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 ...

The prospects of legal challenges to the 2021 local government elections

This brief considers the prospects of a successful legal challenge to the 2021 local government elections. It does so by drawing insights from the ...

The Public Protector Impeachment Process: How The Enquiry Resumes

This brief examines the judgement of the Constitutional Court on the constitutionality of the rules adopted by the National Assembly for the removal of heads ...

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 ...

This is the first in a series of Briefs dealing with elections in South Africa. This Brief unpacks some of the main components of the South African General ...

The State Of The South African Refugee Protection Regime: Part III - Party Politics

Asylum has become a battleground for party politics and electioneering.This brief - the third in a three-part series - reviews the asylum policies and ...

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 ...

This is the second part in a two part series of Briefs which focuses on populism in South Africa

This brief deals with the way in which ANC policy is developed. Further briefs will consider the substance of recently released draft policy documents for the ...

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 ...