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Dozens trapped in building collapse in South Africa
By: Reuters Updated 1 hour 59 minutes 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... →
Copper 360’s underground copper mine set to open three months ahead of schedule
By: Martin Creamer 6th May 2024 Last month copper mining company Copper 360 surprised on the upside by producing its first copper concentrate from surface material well ahead of... →
Eskom takes City Power to court over R1bn debt
By: Sashnee Moodley 6th May 2024 State power utility Eskom has said it has "no choice" but to approach the Johannesburg High Court to force City Power to pay just over R1-billion... →
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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,... →
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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... →
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Lack of social grant paypoints taxing on beneficiaries’ pockets
6th May 2024 SASSA beneficiaries from Namaqualand and other rural areas of the Northern Cape are forced to use almost half of their grant payouts for transport... →
Constitutional Court judgement not the end of the road for Zimbabwean farmers
6th May 2024 Today’s ruling in the Constitutional Court, in which it was found that the claims of South African victims of Zimbabwe’s land grabs prescribed, is... →
DA calls for immediate dismissal of Joburg Property Company CEO
6th May 2024 The Democratic Alliance (DA) feels vindicated in our assertion that the Johannesburg Property Company (JPC) has failed in its mandate as the... →
Minister Senzo Mchunu commends progress made to address water challenges in KwaXimba, KwaZulu-Natal
6th May 2024 Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu, has expressed optimism on the work carried out in KwaXimba, within the eThekwini Metro in... →
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The SA Expat's Roadmap for Moving Funds Abroad
Updated 49 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 56 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 1 hour 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... →