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DA challenges Lamola to oppose ‘ANC’s race-based’ policies after US Apartheid 2.0 remarks
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 32 minutes ago The DA has challenged International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola to oppose race-based policies within South Africa’s own... →
Seven Ethiopian armed groups announce anti-government alliance
By: Reuters Updated 33 minutes ago Seven Ethiopian armed groups, including longstanding enemies who fought on opposite sides of a 2020-2022 civil war, said they have formed an... →
Vital that new professional civil service legislation be implemented – BLSA
By: Schalk Burger Updated 3 hours ago The professionalisation of the civil service is a key area of concern for organised business in South Africa's effort to support improved service... →
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Share the strategy
18th September 2026 Most South African manufacturers, besides those few companies benefitting from market tailwinds linked to the deadly conflict disrupting shipping... →
AI has arrived in South Africa’s boardrooms – but company law hasn’t caught up
17th September 2026 AI is beginning to influence how boards of directors make decisions in South African companies. Directors use it to do things like assess financial... →
Sacred springs of South Africa: pure waters or polluted? We found tiny bits of plastic in the samples we tested
17th September 2026 Across South Africa, natural springs are more than sources of freshwater. Some are places of healing, spiritual cleansing and rituals, where... →
Instant payments outpace Central Africa’s anti-money laundering controls
17th September 2026 The region has joined an African cross-border payment system built for speed and trade – but it could accelerate financial crime. Sending money... →
Recommendations
Infrastructure Vandalism as a Human Rights Crisis: Copper Cable and Scrap Metal Theft, Regulatory and Enforcement Gaps, and the Erosion of Socio-Economic Rights
Updated 3 hours ago The brief calls for infrastructure vandalism and illicit metals trading to be understood not only as criminal and economic concerns, but as matters... →
Risk Management, Reimagined: Outlook to 2035
18th September 2026 Organisations face a new, more unpredictable risk landscape, marked by geoeconomic fragmentation, technological disruption, cyber insecurity,... →
Chief Sustainability Officers' Outlook September 2026
18th September 2026 The inaugural Chief Sustainability Officers’ Outlook captures the perspective of 103 members of the World Economic Forum’s global Chief... →
The New Global Security Stakeholders: How Public-Private Cooperation Can Advance Security and Stability
18th September 2026 Global security is increasingly complicated by conflicts, technologies and geopolitical developments, underscoring the need for new models of... →
Statements
Deputy Minister Mmapaseka Steve Letsike condemns misogynistic conduct against women
Updated 42 minutes ago The Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Ms Mmapaseka Steve Letsike, MP, joins the calls strongly... →
Hill-Lewis launches affordable housing pledge at site of 970 new homes
Updated 1 hour 41 minutes ago Today, at the Salt River Market site where 970 affordable homes are planned, I launched my fifth pledge to Cape Town to create more opportunities... →
ANCWL on the alleged aggressive threats to a group of women in a restaurant by a Zimbabwean businessman
Updated 1 hour 50 minutes ago The ANC Women’s League is outraged by widely circulated video footage showing a Zimbabwean national and self-proclaimed businessman allegedly... →
Threats against women have no place in South Africa – The law must take its course
Updated 4 hours ago ActionSA condemns in the strongest terms the disturbing conduct captured in a video circulating on social media, in which a man is seen confronting... →
Press Offices
Cybercrime across borders: navigating Africa’s fragmented legislative landscape
Updated 40 minutes ago By the time you reach the end of this sentence, a cyberattack will have been launched somewhere on the African continent. That is not an... →
Protecting your product get-up: When packaging becomes intellectual property
Updated 3 hours ago Standing out in a competitive market and attracting consumers' attention is not easy. To do so, the overall appearance of a product (known as the... →
Landmark SA divorce ruling challenges long-standing patriarchal common law – with likely ripple effects globally
Updated 5 hours ago The Western Cape High Court recently delivered a decisive blow to a century-long patriarchal common law rule of lex domicilii matrimonii; paving... →
No more paper files stacked to the roof: Home Affairs steps up processing of waiver and appeal applications
18th September 2026 Not too long ago, when visiting a Department of Home Affairs (DHA) office you could find a room stacked to the roof with files and paperwork... →
