Headline News
ANC set for major vote loss, city coalition battles loom 
By: Reuters 6th November 2026 The ANC was heading for major losses in municipal elections, results showed on Friday, setting the stage for multi-party coalition battles to... →
Hill-Lewis expresses ‘deep hope’ after election surge, vows to build stable coalitions
By: Thabi Shomolekae 6th November 2026 DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis declared on Friday that the party will emerge as the largest political force in major metropolitan areas, such as... →
SACP demands trade review after US drops SA from Agoa
By: Thabi Shomolekae 6th November 2026 The SACP has condemned the US government’s decision to terminate South Africa’s eligibility for the African Growth and Opportunity Act and, in... →
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More than water: villagers in South Africa mapped a river’s importance to daily life
6th November 2026 The Kat River begins in the Hogsback and Katberg mountain ranges of South Africa’s Eastern Cape, a province of farmland, rural villages and rugged... →
When government fails, who helps citizens get answers? How South Africa’s community developers bridge the gap
6th November 2026 South Africans – like many citizens across the world – don’t experience their government as a single entity. Responsibility for water, housing,... →
Supportive ecosystem
6th November 2026 With the local government elections now behind us, the immediate focus will be on who will lead the new municipal administrations and on the nature... →
AGOA Exit: What it means for South African Agriculture
5th November 2026 South Africa has been the largest beneficiary of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), particularly its agricultural sector, so its... →
Recommendations
International Debt Report 2026
6th November 2026 For more than five decades, the World Bank’s premier annual publication on debt, now titled the International Debt Report (IDR), along with the... →
Funding nature’s survival: How the UN Tax Convention can help to increase financial resources for biodiversity
6th November 2026 The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will have to address the insufficient progress made in... →
Protection of civilians post peacekeeping drawdowns: reducing risks in DRC, South Sudan and Sudan
6th November 2026 In recent years, a number of peacekeeping missions have exited their contexts, driven by decisions outside of their control, even as conflict... →
Country Focus Report 2026 - Ethiopia - Mobilizing Ethiopia’s Development Financing at Scale in a Fragmented World
3rd November 2026 Ethiopia’s economy rebounded strongly, growing by 9.8% in FY2024/25, supported by industrial recovery, export expansion, easing inflation, and... →
Statements
SACP condemns exclusion of South Africa from AGOA, calls for a review
6th November 2026 The South African Communist Party (SACP) condemns the decision by the US administration to exclude South Africa from the African Growth and... →
DA retains uMngeni Municipality with increased majority
5th November 2026 The Democratic Alliance in KwaZulu-Natal congratulates uMngeni Mayor, Chris Pappas on retaining the uMngeni Municipality. Today, we can confidently... →
DA set to make history in the Eastern Cape as party shows growth across the province
5th November 2026 As the results of the 2026 Local Government Elections continue to come in, the Democratic Alliance is set to mark an important milestone in the... →
Home Affairs cuts red tape for companies to attract investment and create jobs
5th November 2026 The Department of Home Affairs has approved 71 companies under Phase II of the Trusted Employer Scheme, cutting red tape to attract investment,... →
Press Offices
Received an alarming CIPC note on company deregistration? Act immediately despite apparent system errors
6th November 2026 A growing number of South African companies are reporting that they have received demand notices from the Companies and Intellectual Property... →
Beyond AGOA: Building a more resilient South African export strategy
6th November 2026 The prospect of South Africa losing its benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) understandably raises concerns. Preferential... →
Conciliation after failed facilitation: The Constitutional Court clarifies the route to the Labour Court in large scale retrenchments
5th November 2026 In National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and Others v Industrial Oleo Chemical Products [2026] ZACC 22, the Constitutional Court was asked... →
Less red tape, faster access to global talent for more companies under Department of Home Affairs’ expanded Trusted Employer Scheme
5th November 2026 Business has welcomed the admission of an additional 71 companies to South Africa’s Trusted Employer Scheme (TES) under Phase II, extending the... →
