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SA govt intensifies mass migration repatriations, crackdown on vigilantism 
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 3 hours ago The South African government is accelerating its five-point migration strategy, marking significant milestones in the deportation, verification,... →
Malawi citizens
Johannesburg collapse risk spurs call for State to run city
By: Bloomberg 26th June 2026 South Africa’s government may soon need to make the politically fraught decision to take control of Johannesburg to avert the city’s financial... →
Families, survivors of apartheid crimes fight Zuma, Mbeki’s court bid
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 3 hours ago A crucial legal battle is set for the Constitutional Court on June 29, when 25 families and survivors of apartheid-era crimes, alongside the... →
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SA police and protesters must put lives first as 30 June looms
Updated 7 hours ago Police and leaders of anti-immigration movements have a responsibility to ensure that protests do not degenerate into violence. Instability and... →
Can Cameroon reclaim its maritime flag after shadow fleet abuse?
Updated 7 hours ago Reforms are welcome, but technological and capacity gaps still leave Cameroon vulnerable to high-risk parallel maritime networks. Cameroon has... →
Black African migrants are not the reason South Africa is broken
26th June 2026 I have always felt like an exile at home. I did not gently enter this world after leaving, without consent, the enchanted kingdom of plenty and... →
Firm timetable needed
26th June 2026 The deadline has arrived for the Eskom Restructuring Task Team (ERTT) to deliver its detailed proposal and implementation plan for establishing a... →
Recommendations
Getting funds to the front-line: Uganda's experience with DFF
Updated 4 hours ago Primary health facilities in low- and lower-middle-income countries often struggle to receive operational funding reliably and on time. Direct... →
Delivering on gender equality: the missing piece in climate and food systems policy
Updated 4 hours ago Agrifood systems face a convergence of global challenges: an accelerating climate crisis, rapid biodiversity and ecosystem loss, rising fragility... →
Online violence against women in politics: what shapes political party responses to technology-facilitated gender-based violence?
Updated 4 hours ago Over the last decade, a new threat to democracy has emerged in the form of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). While women in... →
The State of SIDS Report 2026: defending the special case
Updated 4 hours ago The inaugural State of SIDS Report from the Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative (RESI) at ODI Global. The report offers a comprehensive... →
Statements
Serious questions after Hawks promote Madlanga witness facing criminal investigation
Updated 5 hours ago In what appears to be yet another example of the authorities paying lip service to their commitment to rooting out corruption, Hawks Tactical... →
NPA must explain mass exodus of experienced prosecutors
26th June 2026 The Democratic Alliance is deeply concerned by confirmed reports that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has entered into lucrative early... →
ActionSA demands accountability as Johannesburg caces financial crisis
26th June 2026 ActionSA notes with deep concern the threat by the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, to halt the transfer of funds to the City of Johannesburg... →
Lamola's remarks are contrary to South Africa's interests
26th June 2026 Solidarity has warned that the latest remarks by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, regarding South Africa's... →
Press Offices
Why expatriates’ first tax residence certificate may not protect their earliest period of foreign employment
Updated 4 hours ago Many South Africans working abroad who rely on a Tax Residence Certificate ("TRC") to support a Double Tax Agreement ("DTA") non-residency position... →
Coerced retrenchment agreements jolt the tightrope
Updated 4 hours ago Section 189 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) requires employers, before making any decision to retrench, to consult with the affected employees on... →
Mauritius: Statutory demand - legal framework and recent court developments
25th June 2026 A statutory demand is a formal demand for payment of a debt served by a creditor on its debtor in a standard and prescribed form, under the... →
Constitutional Court confirms: Recycled gold that has undergone prior manufacturing is not zero-rated for VAT
24th June 2026 On 23 June 2026, the Constitutional Court delivered a unanimous judgment in Lueven Metals (Pty) Ltd v Commissioner for the South African Revenue... →
