The citizen action for change

By Auburn Daniels – iLEDA trainer The developments in North Africa and the Middle East have engrossed viewers around the world. For some it may appear a rather sudden revolt in countries that are thought to be rigid and oppressive. These unprecedented events still pose the question, will  the people of these countries like Tunisia, [...]

What was Pravin Gordhan not saying in his MTBPS speech?

Now that the dust has settled on the Minister of Finance’s presentation democracy institute Idasa takes a hard look at what was presented in the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement to see what the real implications will be for health, service delivery, finance. Read here for analyses by Idasa’s Political Information and Monitoring Service and [...]

Criminalisation of wilful transmission of HIV: sitting on the fence?

By Christele Diwouta, a researcher with Idasa’s Governance and AIDS Programme In August this year the eyes of the world were upon an HIV-positive German pop star found guilty of having unprotected sex with her ex-partner and infecting him with HIV. Nadja Benaissa, 28, was found guilty and given a two-year suspended sentence as well [...]

Clean Energy, Good Governance, and Electricity Regulation

Electricity regulators in the rapidly growing emerging economies of India, South Africa, Brazil and Mexico face similar challenges. Clean energy options are supporting their efforts to secure adequate electricity to power economic development without compromising local and global environmental benefits, but also raising complex tradeoffs. The Forum on Clean Energy, Good Governance and Electricity Regulation [...]

PIMS looks at internal party integrity management

The way political parties conduct their affairs will determine the quality and strength of South Africa’s democracy. All parties therefore have a common responsibility and a mutual self-interest in enhancing their own internal integrity management. Among the aims of this PIMS research project is to provide a comprehensive assessment of existing internal interest disclosure models [...]