Almost 30 years into democracy, South Africa still hasn’t ensured the jobs of senior public servants are not tied to the tenure of government ministers.
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The country is still a very different political space. It’s a noisy democracy with a free media, lots of dissenting voices, and insulting the government doesn’t carry any overt sanction.
The country still has a way to go in addressing the challenges of social inequity. But there has been some progress in every sphere of government.
Professionalism has to start with ministers for it to stand any chance of being embedded throughout the public service.
South Africa suffers capability deficiencies and institutional stasis due to poor political management.
This book is a booster to morale. It tells South Africans they can enjoy the impressive economic growth they once achieved.
In matters of policy-making and governing, understanding the systemic complexity of interrelated forces is crucial to avoiding failure.
Countries with effective governments have reduced income poverty by almost twice the speed.
South Africa’s job summit ignored the great chasms that exist on how to create jobs.
Both the state of the nation address and budget speech didn’t leave a sense that there has been much reflection on the depth of the economic malaise gripping South Africa.
Cyril Ramaphosa is likely to emphasise stability - in government and the ANC. Given his history he is likely to want to stabilise the economy rather than pursue radical interventions.
South Africa has one last hurdle to cross before it implements a sugar tax to prevent a wide-range of obesity related non-communicable diseases.
South Africa’s five-year-old National Development Plan suffers from gross misinterpretation by different parties.
South Africa’s governing ANC has always seen economic growth as the driving force for change. This was wishful thinking as the damage done by apartheid will take far more to undo.
After South Africa’s first democratic election in 1994, the previously oppressed and dispossessed black majority hoped for constitutional restitution of their land. This has largely failed.
The economic transformation discussion document released by South Africa’s governing party, the ANC, fails to be radical.
South African finance minister Pravin Gordhan’s medium-term budget speech was a lot about balancing the politics of a divided ruling ANC.
South Africa must examine how science funding is allocated to universities. It also needs to acknowledge that not all universities should be focusing on research and development.
Land issues are increasingly at the centre of politics in South Africa, but the debate needs fresh ideas.
Through developing their technological skills, South Africa’s local municipalities can increase their capacity to compete with markets in neighbouring countries.
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Professor of Urban Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Head: Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Chair of the Board of Trustees and Head of African Futures & Innovation at the Institute for Security Studies. Extraordinary Professor in the Centre of Human Rights, University of Pretoria
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Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Science and Consultant, Vice Principal for Research and Graduate Education, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Education and Ombudsman, University of South Africa
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Associate Professor and Director of Rhodes Business School, Rhodes University
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Research Associate, Durban University of Technology
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Lecturer at Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Researcher, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science, PRICELESS SA, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wits School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Politics lecturer, Rhodes University
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Professor of Economics and Public Finance, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor in Politics, Rhodes University
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Ruth First Fellow, Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand