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Govt acknowledges challenges despite easing of inflation
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 1 hour 16 minutes ago Government on Thursday said the significant easing of consumer price inflation (CPI) provided relief for households and businesses by lowering... →
Home Affairs dismisses officials for fraud, corruption, sexual harassment
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 2 hours 2 minutes ago The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has dismissed 18 officials with immediate effect, with Home Affairs Minister Dr Leon Schreiber saying this... →
Mali's PM fired after criticizing prolonged junta rule, state TV says
By: Reuters Updated 2 hours 55 minutes ago Mali's Prime Minister Choguel Maiga has been fired, state television ORTM said on Wednesday of the civilian who criticised the ruling junta's... →
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Military rule is on the rise in Africa – nothing good came from it in the past
Updated 1 hour 46 minutes ago In the last few years, there has been a spate of military coups in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Sudan and Guinea. Military rule, long dormant in... →
MFWA, Dubawa and Ghana Fact establish Ghana Fact-checking Coalition ahead of December elections
Updated 1 hour 50 minutes ago The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Dubawa, FactSpace West Africa and other civil society organisations working on information hygiene,... →
The African Union Commission at a crossroads
20th November 2024 With elections for new commissioners in February 2025, member states must decide what kind of commission they want. One weakness of the African... →
Positioning South Africa as guardian of the Cape route
20th November 2024 The country needs more than infrastructure upgrades to capitalise on the surge in shipping along the Cape Sea Route. The global shipping industry... →
Recommendations
Shared Commitments in a Blended Reality: Advancing Governance in the Future Internet
Updated 14 minutes ago Regardless of the name given to the next major evolution of the internet, the future will see users deeply engaged with a network of converging and... →
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship: Annual Report 2023-24
Updated 17 minutes ago In partnership with the World Economic Forum, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship is the foremost global community of pioneering... →
Climate Finance for Sustainable School Feeding: Exploring the Options
Updated 22 minutes ago This report, developed for the Sustainable Financing Initiative (SFI) of the School Meals Coalition, explores if and how climate finance could... →
ACTION SEVEN: Rethink growth, jobs and the DTIC
20th November 2024 ACTION SEVEN: Rethink growth, jobs and the DTIC is the latest report in the CDE series AGENDA 2024: Priorities for South Africa’s new government.... →
Statements
President Cyril Ramaphosa refers RICA Amendment Bill to National Assembly
Updated 57 minutes ago President Cyril Ramaphosa has requested the National Assembly to consider afresh the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of... →
ActionSA Welcomes Government's Overdue Consideration of Declaring a State of Disaster Amid the Spaza Shop Poisonings Crisis
Updated 1 hour 14 minutes ago ActionSA welcomes the announcement by COGTA Minister, Velenkosini Hlabisa, that Government is currently giving due consideration to declaring a... →
SALGA urges municipal prepaid electricity customers to update meters before 24 November deadline
Updated 1 hour 27 minutes ago The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) wishes to remind all municipal prepaid electricity customers to update their meters to KRN2... →
Police committee concerned about SAPS and dilapidated police stations
Updated 3 hours ago The Portfolio Committee on Police today interrogated and expressed grave concern over the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) recruitment and... →
Press Offices
Working From Home: Can Employers Withhold Pay Over Office Attendance?
Updated 3 hours ago In National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers obo Cesiko / South African Human Rights Commission [2024] 8 BALR 869 (CCMA), the Commission... →
Protecting IP in South African Esports: A strategic approach to sponsorship
Updated 3 hours ago Esports is a rapidly growing industry in South Africa, with the sector expected to reach ZAR 3-billion in revenue by 2030 and a compounded annual... →
PART 2 - Wolves in sheep's clothing: The importance of investigating malicious whistleblowing
Updated 3 hours ago As discussed by Webber Wentzel's employment team, whistleblowing can be abused by those seeking to further their own ends or purposefully harm an... →
PART 1 – The employee that cried wolf: Malicious whistleblowing and its effects
Updated 3 hours ago Whistleblowing is widely regarded as a critical tool for promoting transparency and accountability in organisations. It allows individuals to... →
