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SA, US seek to bury Lady R hatchet in call between national security advisors as AGOA talks near 
By: News24Wire 3rd October 2023 A call between President Cyril Ramaphosa and United States President Joe Biden's respective national security advisors eased tensions that could... →

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Parliament closes Malema's VBS Bank file due to lack of evidence 
By: News24Wire 3rd October 2023 Although Parliament's ethics committee made damning findings against Economic Freedom Fighters deputy president Floyd Shivambu in connection with... →
'There is just zero engagement': City of Cape Town won't back down in fight for railway control 
By: News24Wire 3rd October 2023 The City of Cape will not back down from its fight with the national government to devolve railways to capable metros. So says Cape Town Mayor... →
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Time to resolve Cameroon’s persistent yet forgotten crisis
3rd October 2023 Cameroon’s Anglophone conflict undermines national unity and is arguably the most damaging of the country's multiple crises. It sparked demands for... →
Africa needs a people-centred approach to climate action
3rd October 2023 In September, Africa was struck by a devastating climate event when heavy rains caused two dams to collapse in Libya, flooding the east coast city... →
The continuing crisis: can we find a way forward?
2nd October 2023 “To the oppressed, and to those who suffer with them and fight at their side”- Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Penguin, 1996, dedication).... →
Aziz Pahad: the unassuming South African diplomat who skilfully mediated crises in Africa, and beyond
2nd October 2023 Aziz Goolam Pahad, who has died at the age of 82, was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician and deputy minister of foreign affairs in... →
Recommendations
Renewable energy and jobs: Annual review 2023
2nd October 2023 The tenth edition of IRENA’s Renewable energy and jobs: Annual review, produced in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO),... →
Justice aid update 2023
2nd October 2023 Justice aid (which includes aid for ending violence against women and human rights) is falling. There was a particularly sharp decline in 2021 – by... →
Malawi case study
2nd October 2023 The country study reviews the operation of Malawi’s Paralegal Advisory Services Institute (PASI) over the past 22 years. PASI’s role in Malawi’s... →
How to finance universal access to people-centred justice: scaling up local innovation to leave no-one behind
2nd October 2023 A universal basic justice system is affordable. It would cost $34 per person per year in lower-income countries, compared to $41 for education and... →
Statements
ActionSA Joburg Caucus Leader Writes to the City of Johannesburg Executive Mayor Regarding Metro Centre Closure
3rd October 2023 ActionSA has today written to the City of Johannesburg Executive Mayor, Cllr Kabelo Gwamanda, seeking to compel him to inform the public about the... →
ActionSA Reports Chief Albert Luthuli Municipality to SAHRC for Failing to Provide Clean Water to Communities
3rd October 2023 ActionSA has lodged a complaints against Chief Albert Luthuli Municipality with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) for their failure... →
Escalating fuel costs deeply concerning
3rd October 2023 UASA is deeply concerned by the escalating fuel prices as announced by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, considering the financial... →
Shivambu’s Appeal of 9-Day Salary Docking an Insult to VBS Victims
3rd October 2023 It is as disappointing as it is unsurprising to learn that the EFF’s VBS implicated official, Floyd Shivambu, will be appealing the Parliamentary... →
Press Offices
Unpacking South Africa's Draft Strategy To Combat Food Losses And Waste
3rd October 2023 South Africa’s draft strategy to combat food losses and waste proposes interventions such as prevention, education, partnerships, regulation and... →
Sars Targets Representative Taxpayers for Company Tax Debts
3rd October 2023 With the corporate tax collection deficit announced in September 2023, SARS is dead set on filling at least this fiscal pothole. How will they do... →
Competition commission's draft public interest guidelines for mergers published for public comment
3rd October 2023 Businesses have anxiously been seeking clarity on the application of public interest conditions in merger transactions. It is anticipated that the... →
The over-sensitivities of an individual employee do not amount to harassment or unfair discrimination
3rd October 2023 In the recent decision of La Foy v Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others 1952/2017, the Labour Court dismissed an... →