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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... →
UP, CSIR collaborate on project to detect fake news during elections
By: Thabi Shomolekae 2nd April 2024 University of Pretoria Data Science for Social Impact research group’s Professor Vukosi Marivate noted that if the Independent Electoral Commission... →
Looking inward: Anticipated legal developments on institutional integrity
2nd April 2024 To combat corruption, government has enacted and plans to enact further legislative reforms. These reforms bolster accountability, impose stricter... →
Employers must learn to walk the Labour Law tightrope
2nd April 2024 Section 23(1) of the Constitution of South Africa provides that “Everyone has the right to fair labour practices.” This would mean that both... →
More green hydrogen insight on way as Southern African scientists head to Germany 
By: Martin Creamer 28th March 2024 Twelve scientists from Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries will head to Germany in May, where they will have an opportunity to... →
South Africa’s electricity crisis: what political parties say in their election manifestos about solving it
28th March 2024 South Africa is in the middle of a deep electricity crisis. In 2023 the public, many of whom are voters, experienced the worst loadshedding to... →
#ManifestoCheck: Verifying 9 claims from the Democratic Alliance’s ‘Rescue Plan for South Africa’
By: Africa Check 28th March 2024 South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), launched its election manifesto on 17 February 2024. According to party leader... →
