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The cluster includes the following government departments: Communications, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Economic Development, Energy, Finance, Human Settlements, Public Enterprises, Public Works, The Presidency: National Planning Commission, Transport and Water and Environmental Affairs.
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South Africa’s Urban Infrastructure Challenge
Overview of South Africa’s Urban Infrastructure.
South African Conversations on Infrastructure
A Compendium of the Infrastructure Dialogues 2016 – 2017, presenting the key themes and identifying issues that preoccupy those who are constructively involved in improving South Africa’s infrastructure.
Capital Planning Guidelines
National Treasury’s guidance on how infrastructure programmes and project proposals should be planned, appraised and evaluated before significant funds are committed.
Public Sector Infrastructure Update
2018 Budget review, the status of the Public Sector Infrastructure.
Understanding Housing Markets: The Housing Market – an analytical framework
This discussion paper prepared by the Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in South Africa was prepared for the World Bank and the Cities Support Programme of National Treasury and was...
Case Study: Integration and Spatial transformation of South African Cities
This case study on the key issues on integration and spatial transformation of South African cities was written by Leila McKenna The Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa. This...
2017 Public Economics Winter School online reading list
2017 Public Economics Winter School online reading list including reading on topics and includes global perspectives, video webinar series, an overview of South Africa’s housing sector, integration and spatial transformation...
South Africa’s new urban agenda: Transformation or compensation?
This article published by Ivan Turok in Local Economy looks at South Africa’s new urban agenda. One of the dilemmas at the heart of the new urban agenda globally is...
Getting urbanization to work in Africa: the role of the urban land-infrastructure-finance nexus
Ivan Turok, Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa, drafted this journal article that looks at the interplay of urban land, infrastructure and finance. The serious social and environmental...
The Fundamentals of Urbanization Evidence base for Policy Making
This paper published by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme in 2016 titled “Fundamentals of urbanisation: Evidence base for policy making” provides authoritative data, and qualitative and quantitative information on...
Spatial transformation in South African cities
Edgar Pieterse delivered this presentation that looked at spatial transformation in South African cities at the 2016 Public Economics Winter School
Looking at Grid – Tied Rooftop Solar Photo Voltaic Systems as a Feasible Power Generation Technology
Rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems currently contribute a limited amount of power to South Africa’s electricity supply, with installed capacity estimated at 150MW. But these systems are characterised by low...
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This cluster includes the following government departments: Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Communications, Economic Development, Finance, Higher Education and Training, Labour, Mineral Resources, Public Enterprises, Rural Development and Land Reform, Science and Technology, Tourism and Trade and Industry.
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Unlocking The Benefits of Cloud Computing for Emerging Economies – A Policy Overview
This report addresses the movement towards a Cloud environment. The opening and closing essays examine the technological requisites for successful Cloud computing and then examine how the Cloud fits into...
First Employment Experiences of Graduates
The HSRC has studied the first employment experiences of South African graduates in order to describe and identify trends in the local labour market for graduates over the period 1991...
Development Southern Africa Journal Links
This resource provides links to various Development Southern Africa Journals.
History of the Development Southern Africa Journal
This resource provides an overview of the history of the Development Southern Africa journal established by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA).
Policy Guidelines for Enabling Governance of Informal Trading in Public Spaces
These Policy Guidelines are developed from the interpretation of various documents about the informal sector, in the South African local government context, in order to identify key challenges to the...
Presidential Employment Stimulus January 2021 Progress Report
This newsletter provides background, overview and updates on the initiatives of the Presidential Employment Stimulus.
Framework By-Law: Informal Trading In Public Space
This Framework By-law for Informal Trading in Public Space draws on the substantive work of the background research paper, policy guideline, the safe and viable public trading space guideline and...
A Baseline Study on the Destination of TVET College Graduates to Strengthen Employment Promotion in South Africa
In order to support the objectives set out in DHET’s 2013 White Paper for Post-School Education and Training (PSET), it is critical to engage with a strong evidence base of...
Capacity Building Programme for Employment Promotion Background Research Paper. Creating a Supportive Regulatory Environment for the Informal Sector: Improving Regulatory Tools and Practise in Local Government
This research paper acts as a background document to inform the creation of a supportive regulatory environment for public space trading.
In conversation with Dr David Makhado, Chief Director for Research and Knowledge Management at the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME), about the COVID-19 Country Report, the production of which he is coordinating.
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, in partnership with GTAC and the National Research Foundation is working with South Africa’s top academics to record, chronicle, analyse and assess the...
Waste Picker Integration Guideline for South Africa
This Guideline explains:1. why waste picker integration is important; 2. who waste pickers are, how they work, and the importance of recognising their contributions; 3. what waste picker integration is;...
GTAC/ CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Final Report
This study focuses on the potential contribution of redistributive land reform to employment creation. Can land redistribution be undertaken in a manner that also creates jobs, and if so, through...
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This cluster includes the following government departments: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Home Affairs, Justice and Constitutional Development, Finance, Public Service and Administration and The Presidency: Performance Monitoring and Evaluation and Administration.
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Municipal Finance by Matt Glasser
This is a summarized explanation on what a municipality is, its powers and functions, how municipalities get money, what they spend on and how municipalities manage their finances.
Incentives and Reform in Government by Ivor Chipkin, Think tank on Government and Public Policy (GAPP)
Ivor Chipkin from GAPP, the Think tank on Government and Public Policy in South Africa, complied a presentation on Incentives and Reform In Government sighting the importance of bureaucracy for...
Second Edition, Covid-19 Country Report: Chapter 2: Government leadership, governance, and institutional arrangements
Chapter 2 of the 2nd Edition Covid-19 Country Report documents how the second year of the pandemic and the interventions implemented by sectors in response. There will be a special...
Second Edition, Covid-19 Country Report: Chapter 3: Legal and Regulatory Responses
This chapter outlinea the legal and regulatory frameworks that have underpinned the Covid-19 response and ensuing effects including crucial social systems – including the health system, health research, elections and...
South Africa Covid-19 Country Report: First Edition June 2021
This official government report covers the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. It records measures and interventions adopted by the South African government in partnership with its social partners to...
The function shift of Early Childhood Development from the Department of Social Development to the Department of Basic Education
A presentation delivered by Dr. Bangani Ngeleza (MSc., MBL., DBL) on 03 June 2022 as part of GTAC’s weekly webinar series. Early Childhood Development lays the foundation and is core...
Management and Utilisation of Accommodation and ICT in SAPS – Is There Scope for Greater Efficiency?
The Police and IPID Directorate in the Public Finance Division of the National Treasury conducted spending reviews between June and October 2021, specifically focusing on: a) Space utilisation in 3...
Small Yet Significant: Costing ICT Services in the Police Services Group: CSPS, IPID AND PSIRA
This report provides an ICT spending review conducted on selected institutions within the Police Services Technical group. These institutions include: Civilian Secretariat for the Police Service (CSPS); Independent Police Investigative...
Costing ICT Services in the Police Services Group: SAPS, IPID and CSPS
A presentation delivered by Velisubuhle Buti (Senior Budget Analyst in the Justice and Protection Services Chief Directorate under the Public Finance division of the National Treasury) on 27 May 2022...
Public Entities review and rationalisation for the North-West Provincial Treasury (NWPT)
A presentation delivered by Dhiresh Ramklass (GTAC) on 13 May 2022 as part of GTAC’s weekly webinar series. The webinar showcased a Public Entities review and rationalisation for the North-West...
Diagnostic Review of the Capacity Building System for Local Government
A presentation delivered by Dr Li Pernegger (GTAC) and Dr Tracy Ledger Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) on 22 April 2022 as part of GTAC’s weekly webinar series. NT: IGR...
Institutional arrangements & capacity in The Presidency re District Development Model (DDM) model
A presentation delivered by Dr Li Pernegger on 25 March 2022 as part of GTAC’s weekly webinar series. The presentation showcases GTAC’s study undertaken in early 2021, to advise the...
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This cluster includes the following government departments: Arts and Culture, Basic Education, Health, Higher Education and Training, Labour, Science and Technology and Sport and Recreation.
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This cluster includes the following government departments: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Environmental and Water Affairs, Human Settlements, Labour, Public Works, Rural Development and Land Affairs, Social Development, Transport and Women, Youth, Children and People with Disability.
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This cluster includes the following government departments: Defence and Military Veterans, International Relations and Cooperation, Finance, State Security, Tourism, Trade and Industry and Water and Environmental Affairs.
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This cluster includes the following government departments: Correctional Services, Defence, Home Affairs, Justice and Constitutional Development, Police and State Security.
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Sustainability of Conditional Grants by Letsepa Pakkies
Letsepa Pakkies delivered a presentation at the public economics winter school 2022 on Sustainability of Conditional Grants. He provided an overview of the intergovernmental fiscal system, the structure of local...
The future of Local Government by KPMG
KPMG compiled a presentation on the future of local government, stating that local government organizations today face an important opportunity to revolutionize how they function and how they meet the...
Towards a system thinking approach in allocating infrastructure budgets in local government by GN Kaiser & JJ Smallwood
Dr Gisela Kaiser and Prof John Smalwood raise the point that system thinking can be employed to facilitate a constructive, creative space that has potential to evolve in the presence...
Why has state capture in South Africa, unlike in China, not lead to growth and development? by Ivor Chipkin
Ivor Chipkin of the Government and Public Policy Think Tank (GAPP) asks Why has state capture in South Africa, unlike in China, not lead to growth and development in a...
Municipal Dummy Guide
The MFMA folder on the National Treasury website under guidelines holds the Municipal dummy budget guide
Municipal Budget Format Guidelines
Municipal Budget Format Guidelines can be found on the National Treasury website in the MFMA folder under regulations and gazettes in the municipal budget and reporting regulations folder.
Municipal Budget Circulars
Municipal Budget Circulars can be found on the National Treasury website under MFMA under circulars and they date as far back as 2004
Local Government Equitable Share Formula Review discussion documents
Local Government Equitable Share Formula Review discussion documents can be sourced under the MFMA folder under publications and media releases and can date back as far as 2014
Legally required local government information: Municipal Documentation
Legally required information such as Municipal Documentation can be sourced under MFMA documents on the National Treasury website
Intiatives to promoting transperancy – GoMuni
GoMuni is an initiative by the National Treasury to promote transparency. On the site you can find provincial links, municipal data, state of municipal finances, cites support programme and etc
Intergovernmental Fiscal Reviews: 2011 Local Government Budget and Expenditure Reviews
Intergovernmental fiscal reviews can be sourced on the National Treasury under publications and are dated as far back as 1999
Intergovernmental Fiscal Reviews: 2008 Local Government Budget and Expenditure Reviews
Intergovernmental fiscal reviews for local government budget and expenditure can be sourced on the National Treasury under publications and are dated as far back as 2006