Headline News
Agrizzi tells inquiry Bosasa paid for ANC election campaign in North West 
By: African News Agency 18th January 2019 Former Bosasa chief operations officer Angelo Agrizzi said on Friday that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in North West province was one... →
Zondo commission secretary on 'special leave' while Bosasa bribery allegations are investigated
By: News24Wire 18th January 2019 The secretary to the judicial commission of inquiry into State capture, Dr Khotso de Wee, has been placed on special leave pending the outcome of... →
Parties will have to fork out R200 000 to participate in 2019 national elections
By: News24Wire 18th January 2019 To participate in this year's national election, parties will have to pay R200 000. They will also have to pay R45 000 for every province in which... →
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Opinions
Attack shows that al-Shabaab is still a potent threat to Kenya
18th January 2019 The terror attack in Nairobi was a tragedy. But also, to some extent, unexpected. Kenya suffered relatively frequent attacks between 2013 and 2016... →
The silent destruction of Senegal’s last forests
18th January 2019 Senegal’s Casamance region was once the breadbasket of this West African nation, known for its rich vegetation, biodiversity and expansive forests.... →
The real challenge facing the Eskom task team
18th January 2019 The most recent financial and operational crises at Eskom have brought to the fore the serious economic risks associated with relying on an entity... →
How Uganda and UNHCR failed refugees
17th January 2019 Uganda hosts Africa’s largest refugee population and is heralded as a model of progressive refugee policies. But damning 2018 reports have revealed... →
Recommendations
International financial centres and development finance
18th January 2019 Economic growth in some of the world’s poorest nations is being held back by a lack of financing. International financial centres (IFCs) have a... →
New financing partnerships for humanitarian impact
18th January 2019 The humanitarian system and its financing are under immense pressure from ongoing crises affecting over 200-million people in Syria, Yemen, South... →
Outbreak Readiness and Business Impact: Protecting Lives and Livelihoods across the Global Economy
18th January 2019 Economists estimate that, in the coming decades, pandemics will cause average annual economic losses of 0.7% of global GDP – a threat similar in... →
The Global Risks Report 2019
17th January 2019 The Global Risks Report 2019 is published against a backdrop of worrying geopolitical and geo-economic tensions. If unresolved, these tensions will... →
Statements
DAFF: Update On Limpopo FMD Outbreak
18th January 2019 Subsequent to Minister’s meeting with industry, the Technical Task team met on Wed 16th January 2019 and shared information and advice. The... →
NEHAWU: NEHAWU Shocked At Allegations Of Corruption And Money Laundering At Bosasa
18th January 2019 The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] has been following the proceedings at the Commission of Enquiry into State... →
DA: #Bosasagate: DA to report ANC election payments to IEC
18th January 2019 The Democratic Alliance will be submitting a complaint to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) following more jaw-dropping revelations at... →
DA: DA calls for independent investigation into water crisis
18th January 2019 The Democratic Alliance in the Northern Cape is calling on COGHSTA MEC, Bentley Vass, to urgently intervene in the current water crisis in... →
Press Offices
City of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018: New requirements for land use and development
18th January 2019 The new City of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018 was published by The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (Council) on 2 January 2019... →
Understanding the exemption to the new national minimum wage
18th January 2019 The National Minimum Wage Act 9 of 2018 (NMWA) came into operation on 1 January 2019. The Minister of Labour also released the National Minimum... →
An Introduction To Memorana Of Incorporation (“Moi(s)”)
17th January 2019 Under South African law the first document that breathes life into a company’s legal framework, is its Memorandum of Incorporation (hereinafter... →
Cleaning Up The Misconceptions Surrounding The Debts Of A Deceased Person
16th January 2019 In South Africa, there are common misconceptions that your debt dies along with you or alternatively, that a loved one’s debt has died along with... →
