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Five worrying signs of Africa’s poor election quality
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 7th May 2024 Globally and in Africa, many electoral processes suffer from a lack of transparency, trust and oversight. This is a crucial election year for... →
Get gender equality right in Africa, and prosperity will follow
7th May 2024 Realistic reductions in gender inequality could produce a US$259 billion larger economy in 2043 than current path forecasts. Rising global... →
Life under the DA in the Western Cape: fact-checking South African opposition party’s claims about governance
By: Africa Check 7th May 2024 The Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa’s opposition party, has governed the Western Cape province since 2009. Ahead of national elections... →
Nigeria to charge levy on domestic transfers to fund cybersecurity
By: Reuters 7th May 2024 Nigeria's central bank plans to charge a levy on domestic money transfers to help fund cybersecurity, it said. In a circular published late on... →
Minister Senzo Mchunu commends progress made to address water challenges in KwaXimba, KwaZulu-Natal
6th May 2024 Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu, has expressed optimism on the work carried out in KwaXimba, within the eThekwini Metro in... →
Chad votes in first Sahel presidential poll since wave of coups
By: Reuters 6th May 2024 Chadians lined up on Monday to vote three years after military leader Mahamat Idris Deby seized power, in the first presidential election in... →
South Africa’s national student financial aid scheme has helped millions but is in trouble: here’s why
6th May 2024 The board of South Africa’s National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has been dissolved by the country’s higher education and training... →
The NPA doesn't know how many TRC cases it should be investigating
6th May 2024 Thirty years after apartheid, and 21 years after publication of the final Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report, the NPA is yet to complete... →
