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Ivor Chipkin

The civil society resistance to state capture

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'The shift to tyranny in SA has been accompanied by political arguments about the nature of South Africa’s transition from apartheid to democracy'
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The state wags the dog, at the ANC’s cost

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The complicated nature of government and the negative impact of political appointments make running the country a nightmare.
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Decentralised procurement fails the state

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The problem facing government departments is not simply an issue of poor leadership or unskilled officials; it is structural.
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Bantustans are dead – long live the Bantustans

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The dynamics of power established under apartheid, especially in the 'homelands', still play a major role in rural government.
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Let a thousand state bureaucrats bloom

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SA needs well-designed administrations staffed by well-trained, professional mandarins, writes Ivor Chipkin.
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Public sector ‘manages’ to fail

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A serious misunderstanding about the uneveness of the apartheid state has resulted in major policy errors.
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