13 March 2022

The Constitutional Court rules on the public sector wage bill during the Covid-19 pandemic

The Constitutional Court judgement handed down in February 2022 is fascinating because it gives those outside government insight into the complexes process of central wage bargaining, which are largely opaque to academia and broader civil society. Given concerns about the rapidly escalating public service wage bill, these collective bargaining dynamics are particularly pertinent from a public policy and fiscal policy […]

Fiscal policy
4 December 2021

Report: How transparent is municipal procurement?

This report, released in November 2021 by the Dullah Omar Institute and International Budget Project, surveyed transparency in procurement in 49 South African municipalities. The key findings of the report include: A comparison of the 2020 and 2021 survey results shows that the lack of transparency in municipal procurement has not improved. In fact, it has worsened in some respects. […]

Municipal finance

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