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City of Tshwane confirms former mayor Murunwa Makwarela’s passing 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 23rd April 2024 The City of Tshwane confirmed on Tuesday the passing of former mayor Murunwa Makwarela. Tshwane Speaker of Council Mncedi Ndzwanana said Makwarela... →
Anglo pleased with copper's first-quarter performance
By: Martin Creamer 23rd April 2024 Copper production increasing by 11% as Quellaveco achieved its highest plant throughput rate in Peru, and Collahuasi and El Soldado in Chile... →
PSA calls for reduced interest rates
By: Thabi Shomolekae 23rd April 2024 The Public Servants Association has urged the Monetary Policy Committee to seriously consider a reduction in interest rates to alleviate the... →
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Can dialogue rescue South Sudan from a perpetual transition?
18th April 2024 As in 2022, elections could again be postponed. What should the proposed dialogue do differently to break the cycle? The feasibility of South... →
Escalation of Middle East hostilities will have ripple effects for Africa
17th April 2024 Africa could be drawn into proxy battles that have domino effects on security, foreign investment and trade relationships. This weekend’s events in... →
State House ‘asking for a bigger budget than all of Kenya’s 47 counties’? Veteran politician Martha Karua’s numbers fall short
17th April 2024 Experienced Kenyan lawmaker Martha Karua was recently the first guest on a video podcast hosted by another veteran politician, former minister... →
FUL March Newsletter – Major events relating to the judiciary and the rule of law
17th April 2024 This briefing note seeks to provide a short overview of significant events in the preceding month, relating to Freedom Under Law’s work on the... →
Recommendations
Terrorist financing risk assessment for the NPO sector in South Africa
18th April 2024 South African government and private sector partners published a report on the terrorist financing risk assessment on the non-profit organisation... →
MENA Economic Update, April 2024: Conflict and Debt in the Middle East and North Africa
17th April 2024 The global economy is in its third year of deceleration amidst declining inflation and oil prices. The MENA region grew at 1.9 percent in 2023 and... →
The Great Reversal: Prospects, Risks, and Policies in International Development Association (IDA) Countries
17th April 2024 The 75 economies eligible for low-interest loans and grants from the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) had made notable... →
Modernizing Financial Markets with Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wCBDC)
17th April 2024 Over 98% of the global economy’s central banks are researching, piloting or deploying central bank digital currency (CBDC). There is an opportunity... →
Statements
AfriForum exposes: Affordable private clinic in Diepsloot shows nonsensical nature of NHI
25th April 2024 Healthcare centres such as the Unjani Clinic in Diepsloot is proof that the ANC government is trying to sell a false narrative about the National... →
Over 50 million lives saved in Africa through expanded immunization programme
24th April 2024 An estimated 51.2 million lives have been saved through vaccines in the African region over the past 50 years. For every infant life saved over... →
SAPS failure in KZN puts lives at extreme risk
24th April 2024 The DA in KZN led by Premier Candidate, Chris Pappas, and renowned crime fighting activist, Ian Cameron, spent two days shining the spotlight on... →
POPCRU raises concerns about lack of consultation on SAPS staff relocation from Telkom building
24th April 2024 The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) has strongly criticised the lack of consultation regarding the relocation of police staff... →
Press Offices
Remote working and the South African ‘digital nomad visa’
18th April 2024 In the third article in our employee mobility series, we highlighted the opportunity for South Africa to become a jurisdiction of choice for... →
Exploring the connection between the South African immigration system and job creation
17th April 2024 In recent years, South Africa has seen a significant influx of immigrants from various African countries, as well as other parts of the world. This... →
Sexism in the workplace
16th April 2024 Sexism in the workplace, although a serious issue, is not automatically a cause for dismissal. Context is everything when determining how to... →
TikTok? Rather not – Social media and the workplace
16th April 2024 It is a new age, and Generation Z, aptly known as Zoomers, are beginning to make up a large part of the workplace. With that comes employees who... →
