Tag: public administration
Right to health enforcement – landmark ruling on cancer care
In a decisive move, the judiciary reaffirmed its role in safeguarding constitutional rights. The Gauteng Local Division of the High Court in Johannesburg recently issued an urgent interim relief order against the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) in a case of right to health enforcement.
Public procurement agreements should not have confidentiality clauses
The Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA) is an empowering piece of legislation and allows that secretes cannot be hidden in the shadows. The matter of The Health Justice Initiative vs The Minister of Health provides insight from a regulatory point of view, not only since it has consequences for the privacy and information regime but also the procurement regime.
Proposed amendment of PFMA deserves multi-partisan support
Democratic Alliance Member of Parliament, Ghaleb Cachalia, who also serves as the party’s spokesman on public enterprises and serves on the Ethics Committee in Parliament, introduced the Public Finance Management Amendment Bill to the National Assembly.
