The July To September Quarterly Labour Force Survey

Production in the South African economy has bounced back quite sharply since July. This Brief explores what the Quarterly Labour Force Survey tells us about ...

The Local Elections Government 2021: The Lighter (Or Larger) Side

This brief discusses the 2021 Local Government Elections.

The lockdown ends at midnight on 16 April 2020. What happens next?

This brief reviews the current situation in South Africa resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic and analyses Government’s alternatives when the lockdown period ...

The Lockdown Is Unconstitutional - Part I

Matthew Kruger argues that the purpose and process by which Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has locked South Africa down is unconstitutional. In this first ...

The Lockdown Is Unconstitutional - Part II

The Disaster Management Act is the legislation through which the Minister has effected the current lockdown. In this brief, the purpose and limits of the ...

The Lockdown Is Unconstitutional - Part III

The series concludes by arguing that the purpose for and process by which the powers under the Disaster Act have been exercised are unlawful and irrational, ...

The London School Of Hygiene And Tropical Medicine And Its Projection Of The African COVID- 19 Epidemic - Model Structure And The Projection For South Africa

This brief will outline the structure and assumptions of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's projection model and the following brief will set ...

The National Income Dynamics Study’s Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey - The Labour Market In The First And Second Quarters Of 2020

Hard on the heels of the release of the second quarter 2020 (“Q2”) Quarterly Labour Force Survey (“QLFS”) has come the release of the second wave data from the ...

In a land mark study of government in the Third Reich[1] , Ernst Fraenkel distinguished between the normative and positive state. His thesis has been given ...

The Parliamentary Support Structure

Parliament has an entire support structure comprising of two supporting offices, two branches and an administration. The employees of the support structure are ...