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Alternative Proposals For Electing Constituency Representatives In A Mixed System

This brief considers three proposals on the table for a mixed member proportional (MMP) electoral system for consideration by the National Assembly’s Home ...

August Production Estimates And April To June Quarterly Employment Statistics

Given the uncertainties about the evolution of the coronavirus epidemic and the response of the economy to it and to the measures taken to combat it, it is ...

Austerity And A Permanent Income Shock

This brief distinguishes between a policy of austerity and the fact of a permanent decline in per capita income, arguing that South Africa should adapt to a ...

Away from colonialism or not? The Constitutional Court is to decide an important UNISA v Afriforum case on language policy at University level in terms of s 29(2) of the Constitution

This brief explores the review case currently in the Constitutional Court on language policy at the University of South Africa. This case touches on issues of ...

Beyond CR17 - Problems With The Executive Members’ Ethics Act And The Executive Ethics Code

This is the last in a three-brief series. The first brief dealt with the relationship between donations towards campaigns within political parties and the ...

Conflict between Minister and National Commissioner raises concerns about Minister’s role in appointments process

This brief examines the role played by the Minister of Police in senior appointments in the police service and asks whether this role is constitutionally ...

Crime And Punishment In Contemporary South Africa I - The System And The Data

This is the first brief in a series of five. It sets the scene for an analysis of quantitative information of the criminal justice process, presented in the ...

Crime And Punishment In Contemporary South Africa II - From Crime To Crime Reporting

This is the second brief in a series of five. The first brief set the scene for an analysis of quantitative information of the criminal justice process. This ...

Crime And Punishment In Contemporary South Africa III - From Crime Reporting To Cases Finalised

This is the third brief in a series of five. The first brief set the scene for an analysis of quantitative information of the criminal justice process. This ...

Crime And Punishment In Contemporary South Africa IV - Estimating The Performance Of The System

This is the fourth brief in a series of five. The first brief set the scene for an analysis of quantitative information of the criminal justice process. This ...