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Covid-19 highlighting vital health role of platinum group metals
By: Martin Creamer 11th June 2020 The Covid-19 pandemic is serving to highlight the vital role that platinum group metals (PGMs) play in the health sector. Platinum, with which... →
President Cyril Ramaphosa assents various bills into law
5th June 2020 President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law legislation that will improve the safety of navigation in South Africa’s territorial waters;... →
Counting carbon in global trade: why imported emissions challenge the climate regime and what might be done about it
2nd June 2020 The foundations of the climate regime are under threat, with significant implications for developing countries. This set of essays identifies two... →
COVID-19 and the Legislative Landscape
22nd May 2020 It is safe to say there has been an unprecedented influx of legislation since the declaration of Covid-19 as a pandemic which resulted in South... →
Covid-19: Key Considerations For Call Centres
17th April 2020 On 9 April 2020, the Minister of Health and Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition issued a directive under the Disaster Management Act... →
Measuring UN peacekeeping: time to replace auditing with proper evaluation
2nd April 2020 Improving the performance of peacekeeping is central to saving lives, making civilians feel safer, and helping to foster peace processes. It is... →
Coronavirus: Political parties, medical association welcome Ramaphosa's decisive moves
By: News24Wire 16th March 2020 President Cyril Ramaphosa's delayed announcement of a travel ban and a national state of disaster has been welcomed by political parties and a... →
No, spekboom isn’t more effective than the Amazon rainforest at ‘sucking carbon’ out of the atmosphere
By: Africa Check 5th March 2020 The latest popular effort to help reverse climate change is to pull carbon out of the atmosphere and store it in plant form – the spekboom plant,... →