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City of Joburg working on 'innovative measures’ to reduce power outages, promises Mayor Gwamanda 
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 7 hours ago City of Johannesburg mayor Kabelo Gwamanda announced on Thursday that the City intends to add an additional 50 MW of power to its grid by bringing... →
IEC urges voters to apply for special vote before Friday deadline
By: Thabi Shomolekae 2nd May 2024 The Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa has urged registered voters who need to apply for a special vote to do so before the Friday... →
DA wants PP steering committee to investigate ANC election campaigning
By: Thabi Shomolekae 2nd May 2024 The Democratic Alliance on Thursday called on Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka to set up a steering committee to investigate what it alleges are “growing... →
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South Africa’s media have done good work with 30 years of freedom but need more diversity
2nd May 2024 In 1992, two years before the end of apartheid, Nelson Mandela bemoaned the state of South Africa’s print media. He said the media’s domination by... →
South Africa’s Lemba people: how they view their Jewishness challenges Zionist ideas that identity is linked to one homeland
2nd May 2024 A man wearing a yarmulke stands on the edge of a hill, quietly taking in the landscape below as he considers his ancestors and their histories in... →
Global carbon tax urgently needed to manage the climate crisis
2nd May 2024 ISS modelling shows that carbon taxing can have major benefits if all nations contribute based on their income status. As the world faces a climate... →
Defending democracy, the Senegalese way
30th April 2024 Senegal’s people stood up to protect their democracy rather than wait for the military or external help. After three tumultuous years, Senegal’s... →
Recommendations
South African Reconciliation Barometer: Looking to the 2024 elections
30th April 2024 South African Reconciliation Barometer: Looking to the 2024 elections This publication is based on a briefing session co-hosted by the Institute... →
Revitalising the Good Humanitarian Donorship Initiative: a 20-year review
30th April 2024 Since the establishment in 2003 of the Good Humanitarian Donorship Initiative (GHDI), the world in which humanitarian donors seek to be ‘good’ has... →
With Regard to Borders and Ballots
29th April 2024 The IEC has confirmed that South Africa has 340 parties registered provincially and nationally and thus eligible to participate in the 2024... →
The Making of Manifestos and the Marginalisation of Migrants: A Causal Link?
29th April 2024 Election fever has been ratcheted up several notches over the past few weeks, as one by one various political parties have launched their election... →
Statements
DA maintains strong opposition as BELA Bill leaves Select Committee
Updated 5 hours ago The DA continues to stand firm in its opposition to the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill as it exits the Select Committee on Education... →
Government is not doing right by SA postal workers as retrenchments appear inevitable
Updated 6 hours ago The United Democratic Movement (UDM) has noted, with concern, the potential retrenchment of nearly 5,000 Post Office employees. This follows a... →
ActionSA Welcomes the Upholding of the Press Council Ruling
Updated 7 hours ago ActionSA welcomes the ruling by the Chairperson of the Press Council Appeals Committee, retired Judge President, Bernard Ngoepe, in the matter... →
Rebuilding SA’s Railway Lines a Top Priority for ActionSA in Government
2nd May 2024 A well-functioning rail infrastructure that safely delivers people and goods efficiently and affordably is vital to the success of any country.... →
Press Offices
Disciplinary hearings must be above board
2nd May 2024 There are several unfair methods that might be used at disciplinary hearings, appeal hearings and arbitration hearings. These unsavoury tactics... →
LAC finds that an employee who was dismissed for recreational cannabis use at home was unfairly discriminated against
30th April 2024 In the recent case of Enever v Barloworld Equipment South Africa, a Division of Barloworld South Africa (Pty) Ltd (JA86/22) [2024] ZALAC (23 April... →
PRECCA updates emphasise third-party accountability and proactive anti-corruption
30th April 2024 South Africa is continuously suffering from the effects of corruption and drainage of resources, some of which were highlighted in the State... →
LAC finds that an employee who was dimissed for recreational cannabis use at home was unfairly discriminated against
29th April 2024 In the recent case of Enever v Barloworld Equipment South Africa, a Division of Barloworld South Africa (Pty) Ltd (JA86/22) [2024] ZALAC (23 April... →
