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South Africa : Transforming the Tragedies of Local Government Failure
Glenn Ashton 14/06/13
Perhaps the greatest single failure of governance in the new democratic dispensation is situated at the local government level. While some improvement has occurred, the lives of far too many citizens, especially those in small towns and rural (...)
Fracking Up the Karoo
Glenn Ashton 16/03/11
The potential presence of natural gas deep beneath the surface of the Karoo has triggered a national hullabaloo. It is not the gas itself that is controversial ; it is the proposed method of liberating it in commercially viable quantities, which (...)
NGO Influence on the Wane ?
Glenn Ashton 18/10/10
The role that Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO’s) play in South Africa regionally is under unprecedented threat from several fronts. Under apartheid, and particularly during its dying days, NGO’s had a massive influence on the emergence of the (...)