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Letting the numbers speak: Census 2011
(Local Government Bulletin, 2012)
The South African Statistics Council has released the much-anticipated Census 2011 results. Its report provides relevant and timely information on a wide range of matters. This article focuses on those results that relate ...
The state of civil society participation in Parliament
(Law, Democracy & Development, 2012)
This paper explores the extent of public participation in the legislative, oversight and accountability mandates of Parliament. The legislative mandate refers to the making, introducing and amending of laws. The Constitution ...
Unfunded mandates: Directing subnational governments
(Deutsche Förschungsinstitut fur Öffentlichen Verwaltung, 2012)
Unfounded mandates are an extreme manifestation of the phenomenon of governing from the centre; the federal government through various strategies imposes national mandates on state and local governments at the expense of ...