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DA wants Parly hearing after scathing SCA ruling on Kusile pollution
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 12 minutes ago The DA has requested an urgent joint oversight hearing in Parliament following a landmark Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment regarding ongoing... →
Absa appointed master custodian of Government Employees Pension Fund
By: Schalk Burger Updated 21 minutes ago Financial services firm Absa has been appointed master custodian to the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) – Africa’s largest pension fund,... →
Parly champions coordinated regional strategy for migration governance, expansion of legislative dialogue
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 51 minutes ago Parliament must move beyond reactive measures and lead the charge in building robust governance systems, driving evidence-based policies, and... →
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Opinions
South Africa’s top court blocked Shell’s Wild Coast oil search: why it matters for climate justice
Updated 2 hours 3 minutes ago South Africa’s Constitutional Court – the country’s highest court – handed down a landmark judgment for climate change and environmental justice in... →
Chad’s quiet return to French military support
Updated 2 hours 6 minutes ago Chad’s rapprochement clashes with its recent emphasis on national sovereignty and risks reviving insecurity among neighbours and disillusionment at... →
Diffused accountability is often fertile ground for rent-seeking
19th August 2026 At the constitutional and governance level, the Presidency cannot simply treat Eskom as an autonomous private corporation. The national energy... →
Governments shouldn’t rely on AI to decide who gets a social grant: inside a South African court case
19th August 2026 South Africa introduced a digital social assistance programme in 2020 to identify who was eligible for its Social Relief of Distress grant. The... →
Recommendations
Information Integrity and Human Rights
19th August 2026 The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC/ the Commission) has published its Policy Brief on Information Integrity and Human Rights, which... →
Fiscal Policy in Commodity Exporters: A Balancing Act
18th August 2026 Two-thirds of emerging market and developing economies—and 90 percent of low-income countries—depend on commodity exports, leaving their public... →
Intelligent Industrial Ecosystems: Turning Proximity into Intelligence
18th August 2026 In the European Union alone, around 80% of industrial data remains unused, limiting competitiveness, resilience and sustainability – a pattern... →
Johannesburg Matters: Joburg in Jeopardy
18th August 2026 Johannesburg is the one municipality whose failure would make national success impossible, raising the critical question: if Johannesburg cannot be... →
Statements
Minister Maropene ducks Parliament as questions about Chinese car donation go unanswered
Updated 13 minutes ago Minister Maropene Ramakgopa ducked yesterday’s parliamentary question session, leaving serious questions about vehicle donations and gifts... →
ANC welcomes easing in inflation and revised electricity pricing policy
Updated 1 hour 42 minutes ago The African National Congress (ANC) welcomes the decline in headline inflation from 5.0% in June to 4.3% in July 2026, while food inflation fell to... →
Burke's committee removal does not absolve him from accountability
Updated 1 hour 58 minutes ago The African National Congress (ANC) notes the decision by the Democratic Alliance (DA) to remove its Federal Finance Chair and Member of... →
DA completes Candidate Selection for all 257 municipalities, ahead of Election 2026
Updated 2 hours 11 minutes ago The Democratic Alliance federal executive last night signed off on the completion of the rigorous, seven-stage candidate selection process... →
Press Offices
Reinstated Today, Retrenched Tomorrow? The limits of redundancy as a defence to reinstatement
Updated 2 hours 33 minutes ago Reinstatement has long been recognised as the primary remedy for substantively unfair dismissal under the Labour Relations Act. Yet employers... →
Bad process doesn't make a good dismissal bad: Labour Appeal Court draws a clear line between procedure and substance
19th August 2026 South African labour law has long recognised that a dismissal can fail for one of two reasons. The employer may not have had a fair reason to... →
Size matters: When a stationery cupboard joke turns costly
18th August 2026 If you thought the most dangerous thing in a stationery cupboard was a misplaced staple gun, think again. In a recent Labour Court matter, the... →
How to value your intellectual property
18th August 2026 Most founders can tell you what their equipment is worth, what their receivables look like, and roughly what a competitor paid for a similar... →
