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South African inflation inches up, leaving rate cut hopes intact 
By: Bloomberg 11th December 2024 South Africa’s inflation rate crept up by less-than-expected in November, creating room for the central bank to deliver another cut in borrowing... →
ActionSA wants deputy minister roles abolished
By: Thabi Shomolekae 11th December 2024 ActionSA on Wednesday reiterated its demand for a “lean, effective” Cabinet of no more than 20 ministers, with all deputy minister positions... →
South Africa tests market appetite for Independent Transmission Projects ahead of pilot
By: Terence Creamer 11th December 2024 South Africa has issued a request for information (RFI) to gauge the level of interest and readiness of industry to participate in Independent... →
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North Africa’s migration governance: time for a new approach
11th December 2024 Misaligned frameworks that don’t address grassroots realities abound while migrants face deadly hazards on their journeys to a better life.... →
2024 Year in Review: The political trends that shaped Africa at the quarter century mark
11th December 2024 Political developments in 2024 were largely extensions of events from the previous year and further back into the past. Key elections, though... →
Securing Africa’s food security against new challenges
11th December 2024 Spurred by conflict crises that interrupt agricultural activities and climate change that is compromising food production, efforts to make Africa... →
Ghana’s president John Mahama makes a comeback – what lies ahead
10th December 2024 John Dramani Mahama, Ghana’s incoming president, has won a chance to rewrite his legacy. He was voted out of office in 2016 by what was then the... →
Recommendations
Services Unbound: Digital Technologies and Policy Reform in East Asia and Pacific
10th December 2024 Services are a new force for innovation, trade, and growth in East Asia and Pacific. The dramatic diffusion of digital technologies and partial... →
‘Gender lens’: the approach that low-carbon businesses cannot do without
10th December 2024 Emerging climate-smart technologies and innovations in production systems are reshaping responses to the climate crisis. Established solutions like... →
Nature Positive: Cities’ Efforts to Advance the Transition – Durban
6th December 2024 This report is part of the World Economic Forum’s Nature Positive Transitions report series developed in collaboration with Oliver Wyman, which... →
Report Assessing and financing loss and damage due to climate change in Somalia
6th December 2024 If losses and damages triggered by climate change are to be addressed in national and international policy, finance and action, losses and damages... →
Statements
DA demands investigation as ANC Msunduzi cancels council sitting, allegedly to campaign for by-election
11th December 2024 The DA in Msunduzi is calling for answers from the Council Speaker, Councillor Eunice Majola over the cancellation of the last Full Council of the... →
ActionSA Reveals Staggering R1 Billion Cost of Bloated Cabinet Expansion
11th December 2024 ActionSA can reveal the staggering cost of South Africa’s bloated cabinet expansion, which will burden taxpayers with an additional R239 million... →
DA will fight Joburg Mayor’s new offices, while residents face service delivery collapse
11th December 2024 The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Johannesburg is deeply disturbed by Johannesburg Executive Mayor Dada Morero's comments that his Mayoral office... →
Gauteng provincial government on the registration of spaza ahops
11th December 2024 On the 15th of November 2024, President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation, announcing that decisive measures needed to be taken to address the... →
Press Offices
Mauritius: Stock exchange introduces SEMX – a platform for high-growth companies
11th December 2024 In a landmark step to promote innovation and facilitate the growth of high-performing businesses, the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) launched... →
Kenya: Tax Appeals Tribunal determines the tax point for Capital Gains Tax under the repealed paragraph 11A of the Eighth Schedule to the Income Tax Act
11th December 2024 In a judgment delivered by the Tax Appeals Tribunal on 8 November 2024 in the matter of Paula Kendi Weru vs Commissioner of Legal Services & Board... →
Kieswetter’s SARS: A Beacon of Growth and Compliance in South Africa
11th December 2024 The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is making significant strides in rebuilding the revenue authority as the credible, efficient and modern... →
New guidance issued on direct marketing in South Africa
10th December 2024 The Information Regulator has been clamping down on entities failing to ensure compliance with the direct marketing provisions of the Protection of... →
