the Eastern Cape's socio-political landscape are stark indicators of the perils of weakened state capacity. On Monday...
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26
Feb 20
Budget Justice Coalition asks ‘Whose Budget is it Anyway?’
Budget Speech 2020 25 February 2020 In the State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Ramaphosa emphasised the value of...
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20
Feb 20
‘Our common duty is to learn to trust again’
By Mark Heywood• 19 February 2020 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa looks on as the Economic Freedom Fighters disrupt...
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29
Jan 20
Active citizenship: Civil society outlooks on 2020
One of the unique features of South Africa’s Constitution is the role that it assigns to citizens in ensuring accountable...
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18
Nov 19
November 2019 Newsletter
The Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM) has been working in Southern Africa within the social accountability sector since 2007 whereas...
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5
Nov 19
THE MEDIUM TERM BUDGET PROPOSALS WILL MAKE LIFE HARDER FOR THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN SOUTH AFRICA
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31
Oct 19
A Medium Term Budget Policy Statement that is blind to gender, inequality and ignores Constitutional duties on the state cannot take our country forward
Thursday, 31 October 2019, Cape Town The Budget Justice Coalition (BJC) is concerned that the 2019 MTBPS proposes a deepening...
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7
Oct 19
Terms of Reference: Early childhood development strategic workforce planning to scale-up ECD services
http://ilifalabantwana.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ToR-ECD-strategic-workforce-planning-to-scale-up-ECD-services-02.10.19.pdf
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16
Sep 19
Spotlight on NHI: Exclusion of vulnerable groups opens NHI up to legal challenge
https://www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2019/09/16/spotlight-on-nhi-exclusion-of-vulnerable-groups-opens-nhi-up-to-legal-challenge/ It is a widely held perception that poorer South Africans rely on the public health sector for their health...
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PSAM in the News
21
May 20
Environmental governance during and beyond Covid-19
Grocott's Mail 15 May 2020 Grocotts 0520.Covid-19 environmental governance.
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20
May 20
Covid-19: Premier Oscar Mabuyane paints bleak picture of Eastern Cape readiness
The Eastern Cape health department has come under fire for what its critics say is a wholesale lack of preparedness...
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14
May 20
Covid-19: We don’t have a full picture of what’s going on in the Eastern Cape
Province has failed to keep the population informed 13 May 2020 By Tlamelo Mothudi The Eastern Cape government is...
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5
May 20
Covid-19 and freedom: the need for access
Covid-19 and freedom - the need for access
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15
Apr 20
Finding money to fight Covid-19: Transparency and participation are the bottom-lines
By Zukiswa Kota, Sam Waterhouse and Julia Chaskalson 15 April 2020 The questions on everyone’s lips are, “Where is the...
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27
Feb 20
Listen to communities’ demands to improve the province
By Zukiswa Kota. 27 February 2020. Recent events within the Eastern Cape's socio-political landscape are stark indicators of the perils...
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24
Feb 20
Fiscal transparency and strong public institutions: Connecting the dots
By Zukiswa Kota• 24 February 2020 Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni will tomorrow table South Africa’s national Budget for 2020...
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7
Feb 20
The grim reality of education: The poor get poorer schooling
EducationTop Six Chris Gilili M&G Data Desk 7 Feb 2020 Students at Mokgoma Matlala Secondary School, says it is...
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22
Nov 19
Wastage and negligence hamstrung health services
22nd November 2019 | Alicestine October The Auditor-General (AG) this week once again in his audit report on national and provincial departments...
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20
Sep 19
Policing, leadership and laws must help combat xenophobia
Xenophobia in South Africa: What needs to be done and who should be held accountable? (https://www.grocotts.co.za/2019/09/20/policing-leadership-and-laws-must-help-combat-xenophobia/) Yet again, South Africa...
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