Clean audits are a necessary but insufficient condition for achieving governance performance. But there is more to the story than that. It is highly unlikely that audited entities will deliver value for their...
Western Cape
GGA urges independent panel on coalition politics crisis
Coalition politics has gained salience in the public imagination in recent months following disunity and breakdown in several local councils, including the high-profile metros of Johannesburg and Tshwane. In response...
Elections 2021: How does your municipality rank?
Monday is voting day in South Africa's local government elections. If you're still thinking about where to place your X, take a moment to better inform yourself about your municipality with GGA's Governance Performance...
Largely on their own – again
Indigenous peoples: the struggle continues COVID-19 is just the latest challenge that the San and other marginalised groups have had to face On New Year’s Eve 2019, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission discreetly...
South Africa: A jobs crisis amplified by a health crisis
South Africa’s unemployment rates were already a crisis before the Covid-19 pandemic spread across the globe and took root in the country’s economic heartlands of Gauteng and the Western Cape. At the start of the...
We’re reporters, that’s what we are
Profile: Mondli Makhanya Veteran newspaper editor Mondli Makhanya describes himself as an idealist who believes the mainstream media still has the power to bring about change When Mondli Makhanya says the media...
