Press Releases
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May 17
Be an Empowered Citizen: Know Why and How to Remove a President in South Africa
President, Constitutional Removal, State Capture, Nkandla
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May 17
April 2017 PSAM Newsletter
Read all the latest news in the first PSAM newsletter of 2017. The newsletter offers research by partner organisation PACT...
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Apr 17
SA law on the removal of a President
How to remove a President according to SA Law
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Mar 17
PSAM Statement on Cabinet Reshuffle
Late last night (30 March 2017), South Africa’s embattled President, Jacob Zuma announced the reshuffling of his Cabinet and emphasised...
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9
Feb 17
Parliament watch ahead of PSAM
Parliament, Accountability,
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Feb 17
December 2016 PSAM Newsletter
Herewith PSAM’s final Newsletter for 2016, profiling some of our work between September and December of this year, with a...
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7
Feb 17
Recent civil society monitoring emphasises below average performance of the legislatures
Civil Society, Monitoring, Perfomance, Legislatures
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Nov 16
The Purpose of the Plan: Is IDP still relevant?
The Makana Municipality Integrated Development Plan (IDP) along with those of other local municipalities in the district feeds into the...
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3
Nov 16
Public Protector’s State of Capture Report – PSAM calls for real accountability and leadership
Yesterday (2 November) South Africa witnessed yet again how respect for the Constitution and upholding of its provisions continues to...
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PSAM in the News
21
Dec 20
New political party formed to tackle maladministration, corruption in the Eastern Cape
Nearly R600 million has been spent on various tender-related procurement in the past four months. 21 December 2020, 2:28 PM...
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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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