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Public Broadcasting in Africa Series: South AfricaOSF-South Africa, AfriMAP and Open Society Media Program 14 May 2010 This report analyses the crises that have afflicted the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) since 1994. Libby Lloyd, a media and broadcasting consultant based in Johannesburg, Jane Duncan, professor of Media and Information Society at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Jeanette Minnie, an international freedom of expression and media consultant, and the editor-in-chief of AfriMAP\\\\\\\'s broadcast media project, Hendrik Bussiek, argue that these crises have served to open up the debate on the public broadcaster generally and created the chance for a thorough review of the entire public broadcasting legislation as well as the organisational structures of the SABC. The report delves into challenges of a post apartheid South Africa, where inequality of access to media and its ownership are still prevalent today; other issues include threats to media freedom and democracy due to weak mechanisms on the access to information; and South Africa’s ability to implement with a promised digital migration.
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The APRM Process in South AfricaOSISA/AfriMAP 29 April 2010 The aurthor of this report, Nobuntu Mbelle, finds that, though South Africa was anxious to complete the APRM self-assessment on time and did so successfully, its commitment to speed was perhaps at the expense of quality. Although there was an expectation that South Africa would set a high standard for the process, it fell some way short of this ambition. There were some innovative and important steps, including the decentralisation of the process and an effort to collect information from a very wide range of respondents. But lack of planning and over-hasty implementation meant that the APRM process was nothing like as thorough as it could have been; more worryingly, the hand of government was far too strong in the preparation of the final self-assessment report.
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South Africa: Effective Delivery of Public ServicesAfriMAP and OSF-South Africa 29 November 2007 Completing AfriMAP's series on South Africa, this report uses the examples of the health and education sectors to consider South Africa's compliance with the various standards and best practices laid down in relation to the functioning of the public service -- including the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption, and the Charter for the Public Service in Africa. While South Africa has many examples of best practice on paper, it is struggling to ensure that these policies are fulfilled in practice: this report offers analysis and suggestions on critical problems for attention.
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South Africa: Democracy and Political ParticipationAfriMAP and OSF-South Africa November 2006 The second in AfriMAP's reports on South Africa, this analysis provides a comprehensive overview of the state of democracy and political participation in South Africa, measuring performance of the government against a wide range of African and international standards. Chapters deal with citizenship and discrimination, participation in the policy process, the functioning of parliament and political parties, election management, and local government.
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South Africa: Justice Sector and the Rule of LawAfriMAP / Open Society Foundation for South Africa February 2006 This report is the first in AfriMAP's series to be published and highlights both successes and failures of the South African justice system. Both the main report, and a shorter discussion paper based on the main report are available for download here. The report recognises that the government, in place since 1994, has made major achievements in transforming the justice sector from an apartheid institution into one that measures up to international standards. Racist laws have been repealed, the legal aid system has been extended, and major efforts have been made to reform the criminal justice system. However, serious challenges remain. In the criminal justice field, police abuse is still found and prison overcrowding is endemic, with negative consequences for any chance of rehabilitation. Access to justice is hampered by the high cost of lawyers, and provincial governments have failed to respect repeated court orders. In many areas, implementation of new laws and policies has not matched aspirations on paper. The report is broadly positive about South Africa’s commitment to independence of the judiciary, while recognising a need for continued vigilance to ensure it remains.
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Public Broadcasting in Africa Series: South Africa | Activities |
| Open Forum 06 May 2012 In May 2012, the Africa Foundations of the Open Society convened a forum to take a critical look at the factors that will influence the African democracy and governance agenda over the next decade, to debate the paradox of unequal growth and to turn innovative ideas into action that promotes real change. The three day event held at the Cape Town Convention Centre, featured artists and activist, politicians, academics, policy and law makers and media. AfriMAP organized two parallel more...
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Presentation to the South African Parliament on the African Peer Review Mechanism 22 February 2012 AfriMAP and the South African Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA) made a joint presentation to the South African Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Administration on 22nd February. The presentation focused on the implementation of the APRM in South Africa and highlighted the need for systematic monitoring of the implementation of the APRM to address the perception that the mechanism was executive driven with minimal citizen participation. While members of parliament who more... |
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| Pan African Parliament 10 November 2011 AfriMAP and OSISA together with other partners supported the 11before2011 campaign, which was aimed at accelerating the ratification of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance by member states. The campaign spearheaded by the Pan African Parliament's bureau, registered the desired result, and met its goal of contributing to continental advocacy drive and obtaining the needed 15 ratifications from AU members states, so that the charter could come into force. The campaign will continue more... |
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| Launch of report on progress in implementing the APRM in South Africa 28 June 2011 The Pan African Parliament in Midrand, South Africa, hosted the launch of the report Progress in Implementing the APRM in South Africa: Views from civil society on 28 June 2011. The report is one of a series published by the African more... |
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South Africa Justice Sector Report Launch 17 February 2006 On 17 February 2006, AfriMAP launched its first report, on the justice sector in South Africa, at an event at the former women's prison at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg. Advocate George Bizos spoke at the launch, addressing questions of judicial independence and the rule of law in the context of recently proposed legislation to amend the South African Constitution. The effect of the proposed amendments, he stated, was: "in essence, to transfer the administrative and budgeting powers more... |
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