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Leveraging South Africaâ??s renewable energy initiative to revitalise Merafong Cityâ??s distressed mining township economies
Africa, BRICS and the Global South
2025
P.M. Mashamaite
Mashamaite, P.M. (2025) Leveraging South Africaâ??s renewable energy initiative to revitalise Merafong Cityâ??s distressed mining township economies. (HSRC Policy Brief, April). http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/24185
This oversight engenders and promotes pro-market, favouring well-established private sector businesses to submit tenders as Independent Power Producers (IPPs). Consequently, it fails to create an enabling environment for local government to leverage South Africaâ??s REI4P as an LED initiative to revitalize distressed mining…
Consolidating pre-existing datasets for evidence-based policymaking to manage the rising non-communicable disease cases in South Africa
Public Health, Societies and Belonging
Africa, BRICS and the Global South
2025
V. Mjimba, S. Sibeko, S. Moyo
Mjimba, V., Sibeko, S. & Moyo, S. (2025) Consolidating pre-existing datasets for evidence-based policymaking to manage the rising non-communicable disease cases in South Africa. (HSRC Policy Brief, April). http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/24188
The aim to propose a focused policy thrust towards a systemic, consolidated, and standardised locally and internationally acceptable NCD database accessible to all stakeholders as a source of broad range of evidence-based responses, including preventative practices, management tools, and practices, including a focused production…
The role of the National Gender Machinery (NGM) in strengthening gender mainstreaming in South Africa
Public Health, Societies and Belonging
Impact Centre
2025
M. Magampa, R. Makgalemane, T. Ginyana, L. Makola, M.G. Maluleke, K. Mohapanele, L.O. Molopa, P. Chambale, K. Skhosana, D. Daniels, J Chikovore, N. Mbandazayo, T.M. Ramoroka, P. Parenzee, M. Nduna, N. Zungu
Magampa, M., Makgalemane, R., Ginyana, T., Makola, L., Maluleke, M.G., Mohapanele, K., Molopa, L.O., Chambale , P., Skhosana, K., Daniels, D., Chikovore, J, Mbandazayo, N., Ramoroka, T.M., Parenzee, P., Nduna, M. & Zungu, N. (2025) The role of the National Gender Machinery (NGM) in strengthening gender mainstreaming in South Africa. (HSRC Policy Brief, March). http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/24149
Key messages in this policy brief:…
Gender mainstreaming as a strategy for achieving the Sustainable Development Goal no. 5 on Gender Equality
Public Health, Societies and Belonging
Impact Centre
2025
T.M. Ramoroka, D. Daniels, J. Chikovore, L. Makola, M. Magampa, L.O. Molopa, K. Mohapanele, T. Ginyana, R. Makgalemane, P. Chambale, N. Mbandazayo, P. Parenzee, M. Nduna, N. Zungu
Ramoroka, T.M., Daniels, D., Chikovore, J., Makola, L., Magampa, M., Molopa, L.O., Mohapanele, K., Ginyana, T., Makgalemane, R., Chambale , P., Mbandazayo, N., Parenzee, P., Nduna, M. & Zungu, N. (2025) Gender mainstreaming as a strategy for achieving the Sustainable Development Goal no. 5 on Gender Equality. (HSRC Policy Brief, March). http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/24150
Key messages from this policy brief:…
Removing guesswork from SMME development: leveraging data for smarter policy design
Equitable Education and Economies
2025
J. Visagie, T. Moosa
Visagie, J. & Moosa, T. (2025) Removing guesswork from SMME development: leveraging data for smarter policy design. (HSRC Policy Brief, March). http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/24134 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/24134 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/24134
The aim of this policy brief is to demonstrate how the curation of administrative data sources, particularly access to tax records, can play a crucial role in bridging the data gap about the performance of SMMEs in South Africa. High quality, granular data is a prerequisite for smarter policy design that avoids a…
South Sudanâ??s peacebuilding dilemma: navigating the final stretch of R-ARCSS and beyond
Developmental, Capable and Ethical State
2025
J.G. Yoh, B. Ngwenya
Yoh, J.G. & Ngwenya, B. (2025) South Sudanâ??s peacebuilding dilemma: navigating the final stretch of R-ARCSS and beyond. (HSRC Policy Brief, March). http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/24118 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/24118
This policy brief seeks to elevate key issues, which are deemed to be hampering security sector reforms, economic progress, coupled with deliberate unwillingness to implement the R-ARCSS. Finally, the threats of renewed violence, frequent inter-communal conflicts, resources mismanagement, and public frustration may potentially…
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