Making Aid Work

Idasa recently hosted the ‘Southern African Civil Society Consultation Workshop & Multi-Stakeholders Consultation on Aid Effectiveness: Catalysing Broad Implementation Of The Accra Agenda For Action (AAA)’. This was one of a series of workshops on the African continent and around the world. Others have been held in the Philippines and Columbia. These workshops are [...]

Reforming the IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a special agency of the United Nations with 186 member countries, to which it provides policy and technical assistance and funding. The IMF is a core International Financial Institution (IFI) and an influential funding body which has influence over developing countries’ economic and other policies.
IFIs are the largest source [...]

Why stake the credibility of Transnet on someone with disciplinary charges?

By Judith February
There is an ugly spat brewing at Transnet. It’s one which is not unlike some of the others taking place in various institutions across the country where the interests of party and state continue to collide in a messy and undermining way. Transnet has a potentially pivotal role to play in the economy, [...]

Did SA sell weapons to rogue regimes ?

The debate on South Africa’s arms trade is once again in the spotlight. The Democratic Alliance’s David Maynier has informed the House of his serious concerns regarding possible weapons transactions involving countries with very dubious human rights records, such as Libya and North Korea.  There might also be an arms deal pending with neighbouring Zimbabwe.

Choosing a New Public Protector for SA

Over the next few weeks, parliament (a committee representing all political parties) will interview potential candidates for our new public protector.
So what does the “public protector” do?
The primary duty of the Public Protector is to ensure that ordinary citizens benefit from efficient and fair public administration. We need more South Africans to voice their opinion [...]

What did they spend? Party Funding and Campaigns in SA …

By: Judith February
With the elections over and the African National Congress celebrating its victory, it is clear that, along with the people, the money has also spoken.
Estimates put the ANC’s election spending at between R200million and R400m. No one can be sure of the actual amount, given the lack of transparency in the funding of [...]