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Ramokgopa insists loadshedding not being ‘stage managed’ ahead of May 29 poll 
By: Terence Creamer 6th May 2024 Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa denies that the prevailing reprieve from loadshedding has been “stage managed” to improve the prospects... →
Minister insists the recent period of no loadshedding is down to the improved performance of coal stations such as Matla (pictured)
Ramaphosa pegs sustainable economic recovery on attraction of higher levels of investment
By: Thabi Shomolekae 6th May 2024 President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday assured that government is working to get rid of red tape that impedes and slows down investment. Ramaphosa... →
Mozambique's ruling party announces Chapo as presidential candidate
By: Reuters 6th May 2024 Mozambique's ruling FRELIMO party has announced Daniel Chapo will be its presidential candidate in an election scheduled for October. FRELIMO has... →
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In the weeds
3rd May 2024 South Africa has gone some way in starting to reform its electricity industry, which has been failing the country visibly for nearly two decades.... →
South Africa’s media have done good work with 30 years of freedom but need more diversity
2nd May 2024 In 1992, two years before the end of apartheid, Nelson Mandela bemoaned the state of South Africa’s print media. He said the media’s domination by... →
South Africa’s Lemba people: how they view their Jewishness challenges Zionist ideas that identity is linked to one homeland
2nd May 2024 A man wearing a yarmulke stands on the edge of a hill, quietly taking in the landscape below as he considers his ancestors and their histories in... →
Global carbon tax urgently needed to manage the climate crisis
2nd May 2024 ISS modelling shows that carbon taxing can have major benefits if all nations contribute based on their income status. As the world faces a climate... →
Recommendations
The Making of Manifestos and the Marginalisation of Migrants: A Causal Link?
29th April 2024 Election fever has been ratcheted up several notches over the past few weeks, as one by one various political parties have launched their election... →
Triple billion targets policy solutions matrix
26th April 2024 The Triple Billion Targets Policy Solutions Matrix has been developed to help bridge the step from data to delivery by collating some of the latest... →
Global economic fracturing and shifting investment patterns
26th April 2024 The report spotlights 10 major shifts in global foreign direct investment (FDI). It reveals how the combination of structural transformations in... →
Commodity Markets Outlook, April 2024
26th April 2024 The conflict in the Middle East has been exerting upward pressures on prices of key commodities, notably oil and gold. High commodity prices,... →
Statements
Safety Before Profits: SACP Western Cape Statement on the collapse of a building under construction in George
7th May 2024 The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Western Cape pledges solidarity with the workers who are reported to have been trapped under... →
IFP Rejects Fake Letter
7th May 2024 They say desperate times call for desperate measures. It is clear our enemies have run out of steam and have now resorted to fake news in an... →
DA opposes ANC’s flawed Public Procurement Bill in KZN
7th May 2024 The DA in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) has today opposed the Public Procurement Bill during a special Sitting of the provincial Legislature. While the ANC... →
Lack of social grant paypoints taxing on beneficiaries’ pockets
6th May 2024 SASSA beneficiaries from Namaqualand and other rural areas of the Northern Cape are forced to use almost half of their grant payouts for transport... →
Press Offices
Improperly Obtained Consensus In Contracts: A Focus On Duress
26th April 2024 In contract law, the principle of consensus ad idem, or mutual agreement, forms the cornerstone of a valid contract. However, when this consensus... →
Legally Navigating the Creator Economy with Confidence
26th April 2024 The rapidly growing creator economy is providing South African entrepreneurs with exceptional chances to collaborate and expand their businesses.... →
The terms of an agreement must be honoured
26th April 2024 The recent Supreme Court of Appeal judgment dated April 15, 2024, in the case of 68 Wolmarans Street Jhb (Pty) Ltd and others v TUFH Ltd,... →
Opportunities and challenges of AI in the hospitality sector
26th April 2024 Global tourism has begun surpassing its pre-COVID peak. South Africa remains a popular tourist destination with the hospitality sector contributing... →
