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
29
Nov 20
Civil society backs Edward Kieswetter on more funds for SARS
Civil society rallies behind Kieswetter after underfunded budget was slashed in the medium-term budget policy statement as part of deep...
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25
Nov 20
Principled actions and leadership
By Donnay Oosthuizen on November 25, 2020 (Link to article) Thembekile Kimi Makwetu was key to promoting greater accountability and...
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23
Nov 20
Is the Coronavirus Catalyzing New Civic Collaborations for Open Government?
The pandemic is spurring elite and grassroots civic actors to cooperate more, but the gulf between them remains wide. Civic...
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12
Nov 20
Honour Makwetu by coining the amended Public Audit Act the “Kimi law”
As tributes continue to pour in from various sectors of society.... read further here
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11
Nov 20
CSOs call for action on local government
https://www.grocotts.co.za/2020/11/11/csos-call-for-action-on-local-government/ By MICHELLE BANDA and TUSANI MNYANDU Transformation of South Africa depends on the transformation of local government. This was...
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7
Nov 20
OPINION: SA’s draft procurement bill falls short
File: Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi. Gallo 7 November 2020 Zukiswa Kota, Rhodes University and Nimi Hoffmann, University of Sussex...
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1
Nov 20
South Africa’s draft procurement bill falls short of what’s required to fight corruption
Bosasa’s former chief operations officer Angelo Agrizzi is co-accused in a case of corruption relating to government tenders. Getty Images...
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1
Nov 20
Civil society gives government some guidelines to improve service delivery
By Zintle Mahlati JOHANNESBURG - A group of 35 civil society organisations have called on the government to take up...
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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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