Headline News
NCOP passes bill which seeks to cut red tape preventing people without addresses to vote 
By: News24Wire 2nd March 2021 Voters without addresses may soon cast their ballots without any hiccups, albeit "in a different voting procedure". On Tuesday, the National... →
BLSA backs Ramaphosa’s commitment to fight corruption in public service
By: Sane Dhlamini 2nd March 2021 Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi Mavuso has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of a new policy document to ensure that the... →
Glencore 'used relationship' with Ramaphosa to 'extort' Eskom, former CEO Brian Molefe claims
By: News24Wire 2nd March 2021 Former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe has told the State Capture Inquiry that Glencore used its relationship with President Cyril Ramaphosa, who used to be... →
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Intellectual property and Covid-19 medicines: why a WTO waiver may not be enough
25th February 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic, and the race to make vaccines and other useful technologies more accessible to people around the world, has once again... →
Covid-19 and the surge of absenteeism in SA schools
25th February 2021 The impacts of Covid-19 on Africa’s long-term development have been devastating. The Institute for Security Studies reports that probably up to a... →
Yes, malaria kills more kids under five than in any other age group. Here’s why
25th February 2021 The discovery in Africa of a drug-resistant strain of the parasite that causes malaria is a new threat, as the region continues to battle Covid-19.... →
SA youth: Corruption is stealing our future
24th February 2021 South African youth believe that endemic corruption in South Africa is stealing their futures and destroying their dreams. In a week in which... →
Recommendations
The New Era of Unconditional Convergence
24th February 2021 The central fact that has motivated the empirics of economic growth—namely unconditional divergence—is no longer true and has not been so for... →
Global Standards for Health Promoting Schools and their implementation guidance
23rd February 2021 Recent guidance by WHO and other United Nations partners – Global accelerated action for the health of adolescents (AA-HA!): guidance to support... →
Renewables Readiness Assessment: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
23rd February 2021 Jordan's energy diversification strategy is centred around renewables, which are expected will provide the low-cost, reliable, secure and... →
Oil companies and the energy transition
23rd February 2021 The International Renewable Energy Agency's (IRENA) transforming energy scenario identifies the course the world should pursue to create a... →
Statements
Sea Harvest Group Proves its Resilient and Defensive Nature with its 2020 FYE Results
Updated 6 hours ago During one of the worst pandemics facing the world in recent times, resulting in significant disruptions to markets and supply chains, the Sea... →
Water crisis looms in Emfuleni
Updated 7 hours ago The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng is deeply concerned that the residents of Emfuleni Local Municipality are currently experiencing water... →
Gauteng spends R500 million on hospital it does not own
Updated 7 hours ago The Gauteng Provincial Government has irregularly spent about R500 million on the AngloGold Ashanti Hospital in the Far West Rand, despite a... →
DA receives 100 000 signatures to Expropriation Bill petition
Updated 7 hours ago The Democratic Alliance (DA) has received over 100 000 signatures on our petition objecting to the Expropriation Bill. We are now well on our way... →
Press Offices
Trust is Good, but Monitoring is Better: the Legal Implications of Employee Monitoring in a Home Setting
2nd March 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated (and for some, cemented) the work from home (WFH) trend, which, before the pandemic, was limited only to a... →
The New Financial Emigration Announced by SARB
1st March 2021 Financial emigration is the process used by many South Africans abroad to formalise their non-resident status for both tax and exchange control... →
Fluxmans team to the Phumelela – DealMakers Business Rescue Transaction of the Year
By: Creamer Media Reporter 1st March 2021 Last night DealMakers Africa held its first virtual awards ceremony to honour those firms who have excelled in what has been a particularly... →
New earnings threshold as from 1 March 2021
26th February 2021 Certain provisions of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act of 1997 (the BCEA) pertaining to working time do not apply to employees who earn in... →
