This Brief is the first in a two part series and this Brief discusses populism.

Redefining Politics And How We Think About It

This brief discusses politics of old and new and attempts to draw attention to the relationship between the government and the people. This brief is derived ...

With the 2014 General elections behind us, it is not too soon to start focusing on Local elections. This brief unpacks the components of South Africa's local ...

Spotlight On Accountability I: The Meaning Of Accountability

This brief is part of a series that takes ‘accountability’ to its roots by explaining fundamental aspects of the concept, and provides a guide on how to assess ...

Spotlight On Accountability II: Accountability Mechanisms

This brief is part of a series that takes ‘accountability’ to its roots by explaining fundamental aspects of the concept, and provides a guide on how to assess ...

Spotlight On Accountability III: Accountability Categorised

This brief is part of a series that takes ‘accountability’ to its roots by explaining fundamental aspects of the concept, and provides a guide on how to assess ...

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 ...

This Brief sets out two important things to know about the system.

The first Brief in this series dealt with important rules of the game. This Brief takes the next step and projects a base line for 2016.

The second Brief set out the allocation of seats to metros and produced a baseline projection of the outcome of the 2016 local government election based on the ...