Headline News
BOSA aims for top four in May elections 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 3rd May 2024 Build One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane told Polity that his party is aiming to be amongst the top four political parties in the country in... →
Next South African government has tough reform job, Moody’s says
By: Bloomberg 3rd May 2024 South Africa may struggle to make much more progress on resolving the country’s longstanding challenges if a coalition government emerges after... →
DA welcomes commitment to investigate Secretary to Parliament salary increase
By: Thabi Shomolekae 3rd May 2024 The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomed acting National Assembly Speaker Lechesa Tsenoli’s commitment to investigate the salary increase of the... →
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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,... →
Ukraine steps up its charm offensive in Africa
3rd May 2024 Ukraine has opened several new African embassies, still hoping for a better return on its investment. While struggling ever harder to prevent... →
In the weeds
3rd May 2024 South Africa has gone some way in starting to reform its electricity industry, which has been failing the country visibly for nearly two decades.... →
Recommendations
Democratic South Africa’s relations with Israel and Palestine
3rd May 2024 While South Africa's ICJ case against Israel catapulted it onto the global stage, the medium and long-term implications of the action are yet to... →
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... →
Statements
Minister Mchunu commends progress made to address water challenges in KwaXimba, KwaZulu-Natal
Updated 6 hours ago Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu, has expressed optimism on the work carried out in KwaXimba, within the eThekwini Metro in... →
DA reaffirms commitment to social grants
Updated 7 hours ago Today, representatives of the DA embarked on oversight visits to various South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) offices nationwide. These... →
Hawks corruption probe of Unisa senior managers is at the centre of efforts to silence acting CFO
Updated 7 hours ago The cooperation of Unisa’s acting CFO in a Hawks investigation into corruption at the institution has emerged as a possible motive for her... →
Northern Cape based Hope For The Future to endorse and support GOOD for the 2024 election
3rd May 2024 Hope For The Future has resolved to endorse GOOD in the 2024 National and Provincial Elections and has called on all its supporters and members to... →
Press Offices
Serving Hard Time for “Serious Tax Offences” – Taxpayers Beware SARS’ Bolstered Prosecution Powers
3rd May 2024 The Johannesburg High Court handed down an unfathomable sentence of a cumulative 205 years behind bars to a “VAT Fraud Syndicate” in April 2024!... →
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... →
