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Budget Briefs: PIMS Budget Paper: No 3 - Government Accountability, Parliament and the Role of Budget Offices in South Africa
[2008 December 02]
By: Ahmed Mohamed
The PIMS Budget Papers provide analysis of significant, topical budgeting questions to promote wide-ranging, informed debate on the best uses of public resources in South Africa.
The series covers:
• fiscal policy,
• the...
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Newsletters: Democracy in Action - November/December 2008
[2008 December 01]
Election fever has hit Southern Africa, and this month we provide some guidance about credible elections in Africa, as well as what can be expected in the run up to the 2009 South African elections. Several articles give an overview of...
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Research Reports: Developing a Transformation Agenda
[2008 December 01]
Political Crisis, Mediation and the Prospects for Transitional Justice in Zimbabwe.
By: Shari Eppel and Brian Raftopoulos. Solidarity Peace Trust, South Africa.
The major purpose of this paper is to firstly set out the current political and economic...
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Newsletters: Migration & Social Cohesion
[2008 November 24]
Welcome to the second edition of Migration & Social Cohesion
In the first edition, we focused on the concept of integration and identified the key factors and issues that need to be taken into account in designing policies and programmes for integration...
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Articles: Cholera outbreak continues in Zimbabwe
[2008 November 21]
By: Theophilous Chiviru
As the world puts more focus on the political stalemate between ZANU PF and the MDC, a new humanitarian crisis has hit Zimbabwe. A cholera epidemic has flared up in some parts of the country, including the capital city...
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Articles: Zimbabwe Country Brief
[2008 November 19]
Zimbabwe attained its independence from Britain in 1980. With a relatively industrialized economy and a firm agricultural base, it was labeled the ‘bread basket’ of Southern Africa. Today, the country is in the midst of a severe economic and political crisis...
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Articles: SADC versus the people of Zimbabwe
[2008 November 19]
By: A. P. Reeler
When two-thirds of SADC Presidents, sending proxies instead, fail to turn up for a Summit that includes both the endless Zimbabwe crisis and the re-emergence of a war in the DRC, how should we understand this? And when the diluted Summit...
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Articles: Burning bank notes to make money
[2008 November 19]
Zimbabwe is currently experiencing one of the worst cases of hyperinflation in history, with annual inflation exceeding 230 million percent. Hyperinflation, defined, constitutes extreme long term inflation. It is exacerbated by a country printing an...
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News Articles by IDASA staff: New budget office in South Africa will need to have sufficient expertise
[2008 November 18]
There is currently an important Money Bill before the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) in South Africa’s Parliament. This important piece of legislation seeks to entrench the role of Parliament in the budget process and will enable parliament...
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Articles: SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections
[2008 November 17]
On the 17th of August 2004, in Mauritius, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders adopted the "SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections”. As a member of SADC, Zimbabwe was a signatory to these benchmark...
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