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Prof Maano Ramutsindela appointed Future Africa Research Chair in Sustainability Transformations
By: Thabi Shomolekae 11th April 2024 The University of Cape Town (UCT) and the University of Pretoria (UP) have announced Professor Maano Ramutsindela as the Future Africa Research... →
South Africa’s crucial water supplies from Lesotho: what the six-month shutdown means for industry, farming and residents 
8th April 2024 The main water supply to South Africa’s economic hub, greater Johannesburg in the Gauteng province, and to the country’s breadbasket in the Free... →
Fact-checking EFF party leader Julius Malema's manifesto launch speech: 'Nothing has changed since 1994'
By: Africa Check 13th March 2024 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), the second largest opposition party in South Africa, launched its election manifesto on 10 February 2024. We... →
‘Our land and jobs now. Stop load shedding!’: Fact-checking four big claims in the Economic Freedom Fighters’ 2024 election manifesto
By: Africa Check 8th March 2024 South Africa’s second largest opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), launched its election manifesto on 10 February 2024, titled... →
Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong
4th March 2024 In 2021, the director of the African Research University Alliance Centre of Excellence in Food Security at the University of Pretoria was appointed... →
Pregnant women in South Africa should be offered social grants – it’ll save the state money in the long run
26th February 2024 A baby’s first 1 000 days, from the time of conception until their second birthday, is a crucial window of opportunity to optimise their potential... →
Jobs in South Africa: the labour market is recovering from Covid – but unskilled and less educated people are still being left behind
20th February 2024 For more than three decades the South African economy has had very high rates of joblessness. The country’s economy has been unable to create... →
South Africa has spent billions in 4 years to create jobs for young people: how their wages affect the broader economy
16th February 2024 In October 2020 the South African government launched a collection of public employment programmes, initially intended as a response to the... →
