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The PIC and GEPF - An Update

This brief is a follow up on the PIC and GEPF briefs published in the second half of last year. It takes a look at the challenges still facing these ...

The Political Economy Of Corruption

Pierre de Vos published an article entitled Why Ramaphosa is probably not in a position to end corruption and patronage in Daily Maverick on 29 April, drawing ...

The Political Economy Of The Economic Reconstruction And Recovery Plan

The government’s economic policy cards are on the table. Government policy attempts to achieve two goals simultaneously: to ward off an impending fiscal ...

In the first brief I explained that the purpose of this series of four briefs is to determine whether the NPA has a duty to prosecute foreign nationals who ...

In this final brief I consider two issues. First, is the power afforded to the NPA under section 179(2) of the Constitution discretionary and, if so, what is ...

This is a series of four briefs. In this series I consider whether the NPA has a duty to prosecute foreign nationals who prima facie appear to have committed ...

In the first two briefs of this series I outlined the fact that, according to the SALC decision, the SAPS has a duty to investigate allegations of crimes ...

The President’s Economic Recovery Plan - Some observations

The President announced an economic recovery plan on 20 September. The purpose of this brief is to comment on some of its silences: the absence of important ...

The Presidential Address To The Nation: 21 April 2020

This brief sets out the key features and implications of the President’s address on 21 April 2020.

The prospects of legal challenges to the 2021 local government elections

This brief considers the prospects of a successful legal challenge to the 2021 local government elections. It does so by drawing insights from the ...