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Bantu Holomisa agrees to be UDM’s Eastern Cape premier candidate
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 57 minutes ago The United Democratic Movement (UDM) announced the availability of its leader Bantu Holomisa as the Premier candidate for the Eastern Cape, saying... →
Eskom warns political parties against placing posters on electrical structures
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 1 hour 47 minutes ago Ahead of the upcoming May 29 elections, State-owned power utility Eskom has cautioned all political parties against the “dangerous practice” of... →
Govt determined to achieve free, equal South Africa – Ramaphosa
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 2 hours 26 minutes ago President Cyril Ramaphosa noted on Monday that despite the “great difficulties” South Africa has experienced, government has persevered with reform... →
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How the Mandela myth helped win the battle for democracy in South Africa
Updated 2 hours 4 minutes ago Political history scholar Jonny Steinberg’s 2023 book Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage is a double biography of South Africa’s most famous... →
Owning a gun in South Africa offers some safety, but risks run high for users and society – expert
Updated 2 hours 7 minutes ago South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, eclipsed only by Honduras and a handful of Caribbean island states. Furthermore,... →
South Africa’s young education researchers need networks to share experience more than pressure to produce outputs
26th April 2024 South Africa has for many years been a strong player in several areas of world-class research. Some of the country’s researchers have made major... →
Boko Haram factional violence worries Islamic State
26th April 2024 In its quest to expand beyond North East Nigeria, JAS–ISWAP clashes aren’t in the global terror group’s interests. In October 2023, Boko Haram’s... →
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With Regard to Borders and Ballots
Updated 1 hour 54 minutes ago The IEC has confirmed that South Africa has 340 parties registered provincially and nationally and thus eligible to participate in the 2024... →
The Making of Manifestos and the Marginalisation of Migrants: A Causal Link?
Updated 1 hour 58 minutes ago Election fever has been ratcheted up several notches over the past few weeks, as one by one various political parties have launched their election... →
Triple billion targets policy solutions matrix
26th April 2024 The Triple Billion Targets Policy Solutions Matrix has been developed to help bridge the step from data to delivery by collating some of the latest... →
Global economic fracturing and shifting investment patterns
26th April 2024 The report spotlights 10 major shifts in global foreign direct investment (FDI). It reveals how the combination of structural transformations in... →
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Through democratic change, South Africans are reclaiming their dignity
Updated 39 minutes ago Dear Fellow South African, On this past Saturday, 27 April 2024, South Africa celebrated the 30th anniversary of the country’s first democratic... →
Minister Motsoaledi does not trust the state attorney to do their job
Updated 1 hour 10 minutes ago The DA recently exposed that the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has spent over R412 million on legal fees. Significantly we found that in the... →
UDM’s Bantu Holomisa avails himself for Eastern Cape Premiership after much pressure
Updated 1 hour 12 minutes ago At a Prayer Day in Gqeberha, today, United Democratic Movement (UDM) President Bantu Holomisa announced that he, in principle, has agreed to avail... →
Placing election posters on Eskom electricity structures is illegal
Updated 1 hour 59 minutes ago South Africa is preparing for elections in May 2024, and political parties are putting up election posters as part of their campaigns. In the past,... →
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LAC finds that an employee who was dimissed for recreational cannabis use at home was unfairly discriminated against
Updated 1 hour 20 minutes ago In the recent case of Enever v Barloworld Equipment South Africa, a Division of Barloworld South Africa (Pty) Ltd (JA86/22) [2024] ZALAC (23 April... →
Herbert Smith Freehills promotes Ernst Müller to director in Johannesburg
Updated 1 hour 23 minutes ago Leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills is promoting Ernst Müller to director. His appointment takes effect on 1 May 2024. Ernst is... →
How the two-pot system will affect the hospitality industry
Updated 2 hours 3 minutes ago Allowing financially stretched fund members to withdraw a limited amount of money from their pension savings from what’s known as a savings pot,... →
Shaping Tomorrow – Women at the Forefront of Science and IP
26th April 2024 As we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day, our focus is on the remarkable contributions of innovative South African individuals, specifically... →
