Headline News
Growth, returns and aid shift investor focus to West of Africa
By: Bloomberg 22nd February 2024 Investors in West African countries are enjoying the best returns on the continent, and are shifting money flows to a region that’s performed well... →
Israeli officials push ahead with Rafah plan without precise strategy
By: Bloomberg 22nd February 2024 Israel is determined to push ahead with a goal to move a million or more civilians from Rafah before an attack on the Hamas-held city in Gaza, even... →
ANC challenges DA to release its own deployment records
By: Thabi Shomolekae 22nd February 2024 African National Congress secretary general Fikile Mbalula has challenged the Democratic Alliance to share with South Africans its own minutes and... →
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Healthy food is hard to come by in Cape Town’s poorer areas: how community gardens can fix that
16th January 2024 In 1950, as part of the Group Areas Act, South Africa’s apartheid government banished people of colour to outlying areas, away from central... →
60% of Africa’s food is based on wheat, rice and maize – the continent’s crop treasure trove is being neglected
16th January 2024 African countries have become reliant on a few food items. Just 20 plant species now provide 90% of our food, with three – wheat, maize and rice –... →
Voting and other action needed to recover our democracy – Part Two
15th January 2024 There is no ready-made pathway that will easily empower citizens and other residents to better their lives in accordance with the Constitution and... →
South Africa’s new intelligence bill is meant to stem abuses – what’s good and bad about it
12th January 2024 When South Africa became a constitutional democracy in 1994, it replaced its apartheid-era intelligence apparatus with a new one aimed at serving... →
Recommendations
Tripling renewable power and doubling energy efficiency by 2030: Crucial steps towards 1.5°C
31st October 2023 Representing global perspectives within the renewable energy and climate change space, this report by the COP28 Presidency, IRENA and the Global... →
Community engagement with armed actors in the Central African Republic: preventing and reducing protection risks and violence
31st October 2023 In the Central African Republic, communities often exercise considerable influence over armed actors. This usually happens below the radar and is... →
Vote of no confidence: Durban business leaders pessimistic about economic prospects in metro
By: News24Wire 31st October 2023 Perceptions about the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, in relation to business, have slightly improved, but business leaders in Durban do not... →
Regenerate: For a Future that Works for everyone
30th October 2023 Analysis from global consultancy Kearney has found that over half (56%) of executives say their current business transformations aren’t working.... →
Statements
New water to secure more water supply for a growing city
7th March 2024 Census 2022 data shows that Cape Town’s population is now 4 772 846, remarkably 27,6% higher than in 2011. Expanding Cape Town's water supply... →
Kruger National Park mining application: There is a snake in the grass, warns AfriForum
7th March 2024 AfriForum today expressed its serious reservations about the mining licence application that Tenbosch Mining (Pty) Ltd submitted and claims that... →
ActionSA Presents Submission to Flawed BELA Bill Before Parliament
6th March 2024 ActionSA has submitted its objections to the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill before Parliaments Select Committee on Education,... →
ANC/EFF reduces Ekurhuleni to junk status
6th March 2024 The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the City of Ekurhuleni (CoE) notes with serious concern the city’s credit rating downgrade by Moody’s. Under the... →
Press Offices
National Minimum Wage (NMW) Commission recommends a CPI plus 3% as it invites further proposals for 2024 adjustment in NMW
8th December 2023 The National Minimum Wage (NMW) Commission said it is sitting with three proposals on its table after it issued another invitation to interested... →
The Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act – A decade of non-delivery
8th December 2023 Exactly ten years ago, on 10 December 2013, the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act, commonly referred to as “IPLAA”, was published as an Act... →
Constitutional Court Orders Sections of the Immigration Act, 2002 Unconstitutional: A Victory for Foreign National Parents
7th December 2023 In a landmark decision, the Constitutional Court of South Africa (“Court”) has ruled that certain sections of the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No. 13... →
Navigating Minimum Wage Compliance: Lessons from the Quantum Foods Case
7th December 2023 This article explores the recent landmark case of Quantum Foods (Pty) Ltd v Commissioner H Jacobs N.O. and Others and the pivotal questions it... →