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PSAM is busy with a survey to establish a wishlist of information to be routinely made available by South Africa's National Treasury
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PSAM has contributed to study carried out in five African countries and which considered Budget Transparency and Child Nutrition.
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Education allocated R26.9 billion
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Ensuring the right to social accountability is universally fulfilled
Fundamentals of Social Accountability Monitoring course participants in Grahamstown, South Africa Fundamentals of Social Accountability Monitoring course participants in Grahamstown, South Africa Mr. Z. Simon of Sikika (Tanzania) presenting to Grahamstown course participants Ms. L. Miti giving a TV interview to MuviTV (Zambia) on public resource management and corruption Fundamentals of Social Accountability Monitoring course participants in Livingstone, Zambia Mr E. Tapudzi of Sekwele Centre for Social Reflection (South Africa) presenting to Grahamstown course participants
 

The Public Service Accountability Monitor forms part of the School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.

It has a vision to ensure that the right to social accountability is universally realised. Among other things, the right to social accountability places an explicit duty on members of the Executive arm of governments, public officials and private service providers to justify their decisions and performance regarding the manner in which their use of public resources has affected the progressive realisation of socio-economic rights.

PSAM's activities include research, monitoring, advocacy and capacity building. Working through Sub-Saharan Africa, PSAM generates and shares knowledge about the right to social accountability and the monitoring tools necessary to give effect to this right.

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Educator distribution crisis in the Eastern Cape (Produced by Jilian Penaluna and Katja Schreiber)
In 2012, the PSAM joined other education stakeholders exploring the factors contributing to stark inequalities in the distribution of teachers across the province. Produced by Rhodes University Journalism students, this brief documentary highlights the myriad of problems in leadership, planning and budgeting for educator provisioning and the implications for Eastern Cape learners.