A short weekly digest of what moved in South African reform: new parliamentary activity linked to policy ideas, recently added research, and one idea or binding constraint in focus. Auto-drafted from the PMG pipeline, edited by hand before it ships.
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205 new links between ideas and committee meetings, touching 61 ideas; 567 research papers added.
6 research papers added. Idea of the week: GEPF Infrastructure Investment Mandate, as the Finance committee moves for urgent PIC oversight.
4 research papers added. Parliament returns, and Treasury defends withholding equitable-share transfers to municipalities. Idea of the week: Intergovernmental Fiscal Framework Review.
5 research papers added. Idea of the week: Bulk Water Infrastructure Investment Programme.
7 research papers added, including TIPS on telecommunications infrastructure. Idea of the week: IMT Spectrum Auction Completion.
4 research papers added. Idea of the week: NSFAS Fraud Prevention and Administration System Overhaul.
Seven papers added, including new DSGE work on the monetary–fiscal policy mix. Idea of the week: Fiscal Consolidation and Debt Stabilisation.
2 idea↔meeting links across 2 ideas; 5 research papers added.
2 idea↔meeting links across 2 ideas; 6 research papers added.
2 idea↔meeting links across 2 ideas; 108 research papers added.
2 idea↔meeting links across 2 ideas; 102 research papers added.
2 idea↔meeting links across 2 ideas; 2 research papers added.
1 idea↔meeting link across 1 ideas; 5 research papers added.
131 research papers added.
Parliament wound down for the Easter recess, but 138 papers landed in the research corpus and nine ideas picked up new committee meetings. Plus: why the schools-infrastructure meeting on 31 March matters more than it looks.
Data as of 2026-08-24 · latest PMG meeting 2026-08-21