Shadow State of the Nation It is not just that Jacob Zuma and his supporters cast a long shadow over the Ramaphosa administration. They represent for the first time...
When Contradictions become Paradoxes: Michael Sachs vs Yunus Carrim. The 25th and 26th of November I participated in a conference on 25 Years of Local Government. The topic sounds dry. There was nothing dry...
The Limits of the State Capture Commission A shot was fired across the bow of the Zondo commission yesterday. Former President Jacob Zuma's lawyer, advocate Sikhakhane effectively...
Welfare and Economic Planning in South Africa Here is an extract of a new article that Jelena Vidojevic and I have just completed. The system of social grants introduced in South...
ORIGINS OF BETRAYAL OF THE PROMISE The Betrayal of the Promise report is back in the spotlight. The recent report of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council credits the...
Let a Thousand Citizen Blossoms Bloom [This article was published in the Daily Maverick. See the full GAPP report on what it will take to implement economic policies in South...
Prof Toyin Falola The great Nigerian scholar Toyin Falola writes for GAPP on the newly established Thabo Mbeki Foundation, lauding new efforts to produce...
GAPP IS FLOURISHING 1. In wanting to strengthen the policy debate in South Africa by drawing on relevant, international comparisons, GAPP has...
CALL FOR PAPERS - GOVERNANCE IN THE TIME OF THE PANDEMIC GAPP will be hosting an International, virtual conference on Rethinking Governance in the Time of the Pandemic: Perspectives from the...
Universal Basic Income Grant Here is the short article that Jelena and I wrote on a Universal Basic Income Grant. The paper has caused a bit of a stir outside South...
Does Zionism have any lessons for the 'Black Lives Matter' movement? I had a great evening with Toby Shapshak and Justice Malala. We have launched a new show called Filling the Gap, which will explore...
RESEARCH GATE I have just joined Research Gate, the website that allows researchers and academics to share their work. I have uploaded a lot of recent...
GAPP Fellows As director of GAPP I am trying to shift discussions about workable policy away from 'good governance' agendas and from 'best practice'...
HOW SA LITERATURE ON CORRUPTION GETS IT WRONG "Work on corruption "tends to be moralising and normative.The problem with such an approach is that even when it pretends to historical...
THINKING ABOUT DEMOCRACY IN THE FACE OF THE CORONAVIRUS. In 2012 I published Notes Towards a Theory of the Democratic Limit on the work of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe for a special edition...
