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SA govt intensifies mass migration repatriations, crackdown on vigilantism 
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 2 hours 32 minutes ago The South African government is accelerating its five-point migration strategy, marking significant milestones in the deportation, verification,... →
Malawi citizens
Johannesburg collapse risk spurs call for State to run city
By: Bloomberg 26th June 2026 South Africa’s government may soon need to make the politically fraught decision to take control of Johannesburg to avert the city’s financial... →
Families, survivors of apartheid crimes fight Zuma, Mbeki’s court bid
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 3 hours ago A crucial legal battle is set for the Constitutional Court on June 29, when 25 families and survivors of apartheid-era crimes, alongside the... →
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SA police and protesters must put lives first as 30 June looms
Updated 6 hours ago Police and leaders of anti-immigration movements have a responsibility to ensure that protests do not degenerate into violence. Instability and... →
Can Cameroon reclaim its maritime flag after shadow fleet abuse?
Updated 6 hours ago Reforms are welcome, but technological and capacity gaps still leave Cameroon vulnerable to high-risk parallel maritime networks. Cameroon has... →
Black African migrants are not the reason South Africa is broken
26th June 2026 I have always felt like an exile at home. I did not gently enter this world after leaving, without consent, the enchanted kingdom of plenty and... →
Firm timetable needed
26th June 2026 The deadline has arrived for the Eskom Restructuring Task Team (ERTT) to deliver its detailed proposal and implementation plan for establishing a... →
Recommendations
Getting funds to the front-line: Uganda's experience with DFF
Updated 3 hours ago Primary health facilities in low- and lower-middle-income countries often struggle to receive operational funding reliably and on time. Direct... →
Delivering on gender equality: the missing piece in climate and food systems policy
Updated 3 hours ago Agrifood systems face a convergence of global challenges: an accelerating climate crisis, rapid biodiversity and ecosystem loss, rising fragility... →
Online violence against women in politics: what shapes political party responses to technology-facilitated gender-based violence?
Updated 3 hours ago Over the last decade, a new threat to democracy has emerged in the form of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). While women in... →
The State of SIDS Report 2026: defending the special case
Updated 3 hours ago The inaugural State of SIDS Report from the Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative (RESI) at ODI Global. The report offers a comprehensive... →
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Serious questions after Hawks promote Madlanga witness facing criminal investigation
Updated 4 hours ago In what appears to be yet another example of the authorities paying lip service to their commitment to rooting out corruption, Hawks Tactical... →
NPA must explain mass exodus of experienced prosecutors
Updated 7 hours ago The Democratic Alliance is deeply concerned by confirmed reports that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has entered into lucrative early... →
ActionSA demands accountability as Johannesburg caces financial crisis
Updated 7 hours ago ActionSA notes with deep concern the threat by the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, to halt the transfer of funds to the City of Johannesburg... →
Lamola's remarks are contrary to South Africa's interests
26th June 2026 Solidarity has warned that the latest remarks by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, regarding South Africa's... →
Press Offices
Why expatriates’ first tax residence certificate may not protect their earliest period of foreign employment
Updated 4 hours ago Many South Africans working abroad who rely on a Tax Residence Certificate ("TRC") to support a Double Tax Agreement ("DTA") non-residency position... →
Coerced retrenchment agreements jolt the tightrope
Updated 4 hours ago Section 189 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) requires employers, before making any decision to retrench, to consult with the affected employees on... →
Mauritius: Statutory demand - legal framework and recent court developments
25th June 2026 A statutory demand is a formal demand for payment of a debt served by a creditor on its debtor in a standard and prescribed form, under the... →
Constitutional Court confirms: Recycled gold that has undergone prior manufacturing is not zero-rated for VAT
24th June 2026 On 23 June 2026, the Constitutional Court delivered a unanimous judgment in Lueven Metals (Pty) Ltd v Commissioner for the South African Revenue... →
