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18 March 2010
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12 Aug 2009
 
 
Public servants still profit from State tenders
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
At what point could corruption become endemic in South Africa? When might it become so systematised that it becomes almost irreversibly ‘the way business is done'?
 
 
23 Jul 2009
 
 
 
Submission to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
Idasa made a submission to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development requesting that the draft Constitution 17th Amendment Bill should be reconsidered. The effect of the draft Bill...
 
 
15 Jul 2009
 
Zimbabwe has a long way to go before sanctions are lifted
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
The African Union (AU), SADC and the Zimbabwean Government of National Unity (GNU), have recently begun to take it in turns to call for the removal of the targeted sanctions against certain...
 
 
08 Jul 2009
 
Helping Africa Save Itself
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
In DEAD AID, Dambisa Moyo, a Zambian-born economist, lays out a brash argument: that the more than $1 trillion in foreign assistance given to Africa over the past 50 years is the root cause of the...
 
 
10 Jun 2009
 
Constitutional Court Appointments Will Test Judicial Waters
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
When the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) meets later this year to consider who will replace four titans of the Constitutional Court when their terms expire this October, it will be one of the...
 
 
03 Jun 2009
 
It's all ears as South Africans from all quarters await State of the Nation address
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
When President Jacob Zuma comes to Parliament on Wednesday to deliver his state of the nation address, he will be under intense scrutiny from all quarters. Not only will the alliance partners be...
 
 
13 May 2009
 
A whole new dynamic in SA Parliament sets the scene for intriguing session
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
The welcome mats were rolled out for the swearing in of new Members of Parliament this week. The fourth Parliament looks somewhat different, with several newcomers on both sides of the House...
 
 
Time to Close Book on Party-Funding Secrecy in SA
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
WITH the elections over and the African National Congress celebrating its victory, it is clear that, along with the people, the money has also spoken.
 
 
 
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