Press Releases
10
Apr 20
Follow up to OPEN LETTER: Effective legislative oversight, transparency and engagement during the national state of disaster
Dear leaders of South Africa's legislatures A group of civil society organisations (CSOs) working towards open and accountable legislatures, with...
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25
Mar 20
Open letter to presiding officers of South Africa’s Legislatures: Oversight and participatory democracy during the National State of Disaster
Dear leaders of South Africa’s legislatures, On Sunday 15 March 2020, the President declared a national State of Disaster owing...
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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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PSAM in the News
27
Oct 20
Effective budgeting can go a long way in upgrading informal settlements, provision of water, sanitation, electricity and infrastructure
http://www.ngopulse.org/press-release/effective-budgeting-can-go-long-way-upgrading-informal-settlements-provision-water Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the need for water and sanitation in informal settlements. The South African government...
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25
Oct 20
Civil society group wants Zondo Commission to prioritise key witnesses
By Zukiswa Pikoli• 25 October 2020 (https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-10-25-civil-society-group-wants-zondo-commission-to-prioritise-key-witnesses/) ...
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21
Oct 20
Budget Justice Coalition’s alternative budget
https://youtu.be/IEkQHmMV-yE
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16
Oct 20
Council appoints Mazwayi to top job, unaware of her past in Makana
By Soyiso Maliti - 15 October 2020 (https://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/2020-10-15-council-appoints-mazwayi-to-top-job-unaware-of-her-past-in-makana/) The ANC in the Cala-based Sakhisizwe council has appointed Nomthandazo Mazwayi as...
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14
Oct 20
Concerns over appointment process for new head of Parliamentary Budget Office
13 October 2020 By Justin Brown Civil society organisations alarmed at presence of Sfiso Buthelezi on selection panel Concerns...
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6
Oct 20
Surpise move by Makana top official
Outgoing Makana Corporate Services Director Nomthandazo Mazwayi uses the back of the Unemployed People's Movement's Ayanda Kota to sign a...
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7
Sep 20
Southern Africa: Reliance on Imports and Industrial Farming Deepening Food Crisis Across Southern Africa
At World Food Programme food distribution points in Zimbabwe, community members stand at least one metre apart and collect their...
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7
Sep 20
Yilungelo Lakho (It’s Your Right) discussion on SABC 1
On 7 September 2020 the PSAM director Jay Kruuse participated in a live television discussion hosted by SABC 1. The...
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13
Aug 20
People in Parliament under Covid-19
Tlamelo M Mothudi and Esteri Msindo report on public participation in Parliament and the Provincial Legislature during the Covid-19 lockdown. Public...
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11
Aug 20
Police, councillors and mob justice under lockdown
By Sue Maclennan on August 10, 2020 Grocott’s Mail asked the Public Service Accountability Monitor to suggest who should be...
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