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Journal articles on the topic "Corporate governance – South Africa"

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Diamond, G., and G. Price. "The political economy of corporate governance reform in South Africa." South African Journal of Business Management 43, no. 1 (March 30, 2012): 57–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v43i1.176.

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This study describes the political-economic dimension of corporate governance reform in South Africa. It then investigates the relationship between corporate governance institutions and systems on the one hand and the political, economic and historical context of South African society on the other. The study establishes the political, economic and historical determinants of corporate governance reform as they evolved in the course of South African corporate history. The study concludes that South African corporate governance reform and such reform in the Commonwealth economic systems have a lot in common in terms of their historical evolution. This is despite the reasons for such reform being vastly different. The outcome of the political process in South Africa, for very specific reasons, is that a specific shareholder model of corporate governance became the corporate governance system in South Africa.
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Smith, Rozanne, and Ben Marx. "Corporate Governance Practices in Large and Medium-Sized Auditing Firms in South Africa." International Journal of Management and Sustainability 11, no. 4 (November 29, 2022): 202–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.18488/11.v11i4.3209.

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South African corporate failures and audit failures, including those of VBS Bank, Tongaat, Steinhoff and KPMG, have exposed vulnerabilities in audit quality and the role of governance failures in auditing firms. In auditing firms, good corporate governance principles are not always followed. Additionally, South Africa does not have a corporate governance code that governs auditing firms, nor is there a sector supplement to the King IV Report on Corporate Governance that applies to other industries. To identify areas for improvement in South Africa, this study aimed to ascertain the current corporate governance practices in South African auditing firms and compare them to the United Kingdom (UK) Audit Firm Governance Code. A structured questionnaire based on the UK Audit Firm Governance Code was used to collect qualitative data. Nine large and medium-sized South African auditing firms with 20 or more auditing partners made up the population. The literature study emphasised the value of good corporate governance in auditing firms, as well as the difficulties these firms encounter with corporate governance. The review also emphasised the absence of codes and standards regulating corporate governance in auditing firms. The empirical results highlighted the resultant inconsistencies in corporate governance application in South African auditing firms. Areas requiring improvement were identified in the study.
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Mohamad, Shafi. "National corporate governance codes and IT governance transparency." Corporate Ownership and Control 16, no. 1 (2018): 13–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv16i1art2.

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The main purpose of this paper is to explore the influence of national corporate governance codes on IT governance transparency and was carried out by comparing the IT governance disclosure requirements across two jurisdictions Belgium and South Africa using the study by Huygh et al. (2017). The latter focused on these two countries since the South African corporate governance code King III (2009) contains detailed IT governance disclosures, while the Belgian corporate governance code Lippens (2009) does not. Huygh et al. (2017) found that listed South African financial services organizations were more concerned with disclosing their IT governance practices than their listed Belgian counterparts and that this observation held across the board for all four disclosure categories within the IT governance transparency framework. Further analysis at an individual item-level also found that many of the items for which the South African respondents reported frequently could be directly traced to the IT governance principles and recommended practices contained in the King III (2009) corporate governance code. Huygh et al. (2017) attributed the higher IT governance transparency of the South African respondents to the specific reporting requirements of their national corporate governance code King III (2009). Hence the recommendation that IT governance disclosures be proactively encouraged via national corporate governance codes to further enhance transparency.
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Young, Jackie. "Corporate governance and risk management: a South African perspective." Corporate Ownership and Control 7, no. 3 (2010): 138–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv7i3p10.

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A code of governance is crucial for any emerging country as it endeavours to provide a sound management framework and principles. Corporate governance and risk management are fairly new management concepts, but are becoming important management disciplines for the public and private sectors in South Africa. The aim of this paper is to provide insight into corporate governance and risk management from a South African perspective. South Africa is regarded as one of the more advanced countries in Africa, although still an emerging country with huge development potentials. However, should corporate governance and risk management principles be lacking and not adequately developed and implemented, the aforementioned potential will be nullified and could negatively affect the economic growth and well-being of the country.
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Afolabi, Adeoye Amuda. "The key challenges of corporate governance of firms: Empirical evidence from Sub-Saharan African anglophone (SSAA) countries." Corporate Ownership and Control 13, no. 3 (2016): 415–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i3c3p1.

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This paper uses empirical evidence to identify views about the important components of good corporate governance practice for listed firms in Sub-Saharan African Anglophone countries. This study used survey questionnaire based on international corporate governance norms, data were collected from listed firms in Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. The findings include: In Ghanaian and South African firms there are evidence that regulatory framework and enforcement of corporate governance promote sound corporate governance system. This study revealed that commitment of board of directors to disclosure and communication may provide effective corporate practices. Political environment and ownership structure of firms’ hinder sound corporate governance practices. Accounting system operating in each country plays a vital role in promoting sound corporate governance system. However, societal, cultural and corruption seem to deter corporate governance system in Ghanaian and South African firms. We recommend that there should be prudent monitoring of corporate governance rules and enforcement.
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Matsiliza, Noluthando Shirley. "Corporate governance of the state-owned enterprises in an emerging country: Risk management and related issues." Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets and Institutions 7, no. 3 (2017): 35–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/rgcv7i3p4.

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This article assesses the extent to which state owned enterprises (SOE) have complied with corporate governance codes, as recommended by King III in South Africa. Corporate governance in the post-apartheid era has changed irrevocably. The development path which is the agenda to transform state owned enterprises has been a trial and error (trend) in South Africa. This paper argues that the South African State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) have applied the King III principles of corporate governance, while grappling with structural changes that impact in their practice regarding their organisational performance on risk and corporate governance. Along with regulatory measures on corporate governance, the SOEs are looking at strategies to translate the concept of corporate governance into practical solutions that involve stakeholders and government support. Using a qualitative approach, this theoretical paper employed document analysis for data collection and analysis. This paper calls for more risk intelligent management of agencies so that future opportunities and threats are recognized and addressed promptly and effectively. The value of this paper is based on its contribution to the existing knowledge area on corporate governance and leadership.
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Clayton, Alexandra F., Jayne M. Rogerson, and Isaac Rampedi. "Integrated reporting vs. sustainability reporting for corporate responsibility in South Africa." Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series 29, no. 29 (September 1, 2015): 7–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bog-2015-0021.

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AbstractLarge corporates have come under increasing pressure to conduct their business in a more transparent and responsible manner. In order for business to fulfil its obligations under the ethic of accountability stakeholders must be given relevant, timely, and understandable information about their activities through corporate reports. The conventional company reports on annual financial performance, sustainability and governance disclosures often fail to make the connection between the organisation’s strategy, its financial results and performance on environmental, social and governance issues. Recognising the inherent shortcomings of existing reporting models, there is a growing trend to move towards integrated reporting. South Africa has been one of the most innovative countries in terms of integrated corporate reporting. Since 2010 companies primarily listed on the country’s major stock exchange have been required to produce an integrated report as opposed to the former sustainability report. The aim in this study is to review the development of integrated reporting by large corporates in South Africa and assess the impact of the required transition from sustainability reporting to integrated reporting on non-financial disclosure of eight South African corporates using content analysis of annual reports.
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Croucher, Richard, and Lilian Miles. "Corporate Governance and Employees in South Africa." Journal of Corporate Law Studies 10, no. 2 (October 2010): 367–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.5235/147359710793129435.

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Andreasson, Stefan. "Understanding Corporate Governance Reform in South Africa." Business & Society 50, no. 4 (February 18, 2009): 647–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0007650309332205.

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Adebayo, Adeyemi, and Barry Ackers. "Comparing corporate governance practices of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in South Africa and Singapore." Journal of Accounting and Investment 23, no. 1 (January 31, 2022): 170–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.18196/jai.v23i1.13830.

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Research aims: This paper undertakes a cross-country comparative analysis of corporate governance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in South Africa and Singapore, two countries using two different models for organising SOEs, with specific reference to agreement with the themes identified in the World Bank’s Framework for good Corporate Governance practices for SOEs. The aim of this paper is to identify differences and similarities in practice and to document how the states have fared using different models.Design/Methodology/Approach: The paper deploys a pragmatic mixed methods approach conducted in two phases, to understand the practices utilised by South African and Singaporean SOEs. The data emerging from these two phases, were compared to the Framework for good Corporate Governance practices for SOEs issued by the World Bank.Research findings: Findings suggest although South African SOEs have good corporate governance practices in place, Singaporean SOEs are better organised and governed compared with South African SOEsTheoretical contribution/Originality: This paper contributes to the scholarly discourse on SOEs in by expanding the discourse on public sector entrepreneurship and opening up new debates and research areas corporate governance of SOEs.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Corporate governance – South Africa"

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Magang, Tebogo Israel Teddy. "Culture and corporate governance in South Africa." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5485.

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The main objective of this thesis is to investigate corporate governance practices in South Africa listed companies. Specifically, the thesis strives to achieve the following objectives. First, it investigates the extent of compliance with the best corporate governance practices as recommended by the King Committee on Corporate Governance prior to and post 2002 in order to understand whether there is improvement in corporate practices. Second the thesis investigates whether compliance with the best corporate governance practices are related to ethnicity of board structures (in particular Board Chairman, Board Dominance and Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director) and other factors such as company characteristics, market and performance related variables. Third it investigates the views/opinions of key stakeholders [e.g. regulators, King Code Commissioners, companies and institutional investors] regarding the state of corporate governance in SA and its influence in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. The findings from regression results indicate that compliance with the King Code increased substantially between 2002 and 2008. The results also indicate that compliance is high for accounting and auditing and boards and directors issues and lowest for integrated sustainability reporting issues. The findings also indicate that ethnicity influences corporate compliance with best practice governance principles such as the King Code, as per prediction. Compliance was also found to be high for large firms, firms with multiple listings in other stock exchanges and firms audited by Big 4 audit firms. Finally, the findings from the views of key stakeholders indicate that the Code has indeed improved corporate governance standards in South Africa, is suitable for the country because of its consideration of local circumstances and influences corporate practice in the SADC region.
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Harris, Rudessa. "Corporate Governance law reform in South Africa." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60052.

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Chakanika, Andrew. "Corporate governance in South Africa progress and challenges." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4586.

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South Africa is one of the fastest emerging economies of the world and this rapid economic growth has been largely attributed to the adoption of the King codes and the various corporate governance structures. Against this background, this dissertation will begin by discussing the major changes that have been made from the King II report to the King III report. The driving forces behind this dissertation are contained in chapters three and four as these chapters will seek to ascertain some of the major progresses and challenges that have been scored in the area of corporate governance.
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Steenkamp, Pieter. "Fidentia : a strategic and corporate governance analysis." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/802.

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Fidentia became an active player in the South African financial services industry in 2005, only a few years since its inception. This was achieved through aggressive take-overs and a favourable public image boosted by employing known sports personalities and sponsorships of various sports teams, charities and other events. The Fidentia group seemed to go from strength to strength under the leadership of Mr. Arthur Brown assisted by his senior management team of which none more prominent than Mr. Graham Maddock. The group’s main business is Fidentia Asset Management (FAM) which, during 2003 and 2004, secured two of the biggest clients in Fidentia’s history. In 2003 the Transport Education Training Authority (TETA) invested R200,3 million and R1,2 billion of the Mineworkers Provident Fund was placed under its’ management in 2004. The Fidentia group was placed under final curatorship on 27 March 2007, based on reports by the then provisional curators and the Financial Services Board which claimed that their inspectors could not trace R680 million of almost R2 billion under the management of FAM. The analysis of the unfolding Fidentia case will show that without proper strategic planning and management, as well as adherence to suggestions on good corporate governance stakeholders’ risk exposure can be increased. NOTE: The information available till end August was analysed.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Fidentia was teen 2005 ‘n aktiewe speler in die Suid-Afrikaanse finansiële dienste industrie, slegs ‘n paar jaar nadat dit gestig is. Dit is bereik deur aggresiewe oornames en ‘n publieke beeld wat versterk is deur bekende sportpersoonlikhede aan te stel en verskeie sportspanne, liefdadigheidsorganisasies en ander gebeurlikhede te borg. Die Fidentia groep het skynbaar van krag tot krag gegaan onder die leierskap van Mnr. Arthur Brown, ondersteun deur sy senior bestuurspan waarvan niemand meer prominent as Mnr. Graham Maddock. Die groep se hoofbesigheid is Fidentia Asset Management (FAM) wat gedurende 2003 tot 2004 twee van die grootste kliënte in Fidentia se geskiedenis verseker het. Gedurende 2003 het die “Transport Education Training Authority (TETA)” R200,3 miljoen by FAM belê en R1,2 biljoen van die “Mineworkers Provident Fund” is in 2004 onder FAM se bestuur geplaas. Die Fidentia group is op 27 Maart 2007 onder finale kuratorskap geplaas gebasseer op verslae deur die destydse voorlopige kurators en die Finansiële Dienste Raad wat beweer het dat hul inspekteure nie R680 miljoen van die amper R2 biljoen onder FAM se bestuur kon opspoor nie. Die analise van die Fidentia saak soos dit ontvou, sal wys dat sonder behoorlike strategiese beplanning en bestuur, asook die voldoening aan voorstelle van goeie korporatiewe bestuur belanghebbendes se blootstelling aan risiko kan verhoog. NOTA: Die inligting beskikbaar tot einde Augustus 2007 is ontleed.
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Nobatyi, Andile. "Pivotal role of the UNISA council in corporate governance." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1012351.

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There have been calls the world over for academic institutions to adopt corporate forms of management. Unisa Council declared its commitment to corporate governance in the Annual report 2009. This study aims to determine whether Unisa Council activities and decisions comply with corporate governance as per the King III Code and identify any area(s) of improvement. Case study research was undertaken to investigate compliance with the principles of good governance as recommended in the Code. A checklist was used to collect data from university documents and this data was analysed by pattern matching. Unisa performance was then compared with that of University of KwaZulu-Natal. Unisa Council performed 91percent of recommended practices and thereby complied with 87 percent of principles of good governance as per the King III Code on Corporate Governance. Unisa did not comply with three principles and neither complied nor not-complied with five principles as the level of performance of corresponding recommended practices was below the threshold of 75 percent. UKZN achieved 91 percent performance of the recommended practices and thereby obtained 87 percent compliance. The study also showed that practicing corporate forms of management to improve academic governance does not necessarily relegate academic interest to lower levels. This means that these institutions delivered on their mandate from the Higher Education Act, 1997 (as amended). Unisa and UKZN are primarily public institutions of higher education and not profit driven, despite them embracing corporate forms of management.
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Bhikha, Vishal. "Corporate governance in South Africa : the role of institutional investors." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15476.

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Corporate governance has become the slogan of the global investment arena over the past decade. Corporate scandals and collapses with major loss to shareholders have noted a change in investors' attitude towards this topic. Corporate governance has not only become important for the survival of companies in the global economy, a set corporate governance framework too is required to merely attract capital for start-ups. This study focuses on the institutional investors in South Africa, and their attitudes towards current corporate governance standards in South Africa, and attitude to governance reform. The aims of this study: * To accentuate the significance, features and benefits of corporate governance in light of the empirical analysis; * To understand South African institutional investor environment better, and their monitoring and participating roles in corporate governance for investment in listed corporate entities; * Review the key criteria factored into investing, and how these are monitored on an on-going basis. Corporate governance criteria in specific was used; * Highlight the attitudes of South African institutional investors to corporate governance in South Africa, and their perception on corporate governance reform; * Review weakness in findings in light of the empirical study and analytical framework and summarise recommendations given the outlook for this sector. We introduce the topic of corporate governance and the concept of agency theory which highlights the reasons behind opportunistic behaviour which occurs at different levels within corporate organisations. We further discuss the change in attitudes of institutional investors on the back of corporate scandals, as well as the reasons and remedies of institutional activism. A background of South African institutional investors is also conducted, with a review of current legislation and corporate governance reform mechanisms applicable to South Africa. Following this is a broad literature review on the quantitative as well as qualitative information needs of institutional investors; this forms the basis for the structure of our questionnaires conducted. The last section draws on the critical findings and insights (including quotes from the interviews) on the role of institutional investors in South Africa, followed by the summary and limitations of this study.
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Van, Zyl Corne. "Good project governance : how corporate governance influences the field of project management." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5683.

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: With the collapse of large multi-national companies such as Enron early in the new millennium, the focus on corporate governance increased due to stakeholders and shareholders alike demanding more protection of their interests. Countries across the world developed codes and acts such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the USA, in order to establish some form of enforceable governance on publicly listed companies. In South Africa likewise the King II report on corporate governance was published in 2002. Corporate governance provides protection to stakeholders, internal and external, by focusing on the accuracy and transparency of the information published by companies, reporting the financial well-being of the company by providing projected cash flows, the responsibility and accountability of executives towards stakeholders, and also on the management of risk. Projects and project management play a major role in most companies and can have a significant effect on its cash flow, risk and reporting, and therefore corporate governance can have a marked impact on how projects could, or should be managed. This can be seen as project governance, a subset of the overall governance strategy of the company. To date not much research has been done on how governance influences projects and what is to be considered 'good project governance'. Apart from some smaller project management consulting firms, the Association for Project Management (APM) in the UK is the only one to have done some work of real importance in this area with the establishment of their 11 principles for effective project governance. In this research report the focus is on how projects are influenced by corporate governance by analysing aspects such as planning, reporting, risk management and project audits. The benefits which good project governance hold for a company, besides the protection of its stakeholder's interests, is also examined. Lastly guidelines are established for effective project governance by studying existing models, such as that created by the APM, as well as the King II report on corporate governance to try and make it more relevant to conditions in South Africa.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Met die ineenstorting van groot multinasionale instellings soos Enron vroeg in die nuwe eeu, is daar toenemend gefokus op korporatiewe beheer, omdat beide belanghebbers en aandeelhouers aangedring het op groter beskerming van hul belange. Lande wereldwyd het kodes en wette ontwikkel. soos die Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002) in die VSA, ten einde een of ander vorm van afdwingbare beheer op openbaargenoteerde maatskappye daar te stel. In Suid-Afrika ingelyks is die King II verslag oor korporatiewe beheer in 2002 gepubliseer. Korporatiewe beheer verleen beskerming aan belanghebbers, intern sowel as ekstern, deur te fokus op akkurate en deursigtige inligting wat maatskappye bekend maak, verslae oor die finansiele welstand van maatskappye deur middel van geprojekteerde kontantvloei, verantwoordelikheid en aanspreeklikheid van uitvoerende beamptes teenoor belanghebbers, asook duidelikheid oor risikobestuur. Projekte en projekbestuur speel 'n belangrike rol in die oorgrote meerderheid maatskappye en kan 'n beduidende uitwerking he op kontantvloei, risiko en verslagdoening. Juis weens hierdie oorwegings kan korporatiewe beheer 'n aanmerklike impak he op die wyse waarop projekte bestuur, of behoort bestuur te word. Dit kan beskou word as projekbeheer, 'n onderafdeling van die oorkoepelende beheerstrategie van 'n maatskappy. Min navorsing is nog gedoen oor die invloed van beheer op projekte, asook wat beskou kan word as 'goeie projekbeheer'. Afgesien van enkele kleiner projekbeheer konsultantmaatskappye, is die Association for Project Management (APM) in Brittanje die enigste wat werklik substantiewe leiding op hierdie terrein gebied het, soos blyk uit hul ontwikkeling van 11 beginsels vir doeltreffende projekbeheer. In hierdie navorsingsverslag word gefokus op hoe projekte beinvloed word deur korporatiewe beheer, deur kwessies soos beplanning, veslagdoening, risikobestuur en projekouditte te analiseer. Voordele wat goeie projekbeheer vir 'n maatskappy inhou, naas beskerming van belanghebbers se belange, word eweneens ondersoek. Enkele riglyne word laastens ontwikkel vir doeltreffende projekbeheer, deur bestaande modelle te bestudeer, soos die van APM en die King II verslag oor korporatiewe beheer, om dit meer relevant te maak vir Suid-Afrikaanse toestande.
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Bosman, Estelle. "Public corporate governance with specific emphasis on accountability." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95639.

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Corporate governance systems have evolved over centuries, often in response to corporate failures or system crises. From the early 1990s in South Africa, corporate governance began to reach prominence, prompted by losses from fraudulent activities within corporate entities such as Masterbond, Fidentia and Enron. Corporate governance is aimed at curtailing such fraudulent behaviour. In 1994, the elected democratic majority government of South Africa found that there were no standard rules or principles in place to either control or govern the delivery of services and the carrying out of policies. Government then made corporate governance a significant part of their strategic vision of restructuring. A protocol on corporate governance was published to provide guidance, specifically to the public sector in South Africa. In line with the protocol, policies and procedures were put in place in order to assist the public sector to meet corporate governance standards and best practice. It is apparent that the lack of systematic accountability can cost the public sector and the taxpayers of South Africa millions in terms of redoing work, inefficiency, workplace conflicts and misunderstandings. This in turn leads to ineffective work practices and leadership. This research study set out to establish how accountable the public sector is, specifically the Western Cape Government, concerning the protocol and the policies and procedures that are in place. The study aimed to evaluate the accountability of project coordinators within the Western Cape Government, specifically on construction projects. The literature review in the research report identifies the roles and responsibilities, stipulated in the policies and procedures, that the public sector needs to adhere to in order to be accountable. A scorecard was compiled to cross check the accountability of staff within the Western Cape Government in line with the policies and procedures in place. A construction project was used as an example on the scorecard and the outcome thereof is published in the report. This research report reveals the shortcoming of governance and specifically accountability within governance and determines how it could be addressed.
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Thorburn, Robert. "Corporate governance in South Africa : practices, perceptions and the road ahead." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4392.

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Corporate governance presents the researcher and the theorist alike, with a rich vein of potential subject matter. This spans a massive scope of issues, ranging from feminist concerns to direct litigious anomalies during the multinational implementation of specific governance measures. Located towards the centre of this spectrum is the formulation of new governance policies, as informed by both theoretical foundations and real world experience. It is at this midway point that the South African governance debate currently finds itself, with the third edition of the King Report on Corporate Governance set for launch in the coming months. The report and the associated code will form the basis for all governance and related oversight mechanisms in South Africa for the foreseeable future. As such, the third report will have to organically grow out of the current structure, the lessons learnt from the current dispensation and the governing theoretical positions. All of these will also have to be done with reference to the new companies act. The research report is specifically targeted at assisting in the process of learning from the current dispensation, before it is replaced by the new. The learning process has as its central tool a formal questionnaire, which was developed and administered by the IOD and KPMG, with all analysis presented herein performed by the author of this research report. The analysis conducted aims to determine how respondents at different types of companies and in different functions, view corporate governance and specifically the current dispensation in South Africa. This is done by dividing respondents into 10 groupings and determining the percentage of respondents from each group, who responded in a certain manner to each question on the questionnaire. Thereafter a statistical analysis technique is employed to determine whether or not any differences found are meaningful and if so, what can be inferred from these differences. Finally, this study is intended to provide a baseline for future studies, which will then be in a position to more accurately measure shifts in attitude and implementation after the publication of the third King Report.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Korporatiewe bestuur, hetsy van ‘n suiwer teoreties of ‘n toepassingsoogpunt, bied aan die navorser ‘n magdom van moontlike onderwerpe. Dit sluit bykans enige denkbare invalshoek of fokus area in, van die feminisme tot regskwessies rondom die multinasionale implementering van ‘n enkele kode of beginsel. Midde in hierdie wye veld is daar ook areas wat na beide die teoretiese en praktiese verwys, waarvan die ontwikkeling en opdatering van korporatiewe bestuurskodes ‘n sprekende voorbeeld is. Dit is dan juis ook op hierdie punt waar die debat rondom korporatiewe bestuur in Suid-Afrika sigself tans bevind, met die derde King Verslag op Korporatiewe Bestuur wat binne die volgende paar maande verwag word. Die belang van hierdie verslag lê daarin dat dit, asook die meegaande riglyne, die basis sal vorm van korporatiewe bestuur in Suid-Afrika vir die afsienbare toekoms. Om volwaardig in hierdie kapasiteit te kan funksioneer, sal die nuwe verslag organies moet groei uit die huidige verslag, ervaring in die praktyk en ook die heersende teoretiese posisies. Die ontwikkeling moet dan ook verder tred hou met die nuwe maatskappye wet, wat tans ontwikkel word. Die navorsingsverslag wat hierin voorgelê word, is daarop geteiken om uit die huidige sisteem, spesifiek die tweede King Verslag en meegaande riglyne, te leer alvorens dit vervang word deur die derde King verslag. Die taak is moontlik gemaak deur die gebruik van ‘n vraelys saamgestel en gesirkuleer deur die IOD en KPMG, alhoewel al die analise hier voorgelê deur die outeur van hierdie verslag gedoen is. Die genoemde analise se sentrale fokus is om te bepaal hoe respondente uit verskillende maatskappye en beroepe, korporatiewe bestuur in Suid-Afrika sien, met spesifieke verwysing na die tweede King verslag. Verskille tussen die respondente, wat in 10 groepe ingedeel is, is dan ook statisties geanaliseer om te bepaal of enige verskille tussen die groepe statisties beduidend is en indien wel, wat daaruit afgelei kan word. Laastens is die studie ook opgestel om ‘n basis daar te stel vir toekomstige vergelykende studies, wat sal volg na die uitreiking en implementering van die derde King verslag en riglyne.
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Priem, Colin Michael. "Corporate governance, CEO compensation and total shareholder returns in South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5586.

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The on-going displeasure displayed by the media and business commentators, relating to apparent excessive and unwarranted executive directors' salaries, has increased since the financial turmoil experienced in 2008. The commentaries and reports suggest that corporate governance interventions are not strong enough to curb the excessive remuneration packages awarded to executives and specifically to Chief Executive Officers (CEOs). The purpose of the research is to examine the factors that determine and/or shape the relationship between the Chief Executive Officer's (CEO's) compensation and the wealth created for shareholders. The investigation further seeks to find the corporate governance elements, systems and processes that assist in monitoring the CEO's remuneration and performance contract. The null hypothesis is that poor corporate governance prevails in South African listed companies resulting in CEO compensation not being aligned to shareholder wealth creation. The aim is to establish the effectiveness of South African listed companies' adherence to corporate governance measures in addressing the principal/agent problem, commonly referred to as the agency problem. The research embraces a sample of the top 100 actively trading companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) using secondary data. The study builds on existing theories and provides knowledge from a South African perspective.
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Wiese, Tobias Gerhardus. Corporate governance in South Africa: With international comparisons. Claremont: Juta and Company, 2014.

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Institute of Directors (South Africa), ed. King report on governance for South Africa 2009. Sandton, Republic of South Africa: Institute of Directors of Southern Africa, 2009.

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Charles, Oman, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Development Centre., and Center for International Private Enterprise., eds. Corporate governance in development: The experiences of Brazil, Chile, India, and South Africa. Issy-les-Moulineaux, France: OECD Development Center, 2003.

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King report on corporate governance for South Africa 2002. Parktown: Institute of Directors in Southern Africa, 2002.

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K, Everingham G., ed. Corporate governance. 3rd ed. Cape Town: Siber Ink, 2010.

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Institute of Directors (South Africa), ed. King code of governance principles for South Africa 2009. Sandton, Republic of South Africa: Institute of Directors of Southern Africa, 2009.

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Mongalo, Tshepo. Corporate law and corporate governance: A global picture of business undertakings in South Africa. Claremont, South Africa: New Africa Education (NAE), 2003.

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Institute of Directors (South Africa). King Report on Governance for South Africa 2009: King Code of Governance Principles for South Africa 2009 ; Companies Act 71 of 2008. Cape Town: Jutalaw, 2010.

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Oliver, K. A practical guide to the Companies Act. Durban: LexisNexis, 2012.

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Naidoo, Ramani. Corporate governance: An essential guide for South African companies. 2nd ed. Durban: LexisNexis, 2009.

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Nag, Tirthankar. "Corporate Governance in South Africa." In Corporate Governance, Responsibility and Sustainability, 78–90. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137361851_5.

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Reyneke, Suzanne. "Corporate Social Responsibility in South Africa." In CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance, 543–61. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68386-3_25.

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Dube, Zenzo L. "The King Reports on Corporate Governance in South Africa: An Ubuntu African Philosophy Analysis." In Corporate Governance in Africa, 199–222. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56700-0_8.

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Moyo, Nomsa Jane. "Corporate Governance in South Africa and Zimbabwe." In Corporate Governance in Zimbabwe's Public Entities, 61–87. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003168317-4.

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Laletina, Alla S., and Igor A. Kosyakin. "Corporate Governance in South Africa: A Comparative Aspect." In Supporting Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development in Africa - Volume II, 3–14. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41983-7_1.

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Makin, Viola, Ruth Clarke, and Mark G. Albon. "Corporate Governance Challenges for Dual-Registered Companies from Emerging Markets: Focus on South Africa." In Corporate Governance and International Business, 280–300. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230285743_16.

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Van Alstine, James. "Spaces of Contestation: The Governance of Industry’s Environmental Performance in Durban, South Africa." In Corporate Social Responsibility and Regulatory Governance, 248–75. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230246966_11.

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Esser, Irene-Marie. "Corporate Governance: Soft Law Regulation and Disclosure—The Cases of the United Kingdom and South Africa." In Corporate Governance Codes for the 21st Century, 233–60. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51868-8_11.

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Young, Jackie. "Corporate Governance and Risk Management in the South African Banking Industry." In Governance, Risk, and Compliance Handbook, 71–81. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118269213.ch72.

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Kapfudzaruwa, Farai. "Corporate Response to Climate Change in Areas of Limited Statehood: An Outline of the Organisational Configurations in Kenya and South Africa." In Business and Climate Change Governance, 31–54. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137302748_2.

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Vander Walt, Tersia, Sebastian H. Von Solms, and De Wit A. Coetsee. "The institutionalisation of political and corporate governance of information and communication technology in the public service of South Africa." In 2014 IST-Africa Conference & Exhibition. IEEE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/istafrica.2014.6880596.

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Huygh, Tim, Steven De Haes, Anant Joshi, Wim Van Grembergen, and Denis Gui. "Exploring the Influence of Belgian and South-African Corporate Governance Codes on IT Governance Transparency." In Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.24251/hicss.2017.629.

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Pretorius, HW, AC Leonard, and I. Strydom. "Towards an E-support framework for corporate governance in South Africa: A Business Process Management System approach." In 2012 e-Leadership Conference on Sustainable e-Government and e-Business Innovations (E-LEADERSHIP). IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/e-leadership.2012.6524696.

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Delport, Petrus M. J., Rossouw Von Solms, and Mariana Gerber. "Good corporate governance of ICT in municipalities." In 2015 IST-Africa Conference. IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/istafrica.2015.7190532.

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Delport, Petrus M. J., Rossouw Von Solms, and Mariana Gerber. "Towards corporate governance of ICT in local government." In 2016 IST-Africa Week Conference. IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/istafrica.2016.7530582.

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Delport, Petrus M. J., Rossouw von Solms, and Mariana Gerber. "Validation of the framework for corporate governance of ICT in local government." In 2017 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/istafrica.2017.8102335.

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Coertze, Jacques, and Rossouw von Solms. "The murky waters of IT governance." In 2014 Information Security for South Africa (ISSA). IEEE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/issa.2014.6950498.

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Naghi, Laura Elly. "CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN INSURANCE MARKETS." In 2nd International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM2015. Stef92 Technology, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2015/b22/s6.013.

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Manda, More Ickson, and Judy Backhouse. "Inclusive digital transformation in South Africa." In ICEGOV '18: 11th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3209415.3209486.

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Von Solms, Rossouw, Kerry-Lynn Thomson, and Prosecutor Mvikeli Maninjwa. "Information Security Governance control through comprehensive policy architectures." In 2011 Information Security for South Africa (ISSA). IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/issa.2011.6027522.

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Kirchmaier, Tom, and Carsten Gerner-Beuerle, eds. Corporate Governance in South Asia:. Manila, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, January 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/tcs210011-2.

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Amaya, Ana B., Stephen Kingah, and Philippe de Lombaerde. Multi-Level Pro-Poor Health Governance, Statistical Information Flows, And The Role Of Regional Organizations In South-America And Southern Africa. Unknown, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.35648/20.500.12413/11781/ii158.

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Levy, Brian. How ‘Soft Governance’ Can Help Improve Learning Outcomes. Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), February 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.35489/bsg-rise-ri_2023/053.

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On the surface, global gains in educating children have been remarkable. Access has expanded enormously. So, too, has knowledge about ‘best practices’—both education-sector-specific knowledge about how students learn and successful teachers teach, and knowledge about ‘best practice’ arrangements for governing education systems. Yet the combination of access and knowledge has not translated into broad-based gains in learning outcomes. Why? In seeking to address this question, a useful point of departure is the 2018 Learning World Development Report’s distinction between proximate and underlying causes of learning shortfalls. Proximate causes include the skills and motivations of teachers, the quality of school management, the available of other inputs used in schools, and the extent to which learners come to school prepared to learn. Underlying these are the governance arrangements through which these inputs are deployed. Specialist knowledge on the proximate drivers of learning outcomes can straightforwardly be applied in countries where governance works well. However, in countries where the broader governance context is less supportive, specialist sector-specific interventions to support learning are less likely to add value. In these messy governance contexts, knowledge about the governance and political drivers of policymaking and implementation can be an important complement to sector-specific expertise. To help uncover new ways of improving learning outcomes (including in messy governance contexts), the Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) Programme has championed a broad-ranging, interdisciplinary agenda of research. RISE was organised around a variety of thematic and country-focused research teams that probed both proximate and underlying determinants of learning. As part of the RISE work programme, a political economy team commissioned studies on the politics of education policy adoption (the PET-A studies) for twelve countries (Chile, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, South Africa, Tanzania and Vietnam). A December 2022 RISE synthesis of the individual country studies1 laid out and applied a framework for systematically assessing how political and institutional context influences learning outcomes—and used the results to suggest some ‘good fit’ soft governance entry points for improving learning outcomes across a variety of different contexts. This insight note elaborates on the synthesis paper’s argument and its practical implications.
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Garcia-Bernardo, Javier, and Petr Janský. Profit Shifting of Multinational Corporations Worldwide. Institute of Development Studies, March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ictd.2021.005.

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Multinational corporations (MNCs) avoid taxes by shifting their profits from countries where real activity takes place towards tax havens, depriving governments worldwide of billions of tax revenue. Earlier research investigating the scale and distribution of profit shifting has faced methodological and data challenges, both of which we address. First, we propose a logarithmic function to model the extremely non-linear relationship between the location of profits and tax rates faced by MNCs at those locations – that is, the extreme concentration of profits without corresponding economic activity in a small number of low-tax jurisdictions. We show that the logarithmic model allows for a more accurate identification of profit shifting than linear and quadratic models. Second, we apply the logarithmic model to newly available country-by-country reporting data for large MNCs – this provides information on the activities of large MNCs, including for the first time many low- and lower-middle-income countries. We estimate that MNCs shifted US$1 trillion of profits to tax havens in 2016, which implies approximately US$200-300 billion in tax revenue losses worldwide. MNCs headquartered in the United States and Bermuda are the most aggressive at shifting profits towards tax havens, while MNCs headquartered in India, China, Mexico and South Africa the least. We establish which countries gain and lose most from profit shifting: the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, Bermuda, Hong Kong and the Netherlands are among the most important tax havens, whereas low- and lower-middle-income countries tend to lose more tax revenue relative to their total tax revenue. Our findings thus support the arguments of low- and lower-middle-income countries that they should be represented on an equal footing during international corporate tax reform debates.
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Sandford, Robert, Vladimir Smakhtin, Colin Mayfield, Hamid Mehmood, John Pomeroy, Chris Debeer, Phani Adapa, et al. Canada in the Global Water World: Analysis of Capabilities. United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, November 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.53328/vsgg2030.

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This report critically examines, for the first time, the capacity of Canada’s water sector with respect to meeting and helping other countries meet the water-related targets of the UN’s global sustainable development agenda. Several components of this capacity are examined, including water education and research, investment in water projects that Canada makes internally and externally, and experiences in water technology and governance. Analysis of the water education system suggests that there is a broad capability in institutions of higher learning in Canada to offer training in the diverse subject areas important in water. In most cases, however, this has not led to the establishment of specific water study programmes. Only a few universities provide integrated water education. There is a need for a comprehensive listing of water-related educational activities in universities and colleges — a useful resource for potential students and employers. A review of recent Canadian water research directions and highlights reveals strong and diverse water research capacity and placed the country among global leaders in this field. Canada appears to be within the top 10 countries in terms of water research productivity (publications) and research impact (citations). Research capacity has been traditionally strong in the restoration and protection of the lakes, prediction of changes in climate, water and cryosphere (areas where water is in solid forms such as ice and snow), prediction and management of floods and droughts. There is also a range of other strong water research directions. Canada is not among the top 10 global water aid donors in absolute dollar numbers; the forerunners are, as a rule, the countries with higher GDP per capita. Canadian investments in Africa water development were consistently higher over the years than investments in other regions of the global South. The contributions dropped significantly in recent years overall, also with a decline in aid flow to Africa. Given government support for the right business model and access to resources, there is significant capacity within the Canadian water sector to deliver water technology projects with effective sustainable outcomes for the developing world. The report recommends several potential avenues to elevate Canada’s role on the global water stage, i.e. innovative, diverse and specific approaches such as developing a national inventory of available water professional capacity, and ranking Universities on the strength of their water programmes coordinating national contributions to global sustainability processes around the largest ever university-led water research programme in the world – the 7-year Global Water Futures program targeting specific developmental or regional challenges through overseas development aid to achieve quick wins that may require only modest investments resolving such chronic internal water challenges as water supply and sanitation of First Nations, and illustrating how this can be achieved within a limited period with good will strengthening and expanding links with UN-Water and other UN organisations involved in global water policy work To improve water management at home, and to promote water Canadian competence abroad, the diverse efforts of the country’s water sector need better coordination. There is a significant role for government at all levels, but especially federally, in this process.
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Deployment of Open Data Driven Solutions for Socio-economic Value through Good Governance and Efficient Public Service Delivery. Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf.2018/0037.

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The notion of making data ‘open by default’ challenges the deep rooted cultures of national privacy as it calls for data to be treated as a public resource. South Africa embarked on several initiatives to endorse open data, especially government data in order to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance. However, the progress has been very marginal. In light of this, the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) brought together representatives from government, academia and the private sector to look at how open data-driven solutions can create economic and social value, improve service delivery in public services, support more transparent and accountable governments and foster innovation to transform citizens’ well-being, cities, and governments for good. The discussions unveiled that laws on open data need to move parallel to the progress and developments made in open data. It was noted that scientists, governments and policy makers need to approach open data realistically and acknowledge where we are as a country, were we want to go and how to get there. This approach to open data can potentially create economic and social value, improve service delivery in public services, support more transparent and accountable governments and foster innovation to transform citizens’ well-being. The outcome of the discussions aimed to contribute to and advance policy-relevant knowledge, provide a platform for the dissemination of evidence-based knowledge to inform and influence decision-making and identify policy gaps and suggest new research agendas.
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