Author: Jacob
Published:
03
Nov
2017
Local government practitioners can't deliver well because they lack credible constitutional powers to help them deliver services. These are words by Prof Jaap de Visser, the director of the Dullah Omar Institute when giving keynote speech at the 4th Annual National Conference on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at Makerere University in Uganda.
Author: Sam Waterhouse
Published:
03
Nov
2017
Navigating Parliament and access to information can at times be difficult for ordinary citizens. The past week was no exception for members of the Parliament Watch (ParlyWatch) collective who monitors these parliamentary meetings. Although the blockages are not official, the systems and ways of getting access to information and committees are becoming more and more hidden, changeable and closed,writes Sam Waterhouse
Author: Jacob
Published:
03
Nov
2017
On 3 November, the Dullah Omar Institute hosted the President of Open Society Foundation, Chris Stone and OSF-SA CEO Fatima Hassan.
Author: Alicestine October
Published:
02
Nov
2017
Nobody wants to become a crime statistic yet the crime figures released recently show the probability of this happening to the average South African remains high. Despite crime affecting all citizens across communities, their experiences may vary depending on certain factors.
Author: Alicestine October
Published:
02
Nov
2017
What started out as a petition to parliament about the underfunding of child welfare NPOs on behalf of residents of the East Rand in Johannesburg, has this week spiralled into a broader call for a more comprehensive solution to underfunding across all provinces.
Alicestine October
Author: Alicestine October
Published:
02
Nov
2017
Millions of South Africans dependent on public healthcare has been feeling the impact of staff shortages in health facilities for years, a community health organisation in the Western Cape claimed.
Alicestine October
Author: Jacob
Published:
30
Oct
2017
Sexual and reproductive health is a fundamental human right as well as human development issue that states must strive to fulfil. It is guaranteed in various international and regional human rights instruments as well as national laws and policies. This was true at the recent Regional Colloquium on The Role of National Human Rights Institutions in Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in East and Southern Africa Regions.
Author: Jacob
Published:
25
Oct
2017
On 24 October 2017, the SARChI Chair in Multilevel Government Law and Policy, Prof Nico Steytler hosted a dialogue session with Dr Conrad Bosire and Dr Zemelak Ayele. The topic of the dialogue was: The politics of electioneering in Africa: The case of Kenya and Ethiopia.
Prof de Visser looks at socio-economic rights, local government in Africa
