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Since the legalisation of medical cannabis in 2017, there has been an increase in the rate at which the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority issues licences. While big investments conjure up some excitement for business and government there are still major concerns that the medical cannabis sector may exclude small players. This article highlights…

Considering the evolution of the digital economy, this article highlights Icasa’s inability to sync its development and regulations with the market realities of South Africa. View Now

Considering the unemployment rate in South Africa, this article delves into how government has attempted to shift its responsibility of creating employment, this article unpacks how the state is not a mere passive participant in job creation and the role it ought to be playing to create an enabling environment for the private sector to…

This article analyses the National Policy Development Framework, unpacking its importance, relevance and how it can strengthen evidence-based public policy making in South Africa. View Now

This article argues that society has effectively been left for dead in part due to an interplay between bad politics and prevailing public discourse. With local elections at the centre of discussion it unpacks the denialism and counteraccusations that are at the core of the country’s degenerating sociology of the public discourse and how it…

It is a matter of common cause that democracy is premised on the freedom of opinion that is reflected through open criticism and debates, in light of that, this article tackles South Africa’s concerning trend of deliberately ignoring the voices of various stakeholders in its decision making or policy formulation. Highlighting the importance of remaining…

This article argues that provinces in their current configuration can be a hinderance to service delivery, presenting a new thought that pertains to the reconfiguration of the intergovernmental system. Further arguing that there has been an erosion of capacity and a weakening of institutional integrity due to the inability of provincial municipalities perform. Read Article