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BOSA aims for top four in May elections
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 4 hours ago Build One South Africa (BOSA) leader Mmusi Maimane told Polity that his party is aiming to be amongst the top four political parties in the country... →
The lights are on in South Africa and many people are suspicious
By: Bloomberg Updated 5 minutes ago South Africa is enjoying a rare streak of uninterrupted electricity right before elections, drawing more suspicion than praise in a nation that’s... →
Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger, US official says
By: Reuters Updated 25 minutes ago Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting US troops, a senior US defence official told Reuters, a move that... →
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Waste pickers play a key role in the fight against plastic pollution – insights from South Africa into how their voices can be heard
Updated 3 hours ago Our addiction to plastics is trashing the planet, exacerbating global heating and threatening our very survival. Since 2022, the UN has been... →
The challenges African election bodies face go beyond ‘democratic backsliding’ – analysis
Updated 3 hours ago Election management bodies are essential democratic institutions. To deliver national polls effectively, they need to be properly resourced,... →
Ukraine steps up its charm offensive in Africa
Updated 3 hours ago Ukraine has opened several new African embassies, still hoping for a better return on its investment. While struggling ever harder to prevent... →
In the weeds
3rd May 2024 South Africa has gone some way in starting to reform its electricity industry, which has been failing the country visibly for nearly two decades.... →
Recommendations
Democratic South Africa’s relations with Israel and Palestine
Updated 5 hours ago While South Africa's ICJ case against Israel catapulted it onto the global stage, the medium and long-term implications of the action are yet to... →
South African Reconciliation Barometer: Looking to the 2024 elections
30th April 2024 South African Reconciliation Barometer: Looking to the 2024 elections This publication is based on a briefing session co-hosted by the Institute... →
Revitalising the Good Humanitarian Donorship Initiative: a 20-year review
30th April 2024 Since the establishment in 2003 of the Good Humanitarian Donorship Initiative (GHDI), the world in which humanitarian donors seek to be ‘good’ has... →
With Regard to Borders and Ballots
29th April 2024 The IEC has confirmed that South Africa has 340 parties registered provincially and nationally and thus eligible to participate in the 2024... →
Statements
Northern Cape based Hope For The Future to endorse and support GOOD for the 2024 election
Updated 1 hour 55 minutes ago Hope For The Future has resolved to endorse GOOD in the 2024 National and Provincial Elections and has called on all its supporters and members to... →
DA welcomes Parliament’s commitment to investigate salary increase of Secretary to Parliament
Updated 2 hours 2 minutes ago This morning, during the National Assembly’s Programming Committee, the DA argued that the secret salary hike of over 70% of the Secretary to... →
Mbeki and Ramaphosa have woken up to the UDM’s proposal for a National Dialogue
Updated 3 hours ago The United Democratic Movement (UDM) has noted that former President Thabo Mbeki has embraced the UDM's proposal to convene a National Dialogue... →
Solidarity’s NHI Summit – medical institutions must now stand together and join the fight
Updated 4 hours ago Solidarity has made its strongest appeal yet to both medical professionals and institutions to join the fight against the National Health Insurance... →
Press Offices
Serving Hard Time for “Serious Tax Offences” – Taxpayers Beware SARS’ Bolstered Prosecution Powers
Updated 5 hours ago The Johannesburg High Court handed down an unfathomable sentence of a cumulative 205 years behind bars to a “VAT Fraud Syndicate” in April 2024!... →
Disciplinary hearings must be above board
2nd May 2024 There are several unfair methods that might be used at disciplinary hearings, appeal hearings and arbitration hearings. These unsavoury tactics... →
LAC finds that an employee who was dismissed for recreational cannabis use at home was unfairly discriminated against
30th April 2024 In the recent case of Enever v Barloworld Equipment South Africa, a Division of Barloworld South Africa (Pty) Ltd (JA86/22) [2024] ZALAC (23 April... →
PRECCA updates emphasise third-party accountability and proactive anti-corruption
30th April 2024 South Africa is continuously suffering from the effects of corruption and drainage of resources, some of which were highlighted in the State... →
