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'Perfectly legitimate' for Sello to accept Phala Phala brief - advocates' group defends panellist
By: News24Wire 6th December 2022 The Johannesburg Society of Advocates has come out in defence of advocate Mahlape Sello SC – a member of the Section 89 panel appointed to... →
Fitch says Ramaphosa crisis is a risk, but SA policies should stay in place
By: News24Wire 6th December 2022 US credit agency Fitch Ratings says while the uncertainty over the future of President Cyril Ramaphosa is a risk for South Africa, the most likely... →
Vote on Ramaphosa’s impeachment postponed as he turns to ConCourt 
By: Thabi Madiba 6th December 2022 The National Assembly has postponed its consideration of the Section 89 Panel report to December 13, when a vote on whether impeachment proceedings... →
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Johannesburg’s informal traders face abuse: the city’s ‘world class’ aspirations create hostility towards them
13th October 2022 Unemployment and the rising cost of living force many people to make a living in the informal economy, particularly street trading. While it is... →
Security priorities for Burkina Faso’s new transition
13th October 2022 On 30 September, disgruntled army officers staged a coup that toppled Burkina Faso’s transitional military leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri... →
From e-cigarettes to hookah pipes, South Africa aims to tighten tobacco laws
12th October 2022 Tobacco is a leading cause of disease. It is estimated that it kills half of its consumers. Over a million additional deaths result from exposure... →
Africa should take the driving seat in its China dealings
12th October 2022 ‘China narratives in Western liberal democracies are not mainstream in the rest of the world.’ This is one of the takeaways from a new report by... →
Recommendations
Newsletter “Voices of Citizens in Africa” - Issue 09 | May 2022
7th July 2022 The publication of the Newsletter under the theme Women Economic Empowerment reminds us all, the significant role of women in African economies. In... →
Motorcycle Safety in Africa
7th July 2022 In developing countries with inadequate public transport and road infrastructure, motorcycles present a fast, cheap, and efficient transport... →
Trade Finance Demand and Supply in Africa: Evidence from Kenya and Tanzania
7th July 2022 This report presents the findings of the fourth study in a series of trade finance surveys in Africa. For the first time, we conduct a deep-dive... →
Multi-sectoral impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on nutrition outcomes: an analytical framework
5th July 2022 This document describes the process and methodology used to develop the Analytical Framework, explains the different components and provides... →
Statements
City of Joburg's Department of Economic Development is a proud supporter of the 9th edition of the Makhelwane festival
24th January 2023 The Department of Economic Development through the Joburg Tourism Company (JTC) is supporting the ninth edition of the Makhelwane Festival.... →
Statement on the outcomes of the ANC KZN Provincial Executive Committee Meeting
24th January 2023 MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCES We started the first meeting of the Provincial Executive Committee for the year 2023 on a sombre note. →
Loadshedding + cost of living = job losses for NCape
24th January 2023 The DA in the Northern Cape urges provincial government to implement measures protecting SMMEs from loadshedding and cost of living increases. Some... →
POPCRU distraught over the continued killing of police officers
24th January 2023 The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) notes with disdain the continued killing of our men and women in blue. In the latest incident,... →
Press Offices
An inside scoop into debt collecting
2nd September 2022 Section 65A(1) of the Magistrate’s Court Act 32 of 1944, in the District Court, is a procedure to inquire into the financial position of such... →
Common purpose in strike-related misconduct: when seeing evil isn't enough
2nd September 2022 A recent Constitutional Court judgment refines the application of the doctrine of common purpose in matters of strike-related misconduct.... →
Significant changes to transformation in the workplace set for 1 September 2023
1st September 2022 The Employment Equity Amendment Bill which proposes wide-reaching changes to the regulation of transformation in the workplace will be signed into... →
Non-resident tax status reversed? Read this before reapplying to SARS
1st September 2022 SARS introduced its Tax Non-Resident Confirmation letter in 2021, and it now appears that emigrated taxpayers, whose residency status was... →
