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ActionSA promises to investigate Ramaphosa, Mashatile if it takes office
By: Thabi Shomolekae 3rd April 2024 ActionSA president Herman Mashaba announced on Wednesday that in the first 100 days after taking office he will immediately launch a Special... →
Corruption Watch reaffirms commitment to fight corruption
By: Thabi Shomolekae 3rd April 2024 Non-profit organisation Corruption Watch (CW) highlights that poor leadership and lack of accountability have eroded public trust and confidence in... →
El Niño disasters: governments know what’s coming, but are unprepared – what must change
3rd April 2024 Drought disasters in southern Africa are mainly attributed to a lack of preparedness, inadequate response and mitigation and poor risk reduction... →
South Africa’s laws aren’t geared to protecting against climate change: judges are trying to fill the gap
3rd April 2024 South Africa has plenty of environmental laws but none that specifically oblige government officials to consider the risks and impacts of climate... →
Fair, victim-centred trials are key to transitional justice in Ethiopia
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 3rd April 2024 The draft criminal procedure and evidence code must be approved to ensure the legitimacy of trials in the transitional justice process. Criminal... →
‘This country was built on the backs of migrants’ – Mashaba lays out ActionSA’s plan to ‘fix SA’
By: Sashnee Moodley 3rd April 2024 Following the launch of his party’s 2024 election manifesto last month, ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba sat down with Polity, setting out the... →
Policy uncertainty edging further into negative territory ahead of elections, report shows
By: Darren Parker 3rd April 2024 The North-West University Business School Policy Uncertainty Index veered further into negative territory in the first quarter, at 65.8 index... →
Faye sworn in as Senegal president, cites 'profound desire for change'
By: Reuters 2nd April 2024 Senegal's once jailed opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye was sworn in on Tuesday as the West African nation's fifth and youngest president... →