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South Africa’s Spats With J&J, Pfizer Mask Patent Concerns
By: Bloomberg Updated 1 hour 15 minutes ago Pharmaceutical companies supplying South Africa with Covid-19 vaccines are pressing the country to stop trying to loosen patent protections related... →
South Africa’s Central Bank Governor still sees room for accommodative policy
By: Bloomberg Updated 1 hour 20 minutes ago South Africa’s central bank is likely to maintain its accommodative monetary policy stance to support the economy for as long as it has room to do... →
Public urged to comment on draft laws to protect Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers
By: News24Wire Updated 1 hour 25 minutes ago Draft regulations, aimed at protecting pharmaceutical companies from all liability in the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines, are up for public comment.... →
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Opinions
I'm shocked, Cyril
Updated 1 hour 8 minutes ago Award-winning columnist, Bhekisisa Mncube, tells President Cyril Ramaphosa that he is shocked to find out that all along, it is matriculants who... →
Precarious power tilts towards Ramaphosa in battle inside South Africa's governing party
Updated 4 hours ago It appears, for the moment, that South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has won a key battle in the war for control of the governing African... →
Battle for power and wealth fuels Kenya’s Kapedo conflict
Updated 4 hours ago The killing of a senior police officer in Kenya’s Kapedo area on 17 January is just the latest attack in a longstanding brutal conflict. Those... →
Botswana civil society’s submission to the APRM
Updated 5 hours ago The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) was introduced in 2003, as a mutually agreed instrument to monitor and promote governance to which African... →
Recommendations
World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives
Updated 5 hours ago Today’s unprecedented growth of data and their ubiquity in our lives are signs that the data revolution is transforming the world. And yet much of... →
Five Big Bets for the Circular Economy in Africa: African Circular Economy Alliance
Updated 5 hours ago Circular solutions can be used by African countries to attain vital climate action targets and sustainable development goals. With this in mind,... →
Pathways Towards a Cyber Resilient Aviation Industry
Updated 5 hours ago This report aims to define a common language and baseline of practices and encourage collective initiatives for increasing cyber resilience across... →
Planning and prospects for renewable power: Eastern and Southern Africa
Updated 5 hours ago East and Southern African countries possess vast potential for renewable energy development. Co-ordinated regional plans will play a vital role in... →
Statements
ANC condemns AfriForum and Solidarity's efforts to frustrate efforts to transform the tourism industry
Updated 4 minutes ago The African National Congress (ANC) condemns efforts by rightwing formations, Afriforum and Solidarity, to reverse the transformation efforts that... →
IFP Welcomes New Regulations to Deal With Teacher Misconduct
Updated 46 minutes ago In welcoming the new employment regulations to deal with teacher misconduct which have been recently gazetted under the Employment of Educators Act... →
Economic Freedom Fighters KwaZulu-Natal statement on murder of a South African citizen in Hawaii
Updated 1 hour ago The Economic Freedom Fighters in KwaZulu-Natal notes with outrage the senseless killing of Richards Bay's Esikhaleni resident Mr Lindani Myeni (29)... →
DA granted debate of national importance on SAPS DNA crisis
Updated 3 hours ago The DA is pleased that our request for a debate of national importance regarding the ongoing DNA crisis at the South African Police Service (SAPS)... →
Press Offices
Over-extension of Extended Producer Responsibility?
Updated 36 minutes ago South Africa recently published a set of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations, which aim to extend companies' financial or physical... →
Oomphing out of a restraint during the Covid-19 pandemic
Updated 5 hours ago The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on the global economy. Business rescues, insolvencies, liquidations and restructures are rife as... →
Out with the old, in with the new
Updated 5 hours ago Many owners of a unit in sectional title schemes, especially those schemes opened before 7 October 2016, remain confused as to which body corporate... →
Some well awaited certainty on Kenyan withholding taxes for inbound services
Updated 5 hours ago A recent decision by the Tax Appeals Tribunal of Kenya has provided much needed clarity on withholding tax payable by South African residents... →
