Posted on April 24, 2025
The African Tax Institute (ATI) at University of Pretoria (UP), in collaboration with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), and the Climate Action Platform Africa (CAP-A) hosted the Convening on Carbon Pricing, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms and the Green Transition on 25...
Posted on February 10, 2025
The Public Policy Hub (PPH) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is transforming how academic research shapes public policy by forging high-impact partnerships with South Africa's Department of Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation (DPME). This collaboration is driving evidence-based reforms that...
Posted on December 17, 2024
Dr Sansia Blackmore of the University of Pretoria’sAfrican Tax Institute explained in the Mail and Guardian how South Africa's taxation system struggles with accountability, revealing the challenges of elite enrichment and its impact on ordinary taxpayers. “As taxpayers witness their...
Posted on December 04, 2024
Dr Sansia Blackmore, a tax policy expert at the University of Pretoria's African Tax Institute, unpacks the unequal distribution of tax benefits in a piece in the Mail and Guardian, revealing how the elite may reap disproportionate advantages while ordinary citizens bear the burden. "The...
Posted on October 25, 2024
Prof Nara Monkam, Head of the Public Policy Hub and Chair in Municipal Finance in Africa at the University of Pretoria, presented at a webinar hosted by the Western Cape Provincial Government's Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. The focus of the webinar was on municipal...
Posted on September 13, 2024
The African Tax Institute (ATI) at the University of Pretoria is deeply saddened by the passing of Mr Pravin Gordhan, former Commissioner of South African Revenue the Service and former South Africa’s Minister of Finance. On 17 July 2013, Mr Pravin Gordhan (previously the Minister of...
Posted on July 12, 2024
Prof Nara Monkam, an associate professor of public economics and Head of the Public Policy Hub at UP, writes about the new Chair in Municipal Finance at the University’s African Tax Institute and its role in transforming municipal finance.
Posted on June 27, 2024
UP's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences recently hosted the official launch of the Chair in Municipal Finance in Africa. The Chair is set to contribute to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—in particular SDG 11—which aim to make cities inclusive, safe,...
Posted on May 15, 2024
Professor Annet Oguttu delivers her ATI first PhD graduate
Posted on March 07, 2024
Prof Nara Monkam, an Associate Professor of Public Economics in the Department of Economics and Head of the Public Policy Hub at the University of Pretoria (UP) has been appointed as the Chair in Municipal Finance at the African Tax Institute, within the Faculty of Economic and Management...
Posted on March 06, 2024
Prof Annet Oguttu has been appointed as the new director of the African Tax Institute. at the University of Pretoria. She is a professor of taxation in the Department of Taxation.
Posted on March 05, 2024
Dr Sansia Blackmore, a senior lecturer in the African Tax Institute writes that tax morality is a double-edged sword because the revenue handed over by weary taxpayers has not been used to build a transformed, inclusive, and just society. It has been diverted towards elite interests instead of...
Posted on January 18, 2024
Professor Marius van Oordt of the African Tax Institute writes that there are conflicting views between health and economic experts on how taxes should be set for nicotine products. He states that setting risk-based tax rates can balance these contrasting views.
Posted on September 19, 2023
Dr Sansia Blackmore of the African Tax Institute, writes that for the sake of the poor, we need to say "no to tax revolts but a yes to leveraging our taxes to force state-society engagement in the pursuit of responsive and accountable governance."
Posted on May 18, 2023
Dr Sansia Blackmore of the African Tax Institute writes that elected government representatives need to be accountable to taxpayers. “They owe us much by way of transparency — explaining themselves and spending our hard-earned taxes carefully, in the interest of the people,” she...
Posted on April 28, 2023
Professor Riël Franzsen, Director of the African Tax Institute, is a man of many talents, donning multiple hats to his name. When he is not busy conducting impactful research or teaching, Prof Franzsen can be found strumming his guitar and producing captivating acoustic melodies.
Posted on March 02, 2023
Dr Sansia Blackmore of the African Tax Institute writes that selfless pragmatism towards the greater good was absent during the 2023 State of the Nation address, when politicians in positions of privilege and power applauded the declaration that 'no one will be left behind.
Posted on August 08, 2022
Dr Sansia Blackmore of the African Tax Institute writes in the Mail and Guardian that the recent ANC KwaZulu-Natal Conference witnessed the resounding endorsement of a political faction supporting the protagonist of state capture causing fallout across South African society while South Africans...
Posted on May 16, 2022
Professor Sijbren Cnossen is recognised as an international authority in the field of public finance and taxation, and previously held the position of extraordinary professor at UP's African Tax Institute.
Posted on April 11, 2022
The University of Pretoria is proud to add a hat trick of three new National Research Foundation A-rated researchers to its rapidly growing list of NRF-rated researchers, now at 595, which is the highest nationally.
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