Companies

IMF isn’t doing enough to support Africa: billions could be made available through special drawing rights

Kevin P. Gallagher, Boston University and Abebe Shimeles, University of Cape Town At the 2021 UN Climate Summit, Barbados... Read more

5 Nov

Companies

Visions of development have shifted in Africa over the past two decades: study explores how Rwanda and Ethiopia tried to shape the future

Barnaby Joseph Dye, King’s College London and Biruk Terrefe, Bayreuth University Contemporary economic challenges in Africa appear to be... Read more

5 Nov

Companies

Big companies profit from poverty but aren’t obliged to uphold human rights. International law must change – scholar

Bonita Meyersfeld, University of the Witwatersrand There is some disagreement among legal practitioners and scholars about whether corporations have... Read more

4 Nov

Companies

SA plan to lure tourists from BRICS partners, India and China

South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs will be launching a Trusted Tour Operators system in January to lure more... Read more

28 Oct

Countries

Three held for Bishop Lavis mass shooting

Cape Town — Three people are reportedly in custody following the mass shooting in Bishop Lavis, Cape Town, on... Read more

25 Oct

Countries

Integrity commission on ANC NEC agenda this weekend

Cape Town – The ANC’s Integrity Commission and its terms of reference are on the agenda of a meeting... Read more

25 Oct

Countries

Next week’s budget: teacher posts in the spotlight

Thousands of teacher posts will be cut unless the Minister of Finance put aside billions of extra rand in... Read more

25 Oct

Countries

Clock ticking for prepaid electricity meter update

Municipalities have less than a month to update millions of prepaid electricity meters, before a date rollover will render... Read more

25 Oct

Countries

Alternative SASSA system to be introduced, minister tells MPs

A week after two students uncovered a grant system vulnerable to fraud at the South African Social Security Agency... Read more

25 Oct

Countries

Mozambique’s ruling party re-elected, opposition holds protests

Maputo, Mozambique – Mozambique’s ruling party was declared to have won disputed presidential and parliamentary elections by a landslide... Read more

25 Oct