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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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Housing and the urban premium
This article published by Ivan Turok in Habitat International looks at housing and the urban premium. Housing policy is experiencing a revival in many countries of the South after a...
Task Team on Private Sector Financing of Infrastructure
There is a specific focus on assisting with private sector financing of infrastructure. CPAU chaired a Task Team on private sector financing of infrastructure to understand what constraints there might...
Infrastructure User Charges
This guideline produced by GTAC’s Capital Projects Appraisal Unit sets out broad principles and economic considerations that can assist in determining how investments in infrastructure can be paid for in...
Appraisal of Infrastructure Guideline Appraisal Tools and Methodologies
The current socio-economic climate in South Africa is characterised by the need for greater investment in infrastructure to support higher levels of economic growth and social welfare. However, the challenge...
Transforming South Africa’s Divided Cities: Can Devolution Help?
Ivan Turok, Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa, drafted this journal article that looks at South Africa’s divided cities. Little progress has been made since 1994 to alter...
Turning the tide: The Johannesburg Development Agency and its role in revitalising the inner city
From a mining village in 1886, Johannesburg expanded rapidly to become South Africa’s undisputed industrial and commercial capital. In the 1960s and 1970s the central business district was almost completely...
Why the lights went out: Reform in the South African energy sector
In 2008 South Africa’s lights went out. Problems started in 2005 when damage to Koeberg resulted in power cuts in the Western Cape. This situation continued to deteriorate and in...
Why the Lights Went Out: Reform in the South African Energy Sector
A case study looking at reform in the South African energy sector.
Case Study for Ten Years of the Mbombela (Nelspruit) Water and Sanitation Concession South Africa
local government provides all citizens with basic water and sanitation services. In 1999 the Nelspruit Transitional Local Council signed a 30-year concession agreement with the Greater Nelspruit Utility Company to...
“The water that kills our babies”: A Case of Water Services Crisis in The Ukhahlamba District Municipality
“These babies are dying because of the dirty water they drink.” That’s how Siyanda Manana, director of communications at the Eastern Cape health department in Bhisho described the deaths of...
Constructing Future Growth Opportunities – The Potential to Develop an Intensive Civil Engineering and Construction Works Export Strategy
The purpose of this paper is to examine whether there is merit in changing the SA policy approach to the local civil engineering and construction works sector. To date, the...
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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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GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Municipal Case Study – Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality KwaZulu – Natal
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa. This report presents a case study of Inkosi Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal. The goal of the report is to examine...
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Municipal Case Study – Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality, Limpopo
The report provides a way forward for implementing a labour-intensive small-scale farming approach to land redistribution in the Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality (GTM).
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Commodity Study – Small-Scale Sugar Production
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa. This report provides an analysis of South Africa’s sugar industry.
GTAC/CBPEP/ EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Municipal Case Study – Sakhisizwe Local Municipality, Eastern Cape
GTAC/CBPEP/ EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa. This report presents the municipality case study for Sakhisizwe Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape. The goal of the...
GTAC/CBPEP/ EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Municipal Case Study – Matzikama Local Municipality, Western Cape
GTAC/CBPEP/ EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa. This study is part of the CBPEP/GTAC Project: Employment Intensive Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities...
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Commodity Study – Livestock Production
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa. This paper is a thematic study for livestock production by smallholders and small-scale black commercial farmers in South Africa. Its...
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Commodity Study – Wool Production by Small-Scale Farmers
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa. The overall aims of this study are to identify the potential for successful expansion of the number of small-scale farmers...
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Commodity Study – Fresh Produce Production Under Irrigation by Small-Scale Farmers in South Africa
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa. This report documents the status of fresh produce production (vegetables and green maize) under irrigation by small-scale farmers in South...
GTAC/CBPEP/ EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Commodity Study – Subtropical Fruit Production by Small-Scale Farmers in South Africa and Employment Intensive Land Reform
GTAC/CBPEP/ EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa. This commodity study on subtropical fruit and nuts forms part of the ‘CBPEP/GTAC project for employment-intensive rural land reform...
GTAC/CBPEP/ EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities Thematic Study The Strengths and Weaknesses of Systems of Land Tenure and Land Administration in South Africa and The Implications for Employment Intensive Land Reform
The overall aims of this thematic study are to identify the strengths and weaknesses of existing systems of land tenure and land administration in South Africa, and to explore the...
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Thematic Study – Agricultural Value Chains in South Africa and The Implications for Employment-Intensive Land Reform
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa. This paper is part of a larger research initiative intended to formulate policy options for land reform in South Africa...
GTAC/CBPEP/EU Project on Employment-Intensive Rural Land Reform in South Africa: Policies, Programmes and Capacities. Thematic Study – International Experiences of Support Policies for Smallholders: A Review and an Exploration of Underlying Rationale and Narratives
This thematic study on International experiences of policies supporting smallholder production is part of the background papers of the ‘GTAC/CBPEP/EU study on employment-intensive rural land reform in South Africa.’ It...
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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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Covid-19 Country Report Chapter 1: Introduction
This chapter provides an overview summary of the first edition of South Africa’s Covid-19 Country Report. It includes the background to the report, the rationale for undertaking the initiative, the...
Covid-19 Country Report Chapter 4: Government Mobilization and Communication
This chapter investigates the capacity and effectiveness of government’s communications strategy as the country went through the various stages of lockdown under the Covid-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 Country Report Chapter 4: Government Mobilization and Communication Presentation
This chapter investigates the capacity and effectiveness of government communications strategy as the country went through the various stages of lockdown under the Covid-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 Country Report Chapter 2 South African Government Leadership, Governance and Institutional Arrangements
This chapter assesses leadership attributes, policies and institutional arrangements established from March 2020 to manage and oversee the pandemic.
Covid-19 Country Report Chapter 2 South African Government Leadership, Governance and Institutional Arrangements Presentation
This presentation assesses leadership attributes, policies and institutional arrangements established from March 2020 to manage and oversee the pandemic.
Covid-19 Country Report Chapter 9: Case Studies: Local and Provincial Government
The chapter analyse the nature and impact of the lockdown restrictions on selected provinces, as well as the support measures designed to alleviate the impact. A few local government case...
GNews Story Welcome to GTAC LinkedIn Page : Follow Us and Join Our Page!
GNews Story Welcome to GTAC LinkedIn Page : Follow us and join our page!
GNews Story Small Actions, Big Difference: Baseline Assessment and Costing of New Policies Training
GNews Story Small Actions, Big Difference: Baseline Assessment and Costing of New Policies Training.
Insights Into Technical Consulting Services Unit Service Offering
This resource provides an overview of various types of support provided by the Institutional Development Support unit and a guide to potential clients on how to access Technical Consulting Service...
Brief Summaries of Technical Consulting Services Projects
This resource provides an overview of various types of support provided by the Institutional Development Support unit.
GNews Edition 7, 31 July 2020
GTAC Newsletter Edition 7, 31 July 2020
Leave No SA Youth Behind: Developing a Basic Package of Support for Youth
News bulletin by the Basic Package of Support (BPS) for Youth team on supporting South Africa’s Youth in a time of Covid-19 and beyond.
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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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Intergovernmental Fiscal Reviews: 2006 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
Division of Revenue Bill and Acts
The Division of Revenue Bill and Acts can be found on the National Treasury website and all the legislation bills can date as far back as 2000 till date
Alternative Funding Mechanisms for Municipal Infrastructure Investment by Kolisang Molukanele
Kolisang Molukanele delivered a presentation at the public economics winter school 2022 on Alternative funding mechanisms for municipal infrastructure investment. He mentions that spatial transformation is critical for faster, more...
Access to basic services by Tracy Ledger
Tracy Ledger delivered a presentation at the public economics winter school 2022 on Access to basic services. She mentions that access to services is key to supporting a wide range...
The state of basic service delivery in South Africa by Niel Roux & Casment Mahlwele
Niel Roux & Casment Mahlwele put together a presentation on the state of basic service delivery in South Africa using the Community Survey data of 2016. Basic services are the...
Delivery of Service in Municipalities by Barbara Mgutshini
Barbara Mgutshini delivered a presentation at the public economics winter school 2022 on delivery of services in municipalities. She highlights the local government – organisational operating model, powers and functions...
Untangling the complexity of Infrastructure projects by Eldrid Marlon Uithaler
In this case study, Eldrid Marlon Uithaler explores the roles of various actors within the built environment space and others peripheral to the development of the Court Crescent Recreational Park....
Makhulong Youth Hub: Beast Or Beauty? by Eugenie Ninham
A case study about the challenges to prepare an infrastructure project for implementation was presented by Eugenie Ninham of the Neighbourhood Development Partnership Programme. The case study provided the NDPP...
Systems thinking as a tool for service delivery in Metros and Cities by Samuel Njenga
Samuel Ngenga delivered a presentation on systems thinking as a tool for service delivery in metros and cities at the 2022 Public Economics Winter School. He provides an overview of...
Local Infrastructure Finance by Prof K. Ramokgopa
Prof K. Ramokgopa made a presentation about Local Infrastructure finance where he shares an overview of infrastructure investment, local government infrastructure investment and local government finance. In the presentation, he...
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.
How do municipalities navigate infrastructure service delivery from a regulatory, institutional and financial perspective by Pule Tarafara Setai
Pule Tarafara Setai prepared a presentation on how municipalities navigate infrastructure service delivery from a regulatory, institutional and financial perspective sighting key issues relating to the matter such as “Team-Finance”,...