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The lights are on in South Africa and many people are suspicious
By: Bloomberg 3rd May 2024 South Africa is enjoying a rare streak of uninterrupted electricity right before elections, drawing more suspicion than praise in a nation that’s... →
Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger, US official says
By: Reuters 3rd May 2024 Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting US troops, a senior US defence official told Reuters, a move that... →
Chad prepares to vote in a coup-hit region, wary allies look on
By: Reuters 3rd May 2024 Chad will hold presidential elections on Monday, making it the first in a string of coup-hit states across Central and West Africa to use the... →
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Opinions
Time is right for a South Atlantic climate alliance
24th April 2024 With their leading roles regionally and in the G20 and COP30, a Brazil-South Africa partnership could prompt useful south-south ties. Africa’s... →
Promises kept and broken in the African National Congress’ election manifestos: 2019 vs 2024
24th April 2024 South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), launched its 2024 election manifesto on 24 February. Under the slogan “Let’s do... →
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... →
Recommendations
The State of Social Enterprise: A Review of Global Data 2013–2023
19th April 2024 This report provides a comprehensive synthesis of the global state of social enterprise, using data from more than 80 countries gathered between... →
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”... →
Statements
IFP Rejects Fake Letter
7th May 2024 They say desperate times call for desperate measures. It is clear our enemies have run out of steam and have now resorted to fake news in an... →
DA opposes ANC’s flawed Public Procurement Bill in KZN
7th May 2024 The DA in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) has today opposed the Public Procurement Bill during a special Sitting of the provincial Legislature. While the ANC... →
Lack of social grant paypoints taxing on beneficiaries’ pockets
6th May 2024 SASSA beneficiaries from Namaqualand and other rural areas of the Northern Cape are forced to use almost half of their grant payouts for transport... →
Constitutional Court judgement not the end of the road for Zimbabwean farmers
6th May 2024 Today’s ruling in the Constitutional Court, in which it was found that the claims of South African victims of Zimbabwe’s land grabs prescribed, is... →
Press Offices
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... →
Don’t leave chaos in your wake
15th April 2024 Imagine trying to create a marketing campaign to get people to do their wills. There is probably nothing less exciting than talking about death... →
