Policy Brief 46: Improving Coalition Governance
Although many coalition governments at the local level have failed, coalition governance, as a form of government, has now become part of the political…
William Gumede
Policy Brief 45: The Role of Opposition Parties in Developing Democracies
The role of opposition parties is critical in determining the level of accountability by governing parties and governments, the effectiveness of public service delivery…
Policy Brief 44: Civil Society, Citizens and Consumer Activism Crucial to Increase State-Owned Company Performance
Ordinary citizens, consumers, and civil society must play more active roles as shareholders of state-owned enterprises than is currently the case, as activist shareholders…
Policy Brief 43: Democratising the Digital Economy
Introduction Digital technology, particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI), which has now become an integral part of our lives, can reinforce racism, undermine human rights, and…
Working Paper 12: Defending the Constitution
Introduction The persistent attacks on the Constitution by populists, the incompetent and the corrupt have undermined the public legitimacy of the supreme law, unleashing…
Policy Brief 42: Role of Legal Civil Society Organisations in Combatting Corruption
South Africa’s legal profession – both public and private, certain law firms and some judiciary members have been key enablers in state capture, and…
Policy Brief 41: The War Against Democracy
There is an undeclared global war – the equivalent of a Cold War, between autocratic countries and those that are democratic, and within countries…
Paper 11: Lessons from Siemens for South African companies caught up in corruption
The manner in which German engineering firm, Siemens, changed its profits-at-all-cost corporate culture, cleaned up its ethics and held employees found guilty of wrongdoing…
Loyalty won’t bring change to SA, switching allegiance will
For many South Africans not voting during local and national elections is an act of protest – however counterproductive – against runaway corruption, corruption,…
