Author: Jacob
Published:
27
Mar
2018
Prof Christopher Mbazira from Public Interest Law Clinic (PILAC) at Makerere University in Uganda has been appointed an Extraordinary Associate Professor in the Dullah Omar Institute at the University of the Western Cape.
Author: Jacob
Published:
27
Mar
2018
The Supervisory Board of Utrecht University has appointed Prof. Henk Kummeling, who is Extraordinary Professor at the Dullah Omar Institute, as Rector Magnificus. On 1 June 2018, he will be succeeding Prof. Bert van der Zwaan. Kummeling is presently a distinguished professor of Utrecht University.
Author: Jacob
Published:
12
Mar
2018
The Dullah Omar Institute would like to congratulate its Extraordinary Professor, Zemelak Ayele, who has been appointed the Director of the Center for Federal and Governance Studies at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia.
Author: Jacob
Published:
28
Feb
2018
Dullah Omar Institute’s Dr Tinashe Calton Chigwata, and Melissa Ziswa’s journal article titled: Entrenching Decentralisation in Africa: A Review of the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Governance and Local Development, got published in the Hague Journal on the Rule of Law yesterday.
Author: Alicestine October
Published:
23
Feb
2018
Amidst the backlash against the budget tabled in Parliament this week as “anti-poor”, an answer to a Parliamentary question revealed that often money alone is not enough to address serious social ills. Political will is just as crucial to put systems in place to achieve the very thing budgets are intended for. This in turn will require rigorous monitoring by citizens and civil society of budget spending and its impact – something that will hopefully improve with the new Vulekamali initiative for greater public input in budget processes.
Author: Alicestine October
Published:
23
Feb
2018
The budget tabled in Parliament this week, does not address a crumbling health system, certain civic organisations warned. Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba announced a R205 billion budget for health in the new financial year that is set to increase to R240,3 billion.
Author: Alicestine October
Published:
22
Feb
2018
Social protection is an important safety net for the poor yet not all will benefit from this. Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba this week delivered his budget speech in Parliament and announced the government’s plan to increase its spending on social protection from R193.4 billion in the next financial year to R223.9 billion by 2021.
Dullah Omar Institute appoints a new Extraordinary Professor
Prof Henk Kummeling becomes Rector Magnificus of Utrecht University
Prof Ayele becomes Director of Center for Federal and Governance Studies
New: Journal article by Dr Tinashe Calton Chigwata & Melissa Ziswa in the Hague Journal on the Rule of Law.
Money and political will needed to tackle child murders
Calls to include patient voices for needs-based health budgeting
Funding of shelters for abused women is still uncertain post-budget
