Voting Politicians Out of Office Is an Option, but There Is No Quick Fix for Local Government Failures Analysis In the run-up to the 2021 local government elections, activists Phindile Kunene and Ayanda Kota explored the reasons why local government is so broken in South Africa in a webinar hosted by Maverick Citizen editor Mark Heywood in collaboration with My Vote Counts. By Estelle Ellis
The Service Delivery Election: Local Government Elections 2021 (LGE 2021) Dossier There is no doubt that local government in South Africa is in a state of unprecedented crisis as the country approaches the 1 November elections. Will LGE 2021 broker another five years of political promises, or once more defer the dream of a good life for all.
October 2021 Household Affordability Index and Report Times are tough. Times are going to get tougher. Food prices rise again. pdf
Life Esidimeni Portraits of Memory: We Must Never Forget Health In 2016, 144 people with mental illness, lost their lives. They died in the care of the South African public health system, from neglect and starvation. They died at the hands of those who were supposed to protect them. We must not forget. We must hold government to account so that mental health is not forgotten. We must remember to ensure it never happens again.
September 2021 Household Affordability Index and Report Statistics South Africa’s recently updated Food Poverty Line is now R624 per capita per month. pdf
Roy Moodley: Mr Prasa? Open Secrets: Unaccountable Who are the shady corporate bosses who derailed Prasa? In this instalment of Unaccountable, we shine a light on Roy Moodley, a politically connected businessman whom employees at the state-owned railway company would call ‘Mr Prasa’, according to testimony at the Zondo Commission.
August 2021 Household Affordability Index and Media Statement Massive food price spikes in Cities affected by social unrest. pdf
PwC and Nkonki: The Auditors who Clipped SAA’s Wings Open Secrets: Unaccountable The ‘Big Four’ audit firms — Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC — all play a systemic role in economic crimes and State Capture. By Michael Marchant
July 2021 Household Affordability Index and Key Data Whilst we welcome what appears to be a greater commitment by Government to the provision of relief to households, workers, and small businesses, it still feels to us that we are trying to pull blood out of a stone. pdf
Recent Unrest in South Africa: Democracy Fails Without Care Statement HBF Cape Town Office If there is one thing that 27 years of raising this democracy has taught us, it is that genuinely democratic institutions cannot stand or flourish in landscapes of injustice. Now is precisely the time to build a state that cares for the many, not the few.
