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South Africa’s quarterly farm exports surge, US shipments rise
By: Bloomberg Updated 36 minutes ago South African agricultural exports rose 10% in the second quarter from the same period a year ago, buoyed by higher volumes and better prices. The... →
ARM’s Motsepe emphasises importance of honesty, integrity, governance, meritocracy 
By: Martin Creamer 4th September 2026 The founder and chairperson of diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) on Friday, September emphasised the importance of... →
Hill-Lewis urges Ramaphosa to intervene in DBE textbook catalogue dispute
By: Thabi Shomolekae 4th September 2026 DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has issued an urgent appeal to President Cyril Ramaphosa to step in following an unprecedented showdown within the... →
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DRC’s Ebola epidemic could be the worst in history: 4 things that could help end it
4th September 2026 The Democratic Republic of Congo’s fight against Ebola has reached a tipping point. It can accelerate what it has been doing to bring the latest... →
Are South African teaching posts up for sale? School staff say an old problem hasn’t gone away
4th September 2026 Questions about the integrity of educator appointments remain unresolved in South Africa ten years after a ministerial task team investigated the... →
Operation Vulindlela: Opening the road
4th September 2026 Operation Vulindlela is a joint delivery unit of the Presidency and the National Treasury, established in 2020 to implement a limited set of... →
Beyond catch-up
4th September 2026 For most South Africans living in the country’s largest cities, the infrastructure backlogs are not only visible but painfully disruptive. Driving... →
Recommendations
Repression of Civil Society in Tunisia
4th September 2026 Fifteen years after protests in Tunisia sparked the 2011 Arab uprising and gave rise to a flourishing civil society, President Kais Saied grabbed... →
Raising Revenue Right: A Roadmap for Domestic Resource Mobilization
1st September 2026 Raising revenue right is a defining challenge for emerging market and developing economies. Tax systems must do three things well: mobilize... →
Annual Report 2025–2026
1st September 2026 The World Economic Forum’s Annual Report outlines the key developments for the organisation in 2025–2026. It brings together our financial and... →
Unlocking battery storage potential for sustainable mini-grid electrification in West Africa
1st September 2026 Western Africa is the second-largest region in Sub-Saharan Africa for the number of people without access to electricity – about 33% of 565-million... →
Statements
SADTU must stop protecting textbook wrongdoing
Updated 1 hour 43 minutes ago SADTU’s latest attack on Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube is a clear attempt to protect wrongdoing. For far too long, SADTU’s leadership has... →
ActionSA concerned as DA’s ‘fake doctor’ set for promotion to Parliament
Updated 1 hour 57 minutes ago ActionSA is not surprised by credible reports that the DA is considering promoting Cape Town councillor Abdulkader “AK” Elyas to either Parliament... →
Hill-Lewis: Ramaphosa must stop DG from defying Gwarube
4th September 2026 I am calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to act urgently after the Director-General of Basic Education indicated a “green light” for the new... →
MKP puts politics before KZN’s financial stability and service delivery
4th September 2026 The Democratic Alliance condemns the uMkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP) decision to oppose the withdrawal of KwaZulu Natal’s (KZN) 2026 Second... →
Press Offices
Why your legal team isn’t using the new software (and how to fix it)
4th September 2026 The partners approved the budget. IT set it up over a weekend. Your team sat through two hours of training. And six months later, the matter... →
How to roll out legal tech without losing your team: A change management guide for law firms
4th September 2026 Your firm just paid R80 000 for a new matter management platform. The implementation partner has been onboarded, data migration is done, and a... →
The Competition Commission’s Rural and Township Economy Project – Be well advised to sit up and listen
4th September 2026 On 3 September 2026, the Competition Commission of South Africa (‘the Commission’) published a research report highlighting its findings on the... →
Five export VAT misconceptions: What are VAT vendors still getting wrong about zero-rating?
4th September 2026 Value-Added Tax (VAT) may be regarded as a familiar and well-established tax, but its legislative and administrative requirements continue to... →
