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HSF Briefs

Municipalities II: Assessing mechanisms of municipal oversight
Author: Michelle Toxopeüs
Published: 16 Jul 2019
This brief series explores three institutional arrangements that influence municipal functioning. Part I evaluates executive authority in municipalities; Part II assesses mechanisms of municipal oversight; and Part III examines the legal framework for provincial intervention in local government.
Briefs Water Governance
Municipalities I: Evaluating executive authority in municipalities
Author: Michelle Toxopeüs
Published: 16 Jul 2019
This brief series explores three institutional arrangements that influence municipal functioning. Part I evaluates executive authority in municipalities; Part II assesses mechanisms of municipal oversight; and Part III examines the legal framework for provincial intervention in local government.
Briefs Water Governance
The importance of the outstanding Constitutional Court judgment on the Public Protector’s report on the ABSA/Bankorp affair
Author: Anton van Dalsen
Published: 12 Jul 2019
This brief is intended to provide background to the Public Protector’s report into the ABSA/Bankorp affair and on the importance of a Constitutional Court judgment, which is still outstanding after the hearing in November 2018. The subject is dealt with at some length, which is necessary for a full understanding of the matter.
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The Economy: Adapt or Die III - The Long Term
Author: Charles Simkins
Published: 10 Jul 2019
The first brief in this series considered economic priorities leading up to the 2020 Budget. The second brief discussed priorities for the following two years. This, the final brief, proposes initiatives over the longer term.
Economy Briefs
The Economy: Adapt or Die II - The Medium Term
Author: Charles Simkins
Published: 10 Jul 2019
The first brief in this series considered economic priorities leading up to the 2020 Budget. This brief discusses priorities for the following two years.
Economy Briefs
Financial Regulation in South Africa – Brief II of II
Author: Charles Collocott
Published: 04 Jul 2019
This is the second of two briefs looking at South Africa’s financial regulation, specifically the newly formed Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) and CEO, Dube Tshidi. The first brief looked at the FSCA and its “Twin Peaks” model, querying whether taking on this model of financial regulation was necessary and what the potential consequences might be. This brief looks at the legal woes the CEO of the FSCA has come up against, past and present.
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