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Zuma's 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court comes to an end 
By: News24Wire 7th October 2022 Friday officially marked the end of former president Jacob Zuma's prison sentence for being in contempt of court. The Constitutional Court... →
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Load-shedding to be suspended on Saturday morning after record spell
By: News24Wire Updated 6 hours ago Load shedding will be suspended at 05:00 on Saturday morning due to lower weekend demand and adequate emergency generation reserves, Eskom said in... →
EFF urges votes for Lesotho counterpart in election
By: Sane Dhlamini 7th October 2022 The Economic Freedom Fighters have wished the people of Lesotho a peaceful and fair election, with the hope that it will be a catalyst for change... →
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Zulu monarchy: how royal women have asserted their agency and power throughout history
7th October 2022 The passing away of South Africa’s Zulu king Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu in March 2021 refocused attention on the role of royal women in Zulu... →
Careful balance needed to advance humanitarian action while countering terror
7th October 2022 In July 2022, South Africa’s Police Minister Bheki Cele introduced a draft bill to update the country’s existing counter-terrorism law – the... →
Electoral Politics: From competition and contest to potential conflict
7th October 2022 South Africa is scheduled to hold an election in 2024. It is a much-anticipated one, since speculation is rife that the ANC may likely lose its... →
Debt in focus
7th October 2022 The load-shedding crisis and the attention given to the reconstitution of the Eskom board not only served to eclipse deliberations on Eskom’s... →
Recommendations
Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2022: Correcting Course
6th October 2022 Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2022: Correcting Course provides the first comprehensive analysis of the pandemic’s toll on poverty in developing... →
A New State of Mind: Greater Transparency and Accountability in the Middle East and North Africa
By: Creamer Media Reporter 6th October 2022 The MENA region is facing important vulnerabilities, which the current crises—first the pandemic, then the war in Ukraine—have exacerbated. Prices... →
New Approaches to Closing the Fiscal Gap
6th October 2022 As the COVID‐19 crisis recedes, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is back to work and looking forward. Reported deaths related to the pandemic... →
Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Fall 2022: Social Protection for Recovery
6th October 2022 Globalization, demographic trends, the green transition, and technological innovations are transforming labor markets in Europe and Central Asia,... →
Statements
Mandla Msibi’s Return to Provincial Cabinet a Shame
Updated 4 hours ago Mpumalanga Premier, Refiloe Mtshweni-Tsipane’s cabinet reshuffle resulting in the appointment of Mandla Msibi to the position of MEC for COGTA is a... →
Loadshedding will be suspended at 05:00 on Saturday morning owing to lower weekend demand and adequate emergency generation reserves
Updated 5 hours ago Loadshedding will be suspended at 05:00 on Saturday morning. While the generation capacity constraints persist, the suspension of loadshedding is... →
National Treasury on designation of Prof. Thabo Legwaila as Acting Tax Ombud
Updated 5 hours ago The Minister of Finance, Mr Enoch Godongwana has designated Prof. Thabo Legwaila as Acting Tax Ombud, in terms of sections 14(3) and 14(4) of the... →
Court has final say in Zuma release
Updated 5 hours ago The civil rights organisation AfriForum emphasizes that a High Court ruling found that the medical parole granted to former president Jacob Zuma... →
Press Offices
New chief technology officer for LexisNexis SA
7th October 2022 LexisNexis South Africa appoints Mukosi Mukwevho as its new chief technology officer, to drive the organisation’s technical strategy and ambitious... →
GBV: Bill establishing the National Council on GBV and Femicide to be introduced to parliament
6th October 2022 On 30 September 2022, the Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities published the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and... →
Another Year of Changes in Tax Laws for Expatriates
6th October 2022 The only constant is change, as the saying goes. Each year, new proposed amendments to the tax laws in South Africa go through the legislative... →
Quiet Quitting - What employers need to know
4th October 2022 Quiet quitting is a new term that refers to an employee doing the bare minimum when it comes to their work responsibilities, which has the... →
