Department seeks to amend the legislation governing the public service, but squanders the opportunity for meaningful reform

This brief examines the Department of Public Service and Administration's proposed amendments to the legislative scheme governing the public service. It is ...

Professional Service Industries: Facilitating Malfeasance For A Fee I - Understanding Professions

This brief series looks at four professional services industries - law, auditing, accounting, and management consulting - and the role that they play in ...

Professional Service Industries: Facilitating Malfeasance For A Fee II - Constraints On Professional Conduct

This brief series looks at four professional services industries - law, auditing, accounting, and management consulting - and the role that they play in ...

Professional Service Industries: Facilitating Malfeasance For A Fee IV - The Next Steps For Professions

This brief series looks at four professional services industries - law, auditing, accounting, and management consulting - and the role that they play in ...

Companies Amendment Bill, 2018: Our submission to the Department

This brief summarises the Helen Suzman Foundation’s submission to Department of Trade and Industry regarding the Companies Amendment Bill, 2018. It proposes ...

Conversations About Corruption I - The National Anti-Corruption Strategy And Procurement Reform

This brief - the first part in a two-part series - explores the discussions and ideas shared by stakeholders such as government, civil society, academia, and ...

Conversations About Corruption II - Technology, Education, Public Mobilisation And Practical Steps

This brief - the second part in a two-part series - explores the discussions and ideas shared by stakeholders such as government, civil society, academia, and ...

Structural Interdicts: An Effective Means Of Ensuring Political Accountability?

Incapacity. Incompetence. Pure recalcitrance. Intentional non-compliance. Corruption. These are among the most egregious reasons for any government’s inability ...

Report: Conference On Fast-Tracking The Implementation Of The UNCAC In Southern Africa

This brief describes the process employed to create a set of recommendations to fast-track the implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption in ...

China’s Loans to South Africa - Brief II

This is the second brief in a series of five that takes a look at South Africa’s recent loans from China; it looks at the experiences other countries have had ...