In a series of five Issue Papers, Lukas Muntingh and Jean Redpath take a few steps back and ask whether we are indeed problematising the correct issues and, if so, are we problematising the issue in a manner that will restore trust and thus legitimacy in the NPA. From this position we can also examine our current and future expectations of the NPA.
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Purpose: To inform the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ forthcoming General Comment on states’ obligations to regulate private actors involved in the provision of social services
The Parliament Watch collective has compiled nine key messages which outline requests and recommendations for the improvement of the legislatures in 2022 and beyond.
Given the NPA's track record so far, a drastic departure from the current approach appears to be necessary when dealing with prosecuting those implicated in the Zondo report.
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The African School on Decentralisation (ASD) is offered jointly by the South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Multilevel Government at the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI) of the University of the Western Cape, and the Centre for Federalism and Governance Studies (CFGS) of Addis Ababa University.
The NPA is perhaps one of the most unaccountable institutions of state. While the decision to prosecute is reviewed by a court, the decision not to prosecute is taken in secrecy and it is this decision, not to prosecute, that is perhaps even more important than the decision to prosecute.
The Detention Justice Forum (DJF) released a statement in response to the findings of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Service on solitary confinement in South African prisons.
The Detention Justice Forum (DJF) released a statement in response to the findings of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Service on solitary confinement in South African prisons.
This comprehensive scholarly book on comparative federalism and the Covid-19 pandemic is written by some of the world’s leading federal scholars and national experts.
We would like to announce that the Dullah Omar Institute at the University of the Western Cape will be closed over the festive season from 15 December 2021 to 16 January 2022
The Dullah Omar Institute is deeply concerned about the arrest of Prof Assefa Fiseha, a staff member and former director of the Centre of Federal and Governance Studies at Addis Ababa University.
Turning the lens on gender in the local government elections, an analysis of elected candidates shows that the only space where women led was in voter registration numbers. Post-election, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has revealed that while more women than men registered to vote in every province, female councillors only made up 37% of elected councillors.