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Quo Vadis Law and Government in the Digital Society?
ACSL
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13 Mar, 2019

The 4th Industrial Revolution is transforming society at every level. Dullah Omar Institute's Applied Constitutional Studies Laboratory together with the Law Faculty at the University of the Western Cape held a seminar on the 15th of February to examine the impact on law and government in the digital age.

Municipal debt to Eskom: 2009-18
ACSL
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20 Dec, 2018

Municipal debt to Eskom has reportedly reached R17 billion. The rate of growth has however shifted from exponential to linear.

Measuring municipal financial distress
ACSL
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21 Nov, 2018

The state manages billions of rands of taxpayers money, much of it meant for spending on social justice and development programmes. A system of public finance set in law governs how national, provincial and local governments should manage our public finances.