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Unpacking the 2017 Budget: What are the options for the poor? 9 March 2016

The CPLO and PACSA co-hosted a roundtable discussion on Unpacking the 2017 Budget. Mr Mervyn Abrahams, Director of PACSA, and KPMG Economist, Mr Christie Viljoen addressed the discussion, which was attended by 45 people. Both Mr Abrahams and Mr Viljoen argued that the 2017 Budget was seemingly geared towards the poor – social spending took […]

The Draft National Adaptation Strategy, 24 February 2016

Guest speaker, Associate Professor Gina Ziervogel, Adaptation and Vulnerability Specialist from the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape presented to crowd representing different stakeholders. South Africa’s current draft National Adaptation Strategy (NAS) is intended to be the cornerstone for climate change adaptation in the country and to reflect a unified, […]

Public Employment Programmes: Are They Working? 5 December 2016

The two guest speakers were Ms Hameda Deedat – Acting Executive Director, NALEDI; and Mr Rudi Dicks – Outcomes Facilitator, Department of Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation. The dialogue focused on government employment programmes, more specifically the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) and the Community Works Programme (CWP), and whether or not they are effective as […]