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Stop party politics, concentrate on building SA – SUN Party
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 53 minutes ago Sizwe Ummah Nation (SUN) Party parliamentary candidate Rasheed Ebrahim Gutta is urging politicians to stop party politics and concentrate on... →
South African youth despondency is rife ahead of vote, survey shows
By: Bloomberg Updated 1 hour 11 minutes ago South Africa’s youth, a key voting constituency in this month’s elections, are less optimistic about the future of their country than their... →
Dozens trapped in building collapse in South Africa
By: Reuters Updated 3 hours ago Rescuers searched through the debris of a multi-storey building collapse in the South African city of George that left four people dead and dozens... →
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South Africa’s national student financial aid scheme has helped millions but is in trouble: here’s why
6th May 2024 The board of South Africa’s National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has been dissolved by the country’s higher education and training... →
African countries can’t resolve their debt crisis under a system rigged against them
6th May 2024 The debt situation in many African countries has escalated again to a critical juncture. Twenty are in, or at risk of, debt distress. Three... →
Waste pickers play a key role in the fight against plastic pollution – insights from South Africa into how their voices can be heard
3rd May 2024 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
3rd May 2024 Election management bodies are essential democratic institutions. To deliver national polls effectively, they need to be properly resourced,... →
Recommendations
Economic Justice: A Sustainable Development Goal Model – Our plan for South Africa to beat the past and build the future
6th May 2024 An economically just society is one in which economic opportunities are available to all, and people have the capabilities to make use of those... →
Global megatrends and the quest for poverty eradication
6th May 2024 Global megatrends such as income inequality, climate change, demographic shifts, technological progress, and urbanisation are shaping the future of... →
Scaling Clean Technology Offtakes: A Corporate Playbook for Net Zero
6th May 2024 Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and green hydrogen (GH2) are critical for decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors, like aviation, energy and heavy... →
Energy Transition and Geopolitics: Are Critical Minerals the New Oil?
6th May 2024 The energy transition will cause big shifts in dependencies – away from oil and other fossil fuels, and towards a raft of critical minerals such as... →
Statements
Zizi Kodwa must address corruption allegations and stop deflecting
Updated 18 minutes ago The DA notes Minister Zizi Kodwa's flimsy response to our recent political advertisement. Our ad serves as a glaring reminder of the bleak future... →
South Africa has become uninvestable under ANC rule
Updated 33 minutes ago After more than a hundred years of operation in South Africa, the international energy conglomerate Shell Plc is the latest major company to... →
Safety Before Profits: SACP Western Cape Statement on the collapse of a building under construction in George
Updated 35 minutes ago The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Western Cape pledges solidarity with the workers who are reported to have been trapped under... →
IFP Rejects Fake Letter
Updated 38 minutes ago They say desperate times call for desperate measures. It is clear our enemies have run out of steam and have now resorted to fake news in an... →
Press Offices
The SA Expat's Roadmap for Moving Funds Abroad
Updated 1 hour 58 minutes ago In an increasingly interconnected world, many South Africans find themselves considering opportunities abroad, whether for career advancement,... →
Policy Commons: Illuminating millions of pages of essential knowledge for policy research
Updated 2 hours 5 minutes ago Grey literature is the unpublished, non-commercial, hard-to-find information that organisations such as think tanks, professional associations,... →
Sabinet Judgments: Enhanced Legal Research with Powerful AI Integration
Updated 2 hours 9 minutes ago Sabinet Judgments remains a frontrunner in legal research, providing a comprehensive and user-friendly platform to access all South African... →
The #1 thing a single mom needs
6th May 2024 Parenting is no picnic and single moms have even more to think about, so this Mother’s Day we’re sparing a thought for the heavy-lifting that... →
