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EFF seeks to revive impeachment proceedings against Ramaphosa over Phala Phala
By: Reuters Updated 1 hour 41 minutes ago The Economic Freedom Fighters brought a case to the country's top court on Tuesday to try to revive impeachment proceedings against President Cyril... →
SIU gets green light to investigate State capture ACSA transactions
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 5 hours ago The Special Investigating Unit has been authorised to investigate allegations of maladministration and corruption in interest rate swap agreements... →
DA presents legislation to tackle corruption, strengthen cybersecurity 
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 1 hour 2 minutes ago Democratic Alliance Justice and Constitutional Development spokesperson Advocate Glynnis Breytenbach said on Tuesday while her party expected an... →
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The ANC’s new political education programme: a contextual examination - Part one
Updated 3 hours ago With some fanfare, the ANC announced the launch of a foundation course on political education which all members, including the leadership, have to... →
Gangs, guns and bibles in Cape Town: what it takes to quit a life of violence and stay alive
Updated 5 hours ago “Blood in and blood out” is a well-known saying in the townships of Cape Town, South Africa. It refers to the violent initiation rituals often... →
Brics+ countries are determined to trade in their own currencies – but can it work?
Updated 5 hours ago Brics+ countries are exploring how they can foster greater use of local currencies in their trade, instead of relying on a handful of major... →
Ghana’s outgoing president Nana Akufo-Addo failed to live up to expectations – a look at his time in office
Updated 5 hours ago For the first time in seven years, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will end the year without Ghana’s presidency weighing on his shoulders. Ghana goes... →
Recommendations
Liberty First: Sound Money
Updated 34 minutes ago The Free Market Foundation (FMF) has called on South Africa’s Government of National Unity (GNU) to urgently adopt a broad agenda of sound money... →
Global cooperation in science, technology and innovation for development
Updated 6 hours ago The growing complexity and rapid evolution of new technologies underscore the need for global collaboration in Science, Technology, and Innovation... →
Trading with Intelligence: How AI Shapes and is Shaped by International Trade
Updated 6 hours ago The report, entitled “Trading with Intelligence: How AI Shapes and is Shaped by International Trade”, discusses how AI can reduce trade costs,... →
“Unchecked Injustice” – Kenya’s Suppression of the 2023 Anti-Government Protests
Updated 6 hours ago On March 30, 2023, Joyce Kemunto, a 39-year-old resident of Kibera in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, was at home with her children, including her... →
Statements
AG’s PFMA Report Lays Bare the Harm Inflicted by the ANC Government
Updated 5 minutes ago ActionSA is deeply alarmed by the findings of the Auditor-General’s Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) report for the 2023/24 financial year. The... →
Economic Justice and Dignity Report reveals devastating decline under Lesufi government
Updated 54 minutes ago The recently published Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity (PMBEJD) Report exposed stark provincial disparities in food costs, with... →
DA Presents Two Private Member's Bills to the Justice Committee
Updated 1 hour 58 minutes ago Today, we presented two Private Member's Bills aimed at strengthening accountability and South Africa’s criminal justice system. The two Bills... →
Special Investigating Unit on recent proclamations authorising new investigations of maladministration and corruption
Updated 6 hours ago President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed four new proclamations authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of... →
Press Offices
Another deadline stares ZEP holders in South Africa in the face
Updated 2 hours 26 minutes ago Another D-day looms this week for countless holders of a Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) who are uncertain about their stay in South Africa.... →
The Importance of Speed in Labour Matters
Updated 2 hours 29 minutes ago Prompt disciplinary action is a fundamental requirement of a fair procedure. Where an employer fails to explain why disciplinary action was unduly... →
Pre-arbitration minute or not?
Updated 2 hours 31 minutes ago The recent judgment of the Labour Appeal Court (LAC) in Mbeje and Others v Department of Health: KwaZulu-Natal and Others (DA33/2022) [2024] ZALAC... →
Shell shock: reversal of landmark Dutch ruling holds lessons for South African climate change litigation
25th November 2024 The 2021 decision of a Dutch district court in Milieudefensie v Royal Dutch Shell was widely regarded as an inflection point in global climate... →
