No more ‘us’ and ‘them’?
Municipality and civil society agree to cooperate on ‘crisis’ at large stakeholder forum https://grocotts.ru.ac.za/2022/10/20/your-hut-is-my-hut/
Activists raise the alarm over lack of funds for SADC’s regional development plan
Activists raise the alarm over lack of funds for SADC’s regional development plan
National Treasury must keep the budget ball rolling on public participation in fiscal policy
By Zukiswa Kota, Matshidiso Lencoasa, Gary Pienaar, Celeste Fortuin and Kailash Bhana Link to actual article: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-09-04-national-treasury-must-keep-the-budget-ball-rolling-on-public-participation-in-fiscal-policy/ 04 Sep 2022 As calls grow for budget reform in South Africa, National Treasury’s pre-budget consultations create an opportunity to improve financial […]
Public Participation in the budget process on the decline in South Africa according to global rankings of the Open Budget Survey
South Africa has regressed in its efforts to expand public participation in national budget processes according to the Open Budget Survey 2021. The Survey is the world’s only comparative, independent and regular assessment of transparency, oversight and public participation in […]
OPINION | Safeguarding public procurement and resources now beyond urgent
Zukiswa Kota At an estimated R27 billion per year, the cost of corruption equates to about 10% of the country’s total budget for health in 2022. With procurement understood to be […]
Social Accountability Practitioners as System Conveners
Social accountability as a form of systems convening? Rachel Gondo and Florencia Guerzovich Systems strengthening and transformation is all the rage these days in philanthropy. Conversely, many commentators believe that “social accountability”, especially to support better service delivery at the […]