Author: Anthea Garman

By Dideka Njemla The Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation is collaborating with Kingswood College to mark what could have been Uyinene’s 25th birthday this year.  Uyinene was a 19-year-old University of Cape Town student who was tragically killed in a gruesome incident at the Clareinch Post Office in Claremont, Cape Town. Her brutal death ignited public outrage and sparked a national movement for change.  Since her passing in 2019, the foundation has emphasised that Uyinene was inquisitive, fearless, and outspoken in addressing social issues affecting our society. The foundation expressed that she showed compassion in tackling social ills such as gender-based violence…

The Public Service Accountability Monitor has responded to the 2025 Budget by agreeing with President Cyril Ramaphosa that addressing dire governance, public spending and service delivery is critically important. Here PSAM tracks specific policy commitments made by the President to see how well-financed they will be according to the Finance Minister’s Budget speech.  Promise 1 Local government spending and basic service delivery “We will work with our municipalities to establish professionally managed, ring-fenced utilities for water and electricity services to ensure that there is adequate investment and maintenance… We will review the funding model for municipalities as many of them…