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The Public Protector, The Committee And The Courts – What To Do With The Judicial Findings?

This brief explores the constitutional role of the Section 194 Committee tasked with establishing whether Public Protector Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane has committed ...

The Public Sector Wage Dispute: Understanding the judgment of the Labour Appeal Court

This brief considers and evaluates the reasoning of the Labour Appeal Court in the public sector wage dispute and considers the implications of its judgment, ...

The Silence of the Constitutionalists

In this brief, Matthew Kruger reflects on the suspension of democratic power and subordination of transformative goals during the last year of lockdown. After ...

The World Inequality Lab's A Wealth Tax For South Africa - A Critique I - The Distribution Of Wealth

This Brief updates the HSF's 2018 series on wealth taxes by considering the World Inequality Lab’s A wealth tax for South Africa published in 2021.

The World Inequality Lab's A Wealth Tax For South Africa - A Critique II - The Proposal

The first Brief considered the estimation of the distribution of wealth in South Africa as set out in a companion paper to the wealth tax proposal from the ...

Third Quarter Production And Employment Statistics - Some Puzzles

This is the final Brief in the series with all the statistical information about production and employment in the third quarter having now been published. This ...

To postpone, or not to postpone? That is the question.

This brief will consider the pertinent question: What are the issues that the Constitutional Court will have to decide at the hearing of the Electoral ...

Understanding Cronyism

This brief examines cronyism as a subtype of corruption, and argues, using the executive ethics code as an example, that frameworks do not adequately safeguard ...

Unveiling The Power Behind The Throne: Who Are The Special Advisers?

This brief considers the need to know the identities of persons advising members of the Executive, and highlights the difficulty the Helen Suzman Foundation ...

Water boards and indicators of institutional water integrity

This brief outlines mechanisms that support greater transparency, accountability and participation in water boards.