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Zuma's comeback is a headache for ANC
By: Bloomberg 2nd May 2024 Jacob Zuma, who led South Africa for almost nine scandal-ridden years before the ruling party forced him from office, has staged a dramatic... →
SA’s ICJ case follows decades of tension between SA, Israel – Mistra researcher
By: Thabi Shomolekae 30th April 2024 Independent think-tank Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (Mistra) senior researcher Na'eem Jeenah argued on Tuesday that South Africa’s... →
Booming Harmony ups full-year output and grades; lowers cost and capital guidance
By: Martin Creamer 30th April 2024 Execution and preparatory work on key gold projects are on track in South Africa, and early works on the copper project in Australia are to... →
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MeerKAT: the South African radio telescope that’s transformed our understanding of the cosmos
23rd April 2024 South Africa’s Karoo region is a vast semi-arid area that stretches across four of the country’s provinces. It is sparsely populated and renowned... →
Two new malaria vaccines are being rolled out across Africa: how they work and what they promise
23rd April 2024 Malaria incidents are on the rise. There were 249-million cases of this parasitic disease in 2022, five-million more than in 2021. Africa suffers... →
Empowering Youth Voices: Addressing Gender-Based Violence in South Africa
23rd April 2024 The South African Youth Gender Action Plan is a youth-driven policy framework that provides a roadmap for addressing gender-based violence and... →
South Africa’s security forces once brutally entrenched apartheid. It’s been a rocky road to reform
22nd April 2024 One of the important tasks that faced South Africa’s democratic government after 1994 was to reform the apartheid-era security apparatus. The... →
Recommendations
Geopolitics of the energy transition: Energy security
19th April 2024 The acceleration of a renewable-based global energy transition represents our only option to ensure the world remains on a 1.5°C-compatible... →
International co-operation to accelerate green hydrogen deployment
19th April 2024 This report from IRENA's Collaborative Framework on Green Hydrogen assesses progress in green hydrogen deployment. The report gauges the success... →
Financing the fight against poverty and hunger - mobilising resources for a sustainable development goal reset
19th April 2024 The world’s governments are falling far short of the pledges they made in 2015 to eradicate extreme poverty and create a world with “zero hunger”... →
Making finance flow to adaptation in small-scale agrifood systems: The role of the third long-term goal of the Paris Agreement (Article 2.1 (c))
19th April 2024 Article 2.1(c) of the Paris Agreement aims to make finance flows consistent with climate-resilient development. For small-scale agrifood systems,... →
Statements
Minister Mchunu commends progress made to address water challenges in KwaXimba, KwaZulu-Natal
3rd May 2024 Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu, has expressed optimism on the work carried out in KwaXimba, within the eThekwini Metro in... →
DA reaffirms commitment to social grants
3rd May 2024 Today, representatives of the DA embarked on oversight visits to various South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) offices nationwide. These... →
Hawks corruption probe of Unisa senior managers is at the centre of efforts to silence acting CFO
3rd May 2024 The cooperation of Unisa’s acting CFO in a Hawks investigation into corruption at the institution has emerged as a possible motive for her... →
Northern Cape based Hope For The Future to endorse and support GOOD for the 2024 election
3rd May 2024 Hope For The Future has resolved to endorse GOOD in the 2024 National and Provincial Elections and has called on all its supporters and members to... →
Press Offices
Remote working and the South African ‘digital nomad visa’
18th April 2024 In the third article in our employee mobility series, we highlighted the opportunity for South Africa to become a jurisdiction of choice for... →
Exploring the connection between the South African immigration system and job creation
17th April 2024 In recent years, South Africa has seen a significant influx of immigrants from various African countries, as well as other parts of the world. This... →
Sexism in the workplace
16th April 2024 Sexism in the workplace, although a serious issue, is not automatically a cause for dismissal. Context is everything when determining how to... →
TikTok? Rather not – Social media and the workplace
16th April 2024 It is a new age, and Generation Z, aptly known as Zoomers, are beginning to make up a large part of the workplace. With that comes employees who... →
