Author: Charles Simkins
Published:
07
Mar
2018
This brief is the second in a series of six on urban transport. It, along with the first brief, presents statistical material which delineates key current features of transport in metropolitan and urban areas.
Briefs
Infrastructure
Transport
Author: Charles Simkins
Published:
07
Mar
2018
This brief is the first in a series of six on urban transport. It, and the second brief, will present statistical material which delineates key current features of transport in metropolitan and urban areas.
Briefs
Infrastructure
Transport
Author: Cherese Thakur
Published:
02
Mar
2018
This brief explores the challenges facing the Electoral Commission in the run-up to the 2019 National and Provincial elections - and what it is being done to address them.
Briefs
Politics
Elections
Government
Author: Graham Dominy
Published:
28
Feb
2018
South Africa got its new Valentine shortly before the clock ticked to midnight on 14th February 2018, as Jacob Zuma exited and Cyril Ramaphosa became first, acting President, then President-Elect and finally President of the Republic in less than twenty-four hours.
Economy
Briefs
Politics
SONA
International
Author: Rafael Friedman
Published:
15
Feb
2018
The Helen Suzman Foundation’s Round Table took place surrounded by banners advertising a State of the Nation Address on 8 February that was not delivered. Instead, an ANC process, drawn out for over a week, has resulted in its National Executive Committee recalling Jacob Zuma from his ‘deployment’ as president of the Republic, ending in his resignation on 14 February.
Economy
Finance
Briefs
Round Table
Author: Kimera Chetty
Published:
15
Feb
2018
This brief, the first of two, summarizes the addresses to the Cape Town Round Table. The companion brief is an analysis of themes discussed at the Round Table.
Economy
Finance
Briefs
Round Table
Author: Rafael Friedman
Published:
13
Feb
2018
On 30 September 2017, South African municipalities were collectively owed R143.6 billion by consumers, according to the latest National Treasury report on municipal finances. R101.6 billion of this amount was household debt. If consumer debt is limited to below 90 days, then the actual realistically collectable amount is estimated at R22.9 billion.
Briefs
Demography
Social Justice
Author: Helen Suzman Foundation
Published:
13
Feb
2018
This brief considers the latest figures, composition, causes and consequences of South Africa’s municipal consumer debt. It also discusses programmes instituted by government and State Owned Enterprises dealing with current issues around municipal consumer debt.
Economy
Briefs
Travel In Cities And Towns II - Statistical Overview: Evidence From The 2013 National Household Travel Survey
