Press Releases
30
Apr 20
A Call to Open Budgets
Join us to shape an equitable future Government decisions about how public money is raised, allocated and spent are moral...
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30
Apr 20
Open Budget Survey 2019
The Open Budget Survey (OBS) is part of the International Budget Partnership’s Open Budget Initiative, a global research and advocacy...
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20
Apr 20
Social accountability essential in Southern Africa’s COVID-19 response
20 April 2020 – The Partnership for Social Accountability (PSA) Alliance is calling on governments in Southern Africa to ensure...
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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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PSAM in the News
11
Feb 23
Eastern Cape medical negligence victims suffer as lawyer makes hundreds of millions
https://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/2023-02-11-eastern-cape-medical-negligence-victims-suffer-as-lawyer-makes-hundreds-of-millions/
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10
Feb 23
Jobs, energy, grants and graft – civil society breaks down what Ramaphosa got right and where he failed
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-02-10-civil-society-on-what-ramaphosa-got-right-and-where-he-failed/
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26
Jan 23
Officials who hire unqualified managers must be accountable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt-HQ7Cv4cE
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26
Jan 23
Justice Department considers moving Eastern Cape High Court to Bhisho
https://youtu.be/1cMLHbn2qEc
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15
Dec 22
Mutually accountable citizen and government partnership delivers services
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-12-15-citizen-and-government-partnership-delivers-services/
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25
Nov 22
Reflections on the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS 2022)
25 Nov 2022 Christine Muhigana, UNICEF Representative for South Africa. This story is sponsored...
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24
Nov 22
OPINION | Secrecy on Public Procurement Bill betrays both process and people
https://www.news24.com/fin24/opinion/opinion-secrecy-on-public-procurement-bill-betrays-both-process-and-people-20221123
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28
Oct 22
Medium-term budget promises reform and resources to address structural impediments to growth
https://grocotts.ru.ac.za/2022/10/28/medium-term-budget-promises-reform-and-resources-to-address-structural-impediments-to-growth/
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25
Oct 22
Makhanda residents outraged no one made liable for stolen geyser components worth R16 million
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLBfjAyDQ1w
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20
Oct 22
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/
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