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Johannesburg fire: there was a plan to fix derelict buildings and provide good accommodation - how to move forward
11th September 2023 Thousands of Johannesburg inner-city residents occupy buildings in conditions like those that led to the fire at 80 Albert Street that killed at... →
‘South African industrial jewel’ repositions as manganese becomes key battery material
By: Martin Creamer 8th September 2023 For nearly 50 years Manganese Metal Company (MMC) has been buying high-grade manganese fines material from Hotazel in South Africa’s Northern Cape... →
Kenya vs South Africa? Fact-checking claims about the two countries’ contrasting economic paths
By: Africa Check 7th September 2023 “Everything keeps going right for Kenya as it consolidates its powerhouse status,” reads the headline of an opinion piece published in the Daily... →
DA submits request for a debate of national importance on high fuel prices and the cost of living
6th September 2023 "The current fuel price framework no longer serves the interests of consumers but has become a vehicle to extract high taxes to pay for the... →
City of Cape Town pays R860-million for technology to combat crime
By: News24Wire 5th September 2023 Technology can be useful in fighting crime but will not remove the need for long-term interventions to address social issues underpinning the... →
ANC government must carry the full blame for the impending fuel price hike
4th September 2023 Despite a convergence of ideas from the Democratic Alliance (DA), civil society and more recently the South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB), on the need... →
Africa’s vast underground water resources are under pressure from climate change - how to manage them
4th September 2023 All countries have a variety of water resources – some are on the surface, like rivers, and some are beneath the ground. This groundwater provides... →
Rolling blackouts the biggest threat to agriculture sector growth
29th August 2023 Loadshedding is the single biggest limiting factor in the growth of the agriculture sector, according to the BFAP Baseline Agriculture Outlook... →
