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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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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6
Sep 19
Khawuleza, MEC – Settlers Hospital needs doctors!
https://www.grocotts.co.za/2019/09/06/khawuleza-mec-settlers-hospital-needs-doctors/ On Sunday 4 August 2019, I was woken up to news that a young woman in Makhanda was reported...
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PSAM in the News
13
Jul 20
New system to track COVID-19 donations in Zim
LOCAL civil society organisations have designed a tracking system to account for the US$419 million donated so far towards fighting...
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9
Jul 20
Environment plays second fiddle to EC development drive
Commonage at Botha's Ridge outside Makhanda By Grocott's Mail Contributors on July 7, 2020 Conservation, OPINION & ANALYSIS, OUTSIDE, Regulations...
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30
Jun 20
Taking from Peter to pay Paul: A walk through the government’s special Covid-19 budget
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-06-30-taking-from-peter-to-pay-paul-a-walk-through-the-governments-special-covid-19-budget/#gsc.tab=0 A community healthcare worker sits outside of the Melusi container clinic ready to screen patients. ( Photo: Elna Schütz/Spotlight)...
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29
Jun 20
COVID-19 and beyond: Adequate shelter and housing needs must inform Human Settlements budget.
http://www.ngopulse.org/press-release/covid-19-and-beyond-adequate-shelter-and-housing-needs-must-inform-human-settlements Forthcoming budget adjustments in response to COVID-19 will shift additional resources to the health sector. There are a number...
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25
Jun 20
Account4COVID Webinar Summary: Reflections of an online conversation with some of Africa’s frontline civic actors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0JK8YtWVYM https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfR0UJC-JsRDGJvHovbfvXywesqfCzPf4iHXo1QaHBBqXGx9w/viewform Background/context _Account4COVID post webinar blog v.1 With the outbreak of Covid-19, many governments’ health and basic service delivery...
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25
Jun 20
Joint statement on supplementary budget: Activists lament the lack of additional funding to Basic Education sector, concerned COVID-19 mitigation measures come at expense of long-term infrastructure needs
Joint media statement_ post supplementary budget June 2020 (2) 25 June 2020 Despite the education sector facing new challenges during...
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19
Jun 20
COVID-19: R500bn and the case for procurement reform
19th June 2020 | Alicestine October On 24 June next week Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will table the special adjustment...
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28
May 20
A link between communities and the government
What is the role of parliamentarians and ward councillors in Covid-19 interventions? By ESTERI MSINDO and SIYABULELA FOBOSI The Covid-19...
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27
May 20
The Public Service Accountability Monitor says reopening of E Cape schools is not feasible
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/the-public-service-accountability-monitor-says-reopening-of-e-cape-schools-is-not-feasible/ Makhanda-based government watchdog, the Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM), says it might not be feasible for the Eastern Cape...
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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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