From an economics perspective, the COVID-19 shock is unprecedented and very different from other global financial shocks. For the first time since the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic, the South African economy has been hit by real supply and demand shocks that have struck both domestic production and global supply chains, and simultaneously depressed demand in both the domestic and global […]
This article by Nolwazi Makhanya was published 31 October 2021 in Parliamentary Affairs. Abstract Renewed interest in legislative ‘power over the purse’ has seen a growing demand in modern democracies for parliaments to strengthen their authority over national budgets. However, weaknesses in legislative and institutional reforms intended to bring about more assertive parliaments with powers to amend budgets raise issues […]
This article entitled “Future-proofing the State against Corruption and Capture: the Performance of the Parliamentary Service in Supporting Effective Legislative Oversight in South Africa” was published in Administratio Publica in 2020. ABSTRACT The Parliament of South Africa (POSA) was singularly incapable of successfully discharging its constitutional obligation to hold the Executive accountable during the Zuma administration from 2009 to 2017. […]
This video features an animated mind map which analyses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the South African economy. It was produced for the 2021 Public Economic Winter School which was hosted by GTAC (the Government Technical Assistance Centre) in August 2021. It was fun working with an animator for the first time. Videos like these are a great […]
I collaborated with the GTAC (Government Technical Assistance Centre) in the National Treasury to create this little video of the timeline of corona virus pandemic from its inception in South Africa around March 2020 to August 2021, for the 2021 GTAC Public Economics Winter School. Enjoy!