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Lehlohonolo Gabriel Mambona

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Lehlohonolo Gabriel Mambona

Dr Lehlohonolo Gabriel Mambona is an implementation systems architect specialising in public economics, institutional delivery and development systems

The ruling government adopted the National Development Plan at the beginning of the past decade, as its plan to eliminate poverty and reduce inequality by 2030.

The delivery spine: Why strategy alone does not deliver results

Every year, governments, corporations and development institutions invest enormous effort in producing ambitious strategies. National Development Plans are launched. Corporate…

Human dignity: As Africa reflects on unity and solidarity, migration continues to expose the continent’s unresolved struggles around governance,
opportunity, sovereignty and economic survival. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy Picture: Delwyn Verasamy

When economic participation outpaces social pressure

For much of the past decade, governments across the globe have found themselves locked in a familiar cycle. Economic growth lags behind population expansion. Youth unemployment…

Development-Linked Financial Architecture (DLFA): Financing stability in an age of migration

Migration is a defining policy challenge for South Africa and the African continent, often viewed through the lens of border management. This article argues that migration is…

President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the nation on the government’s management approach to illegal migration and the recent surge in protests against foreign nationals. South Africa. (GCIS)

President Ramaphosa’s migration speech gets the diagnosis right: The real test is whether South Africa has the system to deliver

Migration outcomes are largely determined by the quality of the systems into which migrants enter. When any one of the systems underperforms, the pressures become amplified. When…

Nationally, the municipal infrastructure funding backlog stands at about R122 billion (Salga, 2025), with a local government fiscal gap of R58bn. This is the context into which migration pressures arise.
 (Delwyn Verasamy)

When migration becomes a municipal crisis: The local face of a continental challenge

In South Africa, where local government is grappling with fiscal constraints, infrastructure backlogs, unemployment and service delivery problems, migration has become an…