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Scopa wants Cyril Ramaphosa to explain leaked audio, says it has far-reaching implications 
By: News24Wire Updated 6 hours ago The Standing Committee on Public Accounts is conducting its own probe into public fund misappropriation allegations against the African National... →
DA files court papers to force govt to scrap rotational system in schools
By: Sane Dhlamini Updated 2 hours 7 minutes ago Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen filed court papers in the Gauteng High Court on Wednesday in an effort to compel government to... →
EFF councillor accused of using fake 'Tracy Zille' account sworn in as MP
By: News24Wire Updated 2 hours 14 minutes ago An Economic Freedom Fighters councillor who is accused of spreading hateful comments via a fake Twitter account is now in higher office after his... →
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Burkina Faso coup: latest sign of a rise in the ballot box being traded for bullets
Updated 4 hours ago When news broke that soldiers had mutinied in Burkina Faso, it was hardly surprising. Burkina Faso’s history has been plagued by both army mutinies... →
A decade later, no end in sight for Libya’s political transition
Updated 4 hours ago Two days before Libyans were to go to the ballots for a new interim president on December 24, the country’s election officials finally admitted... →
Africa’s climate change diplomacy must step up a gear
Updated 4 hours ago As the dust settled on the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the world started realising that it fell short of the promise to... →
From Algeria to Zimbabwe: how Africa’s autocratic elites cycle in and out of power
25th January 2022 In 2021, coups d’état ousted four heads of state in sub-Saharan Africa. Army interventions in Chad, Mali, Guinea and Sudan halted a years-long... →
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The TaxDev employment income taxes dataset (Africa)
25th January 2022 This technical guide describes the Centre for Tax Analysis in Developing Countries (TaxDev) employment income taxes dataset (EITD). It covers in... →
Ramaphosa releases SIU report, 2 803 irregular Covid-19 procurement contracts found
By: Sashnee Moodley 25th January 2022 The Special Investigating Unit’s final report on its investigation into the procurement of goods and services by government during the Covid-19... →
S African anti-corruption efforts stagnate – CPI
By: Thabi Madiba 25th January 2022 Corruption Watch executive director Karam Singh revealed on Tuesday that South Africa, along with many other countries, has reached a virtual... →
Science, innovation vital for country’s economic recovery, Ramaphosa says
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 24th January 2022 As South Africa strives to recover from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, science and innovation are playing a prominent role both in the... →
Statements
ActionSA Welcomes an Historic Engagement with SACSAAWU
Updated 1 hour 5 minutes ago It is my pleasure to let South Africans know that this afternoon ActionSA together with senior representatives of the South African Cleaners... →
Minister Creecy should explain Chinese toxic dumping in South African waters
Updated 1 hour 7 minutes ago The DA has noted with concern reports of a large Chinese bulk carrier, the NS Qingdao, that has apparently been given the go-ahead by the... →
Committee on Defence and Military Veterans defers discussion on SANDF procurement of Cuban medicine
Updated 1 hour 19 minutes ago The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans today deferred the discussion on the matter related to the importation and use of the... →
AfriForum: Farm murderers must be punished severely
Updated 1 hour 20 minutes ago AfriForum’s Head of Policy and Action, Ernst Roets, today pleaded with the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein that farm murderers face the... →
Press Offices
CCMA: unvaccinated employee’s dismissal fair
Updated 3 hours ago On 11 June 2021, South Africa’s landscape regarding mandatory vaccination in the workplace changed with the publishing of the Consolidated... →
Baker McKenzie advised Bank One on $100-million local currency swap with Central Bank in sub-Saharan Africa
26th January 2022 Baker McKenzie advised Bank One Limited ("Bank One") as arranger and swap provider in connection with a USD 100-million USD/local currency swap... →
SARS eager to employ inexperienced youth to assist confused taxpayers
25th January 2022 The South African Revenue Service (“SARS”) recently expressed its intentions to dive into its recruitment drive with renewed vigour. First on the... →
South Africa: Draft legislation and proposed advanced pricing agreement programme model published
25th January 2022 The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has published draft legislation and a proposed model for establishing an advanced pricing agreement (APA)... →
