CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 17 JUNE — 21 JUNE This week — World Refugee Day and climate change as a human rights risk 4 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
MUNICIPAL FINANCES Reprieve for Makana municipality after Eastern Cape treasury claws back half of unspent grants 3 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
MUNICIPAL FINANCE Treasury orders Makana Municipality to pay back R60.7m in unspent infrastructure grants 6 min 7 By Estelle Ellis
SONA 2023 Jobs, energy, grants and graft – civil society breaks down what Ramaphosa got right and where he failed 9 min 6 By Tamsin Metelerkamp and Takudzwa Pongweni
SOLUTIONS-DRIVEN ACTIVISM OP-ED Mutually accountable citizen and government partnership delivers services 4 min 0 By Linda Daniels
COMMENT Secrecy on Public Procurement Bill a betrayal of the process and the people 3 min 0 By The Procurement Reform Working Group
STATE CAPTURE State of emergency required to drive real public procurement reform, say experts 4 min 3 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
SPOTLIGHT In depth: This is how health departments (mis)spend public funds 13 min 4 By Alicestine October for Spotlight
MAVERICK CITIZEN: CORRUPTION Pandemic sees 20-fold increase in number of Eastern Cape civil servants doing business with state 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
Maverick Citizen: Spotlight Eastern Cape mental health unit needs facelift, says Public Service Commission 4 min 0 By Kathryn Cleary for Spotlight
HEALTH SECTOR Health-e News: Tackling the whistle-blower rather than the allegations 5 min 0 By Gill Gifford for Health-e News