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Michael Sachs notes accelerating decline of electoral support for ANC 
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 5 hours ago Former Treasury budget office chief Michael Sachs highlighted that the decline in national electoral turnout in favour of the African National... →
DMRE announces petrol price increase, diesel price decrease for May
By: Creamer Media Reporter 30th April 2024 The price of petrol, both 93 and 95, will increase by 37c/ℓ as of May 1, while diesel prices will decrease by 30c/ℓ and 36c/ℓ for 0.05% sulphur and... →
SA can climb towards 4% growth in coming years, if constraints are addressed
By: Sashnee Moodley Updated 5 hours ago Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection executive director Joel Netshitenzhe delivered the keynote address at the Black Business Summit on... →
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Opinions
Defending democracy, the Senegalese way
Updated 6 hours ago Senegal’s people stood up to protect their democracy rather than wait for the military or external help. After three tumultuous years, Senegal’s... →
Voting trends and party support over 20 years
Updated 7 hours ago Polls predict that the ANC will finish below 50% in the May 2024 general election. Elections are a contest for power in general and control over... →
How the Mandela myth helped win the battle for democracy in South Africa
29th April 2024 Political history scholar Jonny Steinberg’s 2023 book Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage is a double biography of South Africa’s most famous... →
Owning a gun in South Africa offers some safety, but risks run high for users and society – expert
29th April 2024 South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, eclipsed only by Honduras and a handful of Caribbean island states. Furthermore,... →
Recommendations
South African Reconciliation Barometer: Looking to the 2024 elections
Updated 5 hours ago 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
Updated 6 hours ago 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
IFP eThekwini Councillors to Boycott State of the City Address
Updated 7 hours ago The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) eThekwini Caucus have unanimously decided to boycott tomorrow’s State of the City Address (SOCA) to be delivered by... →
Paying tribute to boxing legend Dingaan "Rose of Soweto" Thobela
Updated 7 hours ago It is with great sadness that we mourn the passing of the legendary Dingaan "Rose of Soweto" Thobela. As the DA, we extend our deepest condolences... →
ActionSA Extends Heartfelt Condolences to Friends and Families of Dr Sam Motsuenyane & Dingaan Thobela
Updated 7 hours ago ActionSA is extremely saddened to learn of the passing of black business leader, Dr Sam Motsuenyane, and boxing legend, Dingaan Thobela, and... →
ActionSA Demands Immediate Withdrawal of ANC Letter Urging Diplomats Campaign Abroad
30th April 2024 ActionSA has received a deeply disturbing letter from the ANC Secretary General’s Office, which appears to have been circulated to South African... →
Press Offices
LAC finds that an employee who was dismissed for recreational cannabis use at home was unfairly discriminated against
Updated 5 hours ago 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... →
Herbert Smith Freehills promotes Ernst Müller to director in Johannesburg
29th April 2024 Leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills is promoting Ernst Müller to director. His appointment takes effect on 1 May 2024. Ernst is... →
