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Speaker denies reports of her arrest, hits out at Holomisa and media
By: Sashnee Moodley 22nd March 2024 National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has hit out against United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa for publishing “untruths”... →
$10-billion Namibian green hydrogen project receives major German boost
By: Martin Creamer 22nd March 2024 Namibia’s first gigawatt scale green hydrogen project – the $10-billion Hyphen development scheme – this week received a major boost from Germany.... →
Uganda's president appoints son as military chief
By: Reuters 22nd March 2024 Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has appointed his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, as head of the military, the defence ministry said on Friday.... →
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Opinions
Corrupt, brutal and unprofessional? Africa-wide survey of police finds diverging patterns
13th March 2024 Africans generally have a low regard for the quality of policing on the continent. Perceptions of police misconduct, corruption and brutality are... →
Blue economies could take Zambia from landlocked to ‘land-linked’
13th March 2024 The maritime industry is commonly associated with coastal states, but the maritime domain includes inland waterways such as lakes, rivers and dams.... →
Fact-checking EFF party leader Julius Malema's manifesto launch speech: 'Nothing has changed since 1994'
13th March 2024 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), the second largest opposition party in South Africa, launched its election manifesto on 10 February 2024. We... →
Rebooting South African Foreign Policy and International Relations: Trade, Development, and the Economy
13th March 2024 In reflecting on 30 Years of Democracy in South Africa, international relations and South African foreign policy through trade, development, and... →
Recommendations
DA 2024 Election Manifesto
5th March 2024 The DA has a plan to rescue South Africa from state collapse We will start fixing what is broken in government by abolishing cadre deployment,... →
RISE Mzansi 2024 Election Manifesto
4th March 2024 The People’s Manifesto is RISE Mzansi’s commitment to the people of South Africa. The People’s Manifesto is the culmination of listening,... →
Women, Business, and the Law 2023
4th March 2024 The global gender gap for women in the workplace is far wider than previously thought, a groundbreaking new World Bank Group report shows. When... →
Outward FDI policies: Promotion and facilitation - regulation and screening
1st March 2024 The latest UNCTAD Investment Policy Monitor (No. 27) focuses on the evolving landscape of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) policies,... →
Statements
Special Investigating Unit on order by Special Tribunal to Systems Applications Products (SAP)
25th March 2024 Systems Applications Products (SAP) has been ordered by the Special Tribunal to pay the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) R500 million within seven... →
IFP Challenges KZN Premier Over Silence on New Jersey Barrier Project
25th March 2024 The IFP in the KZN Legislature, as the Official Opposition, calls upon the KZN Premier, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, to provide an update on the progress—if... →
SACP condemns terrorist attacks, expresses heartfelt condolences to the Russian people
25th March 2024 The South African Communist Party (SACP) strongly condemns the terrorist attack on Friday evening, 22 March 2024, at the Crocus City Hall in the... →
GOOD Party dismisses Peter De Villiers for sexual misconduct
25th March 2024 GOOD’s National Management Committee (NMC) has terminated Peter De Villiers membership of the party and removed him as a Member of the Western Cape... →
Press Offices
Multi-National Enterprise Takes SARS To Task on Transfer Pricing Audit, and WINS!
8th March 2024 Transfer Pricing – the most pertinent international tax and compliance consideration for Multi-National Enterprises wishing to progress in the... →
Regulator or Legislature?
7th March 2024 The Information Regulator (“Regulator“) issued its first Enforcement Notice regarding non-compliance with the direct marketing provisions of the... →
South Africa’s Greylisting: Regulatory authorities make progress on the Financial Action Task Force recommendations
7th March 2024 It has been over a year since the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF“) announced that South Africa had been added to the FATF’s greylist for... →
Zambia introduces welcomed revisions in the Trade Marks Bill 2023
7th March 2024 Zambia’s Trade Mark Legislation is currently the Trade Marks Act (Chapter 401) 1958 (“TM Act”) and in 2023 the Trade Marks Bill 2023 (“TM Bill... →