Headline News
Global crisis forcing Africa to ‘grow up’, develop localised solutions – panel
By: Donna Slater 20th March 2023 Despite the Covid-19 pandemic creating a “perfect storm” for African countries with rising interest rates and an increase in the risk of sovereign... →
Jacob Zuma vs Downer and Maughan back in court
By: News24Wire 20th March 2023 Two court applications relating to former president Jacob Zuma's private prosecution of prosecutor, advocate Billy Downer, and News24 legal... →
Parliament to consider constitutional amendment for body investigating high-level corruption
By: News24Wire 17th March 2023 Accountability Now's advocate Paul Hoffman SC is continuing with his crusade for the establishment of a Chapter 9 institution tasked with... →
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Opinions
UK seems ready to return its ‘last African colony’
10th March 2023 Could the protracted dispute over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean finally be drawing to a close? Britain steadfastly insisted for decades... →
Right to be paranoid
10th March 2023 Some of the reactions to the regulations that were belatedly published to give effect to the state of disaster declared to tackle South Africa’s... →
Micro-arguments and the process of large change – Part 1
10th March 2023 ‘All men (women) are intellectuals . . . but not all men (women) have in society the function of intellectuals.” – Gramsci. It seems incremental... →
Sandalwood burn ignites awareness of Kenya’s illegal trade
9th March 2023 In September 2022, a senior Kenyan police officer was arrested when he was found with 13.5 tonnes of sandalwood, worth roughly $430 270, loaded... →
Recommendations
Strengthening inclusive social protection systems for displaced children and their families
21st February 2023 The number of forcibly displaced people – and the number of children and young people uprooted by crises – has reached unprecedented levels. Not... →
Land Matters: Can Better Governance and Management of Scarcity Prevent a Looming Crisis in the Middle East and North Africa?
20th February 2023 Across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, land is a scarce and valuable resource. The projected increase in land demand due to... →
UK and US Forced Displacement of the Chagossians and Ongoing Colonial Crimes
20th February 2023 About 60 years ago, the United Kingdom government secretly planned, with the United States, to force an entire Indigenous people, the Chagossians,... →
This Is Why We Became Activists – Violence Against Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Women and Non-Binary People
20th February 2023 In June 2021, Amani’s girlfriend ended their relationship. Amani told Human Rights Watch that for months prior to the breakup, her girlfriend’s... →
Statements
Light spark causes slight delay to today's sitting
23rd March 2023 This afternoon, the National Assembly sitting which is scheduled to conduct questions for oral reply by the Deputy President of the Republic, Mr... →
Harrismith robbed of basic services
23rd March 2023 The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality is concerned with the ongoing electricity blackout in the greater Harrismith... →
ActionSA to Refer the Johannesburg Speaker Colleen Makhubele to the Ethics Committee for Missing Council Meeting
23rd March 2023 ActionSA will refer City of Johannesburg Speaker, Colleen Makhubele, to Council’s Ethics Committee for her failure to attend and preside over two... →
Section 194 Committee postpones hearings due to Adv Mkhwebane’s health
23rd March 2023 The Committee for Section 194 Enquiry into Public Protector (PP) Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office today had to postpone its planned... →
Press Offices
A first-hand experience of the Crown Dependencies for South African investors
3rd March 2023 Tax Consulting South Africa recently deployed a team on a week-long fact-finding mission to the Crown Dependencies, specifically Jersey and... →
The Property Practitioners Act
3rd March 2023 At some point, many of us will contemplate acquiring property to enhance our economic stature, given that property is a means to achieving... →
Webber Wentzel welcomes Competition law expert, Mark Garden
3rd March 2023 Webber Wentzel has appointed Mark Garden as a partner in its Competition, Trade and Investment (CTI) Practice, effective 1 March 2023. Mark has... →
Finance Minister concerned on Home Affairs’ impact on South Africa Economy
3rd March 2023 The Budget 2023/24 last week contained one very frank, but also deeply worrying, acknowledgement on how frustrated government and foreign investors... →
