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Australia’s platinum pioneer highlighting greenness, mulling smelterless tech
By: Martin Creamer Updated 36 minutes ago Australia’s platinum group metals (PGMs) pioneer, Podium Minerals, is evaluating the cleanest and greenest mining and processing options that... →
'Solutions, not promises': Songezo Zibi to launch 'movement' to contest 2024 elections
By: News24Wire Updated 1 hour 10 minutes ago Former editor and Rivonia Circle chairperson, Songezo Zibi, is set to launch a political movement to contest the 2024 national elections. Speaking... →
Hani’s killer Janusz Walus must serve his sentence to the 'fullest' in South Africa - home affairs
By: News24Wire Updated 1 hour 23 minutes ago Janusz Walus, who assassinated South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani nearly 30 years ago, will serve his sentence "to the fullest" in... →
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How to impeach a president: Ramaphosa case puts new rules to the test in South Africa
28th November 2022 South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa faces possible impeachment in the country’s parliament over the illegal stashing of thousands of US... →
Land reform in South Africa: 5 myths about farming debunked
28th November 2022 South Africa’s land reform policy remains highly contested. But, in our view, a number of persistent myths about farmland statistics and the... →
Equatorial Guinea: how not to rig, or observe an election
28th November 2022 Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has clearly not read Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas’s book How to Rig an Election, which... →
COP27 and South Africa – a basic introduction
25th November 2022 COP – or the Convention of the Parties – is the annual climate change conference held under the auspices of the United Nations. South Africa has... →
Recommendations
Renewable solutions in end-uses: Heat pump costs and markets
Updated 1 hour 6 minutes ago If the world is to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, policy makers must address the challenges of reducing energy use and increasing the share... →
Africa Industrialization Index 2022
25th November 2022 Industrialization is central to Africa’s development prospects. With its young labour force, abundant natural resources and fast-growing internal... →
Thriving: Making Cities Green, Resilient, and Inclusive in a Changing Climate
23rd November 2022 Globally, 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions emanate from cities. At the same time, cities are being hit increasingly by climate change related... →
The Assault of Austerity
23rd November 2022 Governments are looking to implement austerity measures at a time when the world is facing a major cost of living crisis and trying to recover from... →
Statements
Freedom Under Law Report - JSC should be strengthened to better defend rule of law
Updated 37 minutes ago Freedom Under Law (FUL) today released a new report, titled A Review of the Activities of the South African Judicial Service Commission 2009 to... →
Residents of Emfuleni continue to suffer after 4 years of Maile’s imposed administration
Updated 1 hour 19 minutes ago The Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements, Lebogang Maile, has admitted that his appointed administrator failed to rescue Emfuleni Local Municipality... →
UIF welcome major wave of arrests for over R2.2million in Covid-19 TERS fraud in North West and Gauteng
Updated 1 hour 23 minutes ago The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) welcomes the arrests of 16 suspects who are accused of swindling the Fund’s Covid-19 Temporary... →
eThekwini Mayor Must Tell the Truth About Water Quality in Durban Beaches
Updated 1 hour 25 minutes ago ActionSA is deeply concerned that the eThekwini Municipality, and particularly City Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda, continues to mislead the public about the... →
Press Offices
ESG-focused procurement in the Hospitality and Leisure Sector
Updated 1 hour 35 minutes ago ESG compliance offers the hospitality and leisure sector in South Africa much-needed, low-cost credentials as an additional competitive advantage,... →
Divorce and the Forfeiture of Patrimonial Benefits
Updated 1 hour 38 minutes ago Many South Africans are in search of their happily ever after. Although many have been lucky enough to find theirs, there are still many cases... →
Disappearing Whatsapp Contracts
Updated 1 hour 42 minutes ago Some of us may be aware of the instant messenger application WhatsApp's new feature- disappearing messages. The feature has created a new legal... →
Probation is not the easy way out for employers
28th November 2022 A probation clause is not a licence to fire the employee at will. A probationary employee is one who has a conditional employment contract (written... →
