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Academic recognition for DOI researchers Academic recognition for DOI researchers

We are delighted to announce that three of our researchers received academic accolades that bear testimony to the high quality of research conducted at the Institute.

DOI POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW RECEIVES AWARD DOI POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW RECEIVES AWARD

Dr Michelle R. Maziwisa, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, under the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) in Multilevel Government, Law and Development, has been named the recipient of the 2020 Ronald Watts Young Researcher Award.

DOI's 2019 Annual Report DOI's 2019 Annual Report

Find out what activities the Africa Criminal Justice Reform, Applied Constitutional Studies Laboratory, Children’s Rights Project, Socio-Economic Rights Project, Womxn and Democracy Initiative, as well as the South African Research Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Development have been involved in last year and over the past five years

Webinar on Student Hunger and Covid-19: Stakeholders roles in realising the right to food of vulnerable groups [1 October 2020]

The Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, invites you to its second webinar in a series on ‘Student Hunger and COVID-19’. This series is organised by the Access to Food for Students Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence in Food Security. It seeks to address food insecurity in tertiary institutions nationwide through research and advocacy.

Webinar: Our Voices Matter - Impact of Covid-19 Webinar: Our Voices Matter - Impact of Covid-19

The Socio-economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape is organizing a webinar titled ‘Our Voices Matter’ to discuss the impact of the measures adopted by the government to address COVID-19 pandemic on the lived experiences of people in informal settlements in Cape Town.

Specialised Masters and PhD Programme in Multilevel Government and Local Government

The South African Research Chair in Multilevel Government, situated in the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI), offers high quality Masters and PhD programmes in multilevel government and local government. These programmes deal with questions such as: how are multilevel states designed? how are powers divided? how are the finances allocated to provincial and local governments? how does national government supervise subnational governments? They also deal with pertinent issues relating to the rule of law and good governance. Both programmes combine legal and constitutional studies with other disciplines, such as political science, public administration and finances. Applications are open for both admission and financial support in 2021.

Budget Justice Coalition asks whose budget is it anyway?

In the State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Ramaphosa emphasised the value of social compacts, yet he also announced that there will be reductions in expenditure. Budget Justice Coalition (BJC) worries that the President Ramaphosa’s notion of a social compact in the 2020 State of the Nation Address (SONA) will mean that low-income households and vulnerable groups will have to disproportionately shoulder the costs of “turning this economy around”. The BJC is convinced that the current spending trajectory does not prioritise the demands of a developmental state nor will it result in building much-needed state capacity.

INCEPTION MEETING ON RESEARCH ON COMMUNITY PARALEGALS IN AFRICA INCEPTION MEETING ON RESEARCH ON COMMUNITY PARALEGALS IN AFRICA

The Dullah Omar Institute at the University of the Western Cape in partnership with the African Centre of Excellence for Access to Justice held a two-day inception meeting concerning Research on Community Based Paralegals in Africa. This took place at the Onomo Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda from 21-22 February 2020.

INCEPTION MEETING ON RESEARCH ON COMMUNITY PARALEGALS IN AFRICA

The Dullah Omar Institute of the University of the Western Cape in conjunction with the African Centre of Excellence for Access to Justice will hold an inception meeting concerning Research on Community Based Paralegals in Africa. This will take place at Onomo Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda from 21-22 February 2020.

SONA 2020: Towards a New Dawn for SOEs

When President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his State of the Nation Address (SONA) this evening, many South Africans would want to hear what plans are in place to bring them closer to a new dawn where Eskom and other SOEs function optimally.

African School on Decentralisation 2020: Call for Applications African School on Decentralisation 2020: Call for Applications

The South African Research Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Development at the Dullah Omar Institute of the University of the Western Cape, and the Centre for Federalism and Governance Studies of Addis Ababa University are delighted to announce the inaugural African School on Decentralisation.

Dullah Omar Institute Makes a Submission to Parliament on the NHI Bill Dullah Omar Institute Makes a Submission to Parliament on the NHI Bill

On Friday, 29 November 2019, the Dullah Omar Institute made a submission to the Portfolio Committee on Health on the National Health Insurance Bill. Although the Institute supports the notion of universal health coverage that is aimed at providing South African’s with access to needed health care that is of sufficient quality , our submission highlights concerns about transparency and accountability to members of the public in the governance structures of the NHI Fund.

Don’t let ‘We serve the People’ just be rhetoric Don’t let ‘We serve the People’ just be rhetoric

Activists and scholars this week reminded the Western Cape Provincial Parliament (WCPP), during a roundtable discussion on oversight and public participation, that they will turn up the heat so that legislatures can strengthen its oversight muscle. Too often it is National Parliament that comes under scrutiny whilst provincial legislatures escape the public eye.