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Politicians praise historic matric pass rate 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 14th January 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa has commended the matric Class of 2024 on multiple “unprecedented achievements,” that he said bear testimony to learners’... →
Traders see South Africa cutting interest rates once in 2025
By: Bloomberg 14th January 2025 Traders scaled back their bets for South Africa’s interest rate cuts this year, with markets now pricing in only one as they decipher the Federal... →
Regulator sets deadline for DBE to address matric results security breach
By: Thabi Shomolekae 14th January 2025 The Information Regulator of South Africa has given the Department of Basic Education until close of business on Tuesday to provide it with the... →
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Germany’s genocide in Namibia: deal between the two governments falls short of delivering justice
8th January 2025 In early December 2024 the German and Namibian governments concluded negotiations over a joint declaration recognising the genocide committed by... →
Keeping the spotlight on Africa’s child soldiers
8th January 2025 As violence and instability rise, African countries must reaffirm their commitment to protecting children and support DDR initiatives. Roughly 21... →
African Climate Politics and Multilateralism: Domestic Factors and Cross-Country Variation in Climate Ambitions
7th January 2025 This article explores what domestic factors contribute to the variation in climate policy ambition levels among sub–Saharan Africa countries. Abstract →
FUL December Newsletter – Major events relating to the judiciary and the rule of law
6th January 2025 This briefing note seeks to provide a short overview of significant events in the preceding month, relating to Freedom Under Law’s work on the... →
Recommendations
The lives and livelihoods of urban internally displaced people in Mekelle, Ethiopia
13th December 2024 Internally displaced people (IDPs) in Mekelle, Ethiopia, are struggling to rebuild their lives and livelihoods against a backdrop of conflict and... →
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... →
Statements
De Lille has no choice but to place SA Tourism under administration
13th January 2025 The recent revelation that SA Tourism may forfeit more than two-thirds of its 2024/25 Budget to National Treasury (more than R800m), after failing... →
AfriForum calls for immediate intervention in South Africa’s intelligence agencies
13th January 2025 South Africa’s intelligence agencies, particularly the State Security Agency (SSA), has devolved into a source of national concern. Widespread... →
Finance Ministry Ironically Disregards Fiscal Prudence, Racks Up R8 million Travel Bill in Four Months
13th January 2025 ActionSA can now reveal that the Finance Ministry, led by Minister Enoch Godongwana, racked up a travel bill of more than R8 million between July... →
IFP Statement: President's Vehicle Involved in an Accident
13th January 2025 On Saturday, 11 January 2025, at approximately 16H30, an IFP fleet vehicle assigned to the IFP President was involved in a single-vehicle fatal... →
Press Offices
Home Affairs almost there with clearing the visa backlog, but not quite
18th December 2024 The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) achieved remarkable results in the last six months with their initiative to clear the visa application... →
Tax Practitioners Vote Against SARS AI
13th December 2024 SARS has proudly introduced taxpayers to “AI Assistant”, its Artificial Intelligence (AI) conversational platform, to answer real time questions... →
From pension to penalty: Employers seeking damages for employee misconduct
13th December 2024 Withholding of retirement benefits due to loss caused by misconduct. The Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) regulates deductions against the... →
Worried about your assets when you break tax ties with South Africa, here are some tips
12th December 2024 We all want to protect our assets best we can, but just know that the Tax Man is always watching. For South Africans who are leaving to live... →
