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@policy_F Spot on @policy_F - great takeaways from our recent review & planning meeting for @KuyendaC

Small, consistent actions at community level can shift how systems respond. When information is accessible, when communities are engaged, and when young people step into these spaces with evidence accountability starts to take shape. This group represents that collective effort. Not perfect, not finished but moving in the right direction. At this review meeting, we reflected on the past years what we’ve done, what has worked, and where the gaps still exist. From school feeding advocacy to the School Notice Board Initiative, we looked at how our work has contributed to improving transparency, community engagement, and accountability in education. We also focused on what comes next how to strengthen citizen monitoring, deepen engagement with decision-makers, and make better use of data like EMIS and school budgets to influence change. The direction is clear: build on what works, fix what doesn’t, and stay consistent in pushing for systems that respond to the needs of every learner. @KuyendaC

Day 3 of our review and planning meeting. Country lead organisations are providing an overview of their work plans for 2026 @CescMoz @policy_F @fawe_malawi @PSAM_AFRICA @teach4zim #MultiplyPossibility #FundEducation

What happens when a child crosses a border… but their education doesn’t follow? In Chiredzi, migration is quietly disrupting schooling, widening gaps, and pushing learners backwards. Here’s why it matters ➡️kuyendacollective.org/article/when-b…

The future of South Africa’s democracy may depend on you (aspiring journalism students) asking difficulty questions… @wicks_jeff @Rhodes_JMS

Wise words from @wicks_jeff at the @Rhodes_JMS academic assembly: - Journalism is a buttress against anarchy. It creates an anchor for accountability. - Procurement documents can reveal an anatomy of corruption. - Shadow states represent slow motion capture.

PSAM Senior Program Officer Ms. Mando Chiundaponde presenting on sustainability takeaways during this weeks @KuyendaC review and planning meeting to enhance transnational education advocacy. @lilylorraine56

Over the next two weeks @PSAM_AFRICA delivers its Fundamentals of Social Accountability Monitoring course to democracy builders from across Southern Africa. We look forward to sharing and learning. #budgetanalysis #goodgovernance #pfmtraining #budgettracking

Wishing all our friends, partners and supporters a restful end to the year. We look forward to another year of collaborating to deepen fiscal transparency and public participation! #OpenBudgets

@policy_F @KuyendaC Earlier this week we helped facilitate an advocacy boot camp in Tanzania in collaboration with @policy_F & @KuyendaC in preparation for the International Quality Education Conference #IQEC2025 taking place later this week. Thanks @lilylorraine56 @gondo_rachel

Closing Africa’s education financing gap demands strong advocacy grounded in localised data, participatory research, and a collective commitment to transparency. The Kuyenda Collective Transnational Advocacy Bootcamp on Education Financing, taking place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on 22–23 September 2025, empowers youth to hold governments accountable for delivering quality, equitable education for all. The bootcamp focuses on: Building a shared understanding of the political economy of education financing in Africa, including taxes, public budgets, and accountability systems. Equipping youth with practical tools to engage in education sector planning and budgeting, from the local to the national level. Enhancing the ability of youth to link evidence to advocacy, using their lived experiences and collected data to drive meaningful reform. Framing shared advocacy messages and objectives for the Kuyenda Collective side event at IQEC 2025 and broader regional engagement. Through this initiative, rural youth, often excluded from policy spaces, are empowered to actively participate in decision-making, ensuring their voices shape a more equitable and sustainable education system across partner countries. #KuyendaCollective #EducationOutLoud

As we recognise International Day of Democracy - we celebrate those within and outside of government who continue to realise human rights and promote more sustainable and equal societies around the world. 🌍 We vote every few years, but we can make ourselves heard every day.

We're proud to have partnered with coalition members @PSAM_AFRICA and @LRCSouthAfrica on this workshop. Supplementing legal expertise with budget analysis skills will strengthen our collective social justice work 👊🏽💫 @equal_education @Corruption_SA @SAHTACtweets @SECTION27news

Building Skills for Accountability Our Makhanda team joined a PSAM workshop at Rhodes University, with colleagues online, to sharpen our skills in budget analysis and using tools that turn data into accountability. Thank you to PSAM and our colleagues for their insight and energy

[ON AIR] The @budgetjusticesa and Imali Yethu Coalitions welcome @TreasuryRSA’s renewed commitment to public participation in the workshop hosted today 22 August 2025, in shaping South Africa’s fiscal strategy, as highlighted in today’s Macro-Fiscal Workshop. @ZukiswaKota - Lead Coordinator @imali_yethu on #TheMorningBrief with @JonGericke #sabcnews

...recommendations of the Auditor General and other constitutional oversight bodies.

Human rights impact assessments must guide TARS to ensure that fiscal choices strengthen, rather than weaken, the capacity of the state to deliver upon constitutional human rights obligations. We also recommend that the TARS mechanism routinely draw upon findings and...

We're especially proud of this and other learning resources co-created by @Treasury_RSA and our Coalition members as partners on the @vulekamali development team. Find more here: vulekamali.gov.za/videos/ @PSAM_AFRICA @SECTION27news @Corruption_SA @equal_education @EElawcentre

South Africa Doesn’t Need a Talk Shop – It Needs the Courage to Enforce the Law – PSAM #nationaldialogue #nationalconvention psam.org.za/news/south-afr…

Statement: SANEF Condemns Deplorable Targeting and Murder of Journalists in Gaza 11 August 2025 The South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) expresses its profound abhorrence and outrage at the continued assassination and brutal murder of journalists in Gaza.

Some of South Africa’s political and civic leaders are preparing to gather later this week for the “National Convention” – a meeting of minds to diagnose our country’s deep-seated problems and chart a path forward. The premise sounds noble…. psam.org.za/south-africa-d…

[WATCH] Stakeholders in the transport fraternity have welcomed the clean audit achieved by the Transport Department for the 2024/25 financial year. They say, however, while this is encouraging, a lot still needs to be done to clean up entities falling under the department.