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South Africa’s ANC marks its 112th year with an eye on national elections, but its record is patchy and future uncertain
17th January 2024 The speech President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered at the 112th birthday celebration of South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress... →
MEC Virginia Tlhapi appoints Mojalefa Nale as North West Development Corporation CEO
16th January 2024 MEC Virginia Tlhapi, responsible for the Department of Economic Development, Environment, Conservation, and Tourism (DEDECT), officially introduced... →
Cape Town calls for deadline on private sector port involvement
By: Irma Venter 12th January 2024 The City of Cape Town says it wants a “clear deadline” from Transnet and national government on private sector involvement in the Port of Cape... →
Ghana’s electricity crisis is holding the country back - how it got here
10th January 2024 For well over a decade Ghana was exalted as one of the most promising and fastest growing economies on the continent. But recent reports of the... →
DA foils ANC plan to capture uMngeni Local Municipality
10th January 2024 The Municipal Demarcation Board’s (MDB) decision to not amalgamate local ANC-run municipalities with the DA-run uMngeni Local Municipality, to form... →
Fairer global tax won’t be enough to cure Africa’s chronic capital deficit
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 8th January 2024 On 22 November 2023, a coalition of 125 mostly developing countries led by Nigeria won an important United Nations (UN) General Assembly vote on... →
Mayoral Minute 2023: The year SA’s economic compass pointed to Cape Town
18th December 2023 In the second Mayoral Minute of this term of office, Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis reflects on progress made in the last year and what this... →
No breath of fresh air as report implicates officials in R4-million air conditioner fraud
By: News24Wire 18th December 2023 Several employees of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality are implicated in alleged air conditioners fraud amounting to millions of rands in a... →