



Disability Feature: "Inclusive government support for disabled entrepreneurs in the local economy."
In a poignant gathering held in Durban on Tuesday, key stakeholders and roleplayers came together for the KwaZulu-Natal round table on spaza shops. The discussion was led by Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli alongside the MEC for Economic Development, Tourism, and Environmental Affairs (EDTEA), Reverend Musa…

Ramaphosa appoints long-awaited Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Council
President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially announced the appointments to the Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Council, marking a significant step forward more than two years after Parliament first passed the establishing legislation. The body's implementation had previously hit a standstill …

SA cannot be scapegoated: DIRCO calls for continent-wide immigration summit
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has asserted that South Africa should not be scapegoated for the broader immigration crisis facing the African continent. Addressing concerns surrounding regional migration dynamics, the department emphasized that the root causes of …

What young SA voters can learn from Liberia and Zambia
Before the 2024 General Election, a Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) survey revealed a concerning trend: 47% of young South Africans believed their vote would not make a difference. As the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) gears up for its final voter registration round on 1 and 2 August…

Impeachment Committee to appeal WC High Court ruling
Parliament's Impeachment Committee is preparing to appeal a recent High Court ruling that placed a temporary hold on public hearings for the Section 89 inquiry into the Phala Phala matter. The ruling, handed down on Friday, brought the committee's scheduled proceedings to an abrupt halt. Colleen Ma…

Why eight million unemployed locals aren’t filling the vacant agricultural jobs
This winter in KwaZulu-Natal, sugar cane sits uncut in the fields because there is no one to harvest it—a baffling sight in a country where 8.1 million South Africans are searching for work and coming up empty. In one of the most unemployed societies on Earth, essential work is going undone due to …

Time to depoliticise the beleaguered PIC?
Colleen Makhubele is joined by Corporate Governance Expert, Dr Nimrod Mbele as well as Financial Journalist Rob Rose, and Public Servants Asspciation General Manager, Reuben Maleka

"Too Old for Youth Schemes, Too Young to Retire: The Forgotten 35+ Generation in South Africa’s Economy"

"Fighting for a Roof & A Decision: Parliament Defends NSFAS as SRC’s and Opposition Expose Private Middlemen

"Cultural Heritage or Constitutional Regression? 3500 white Afrikaner school children sung the apartheid anthem Die Lied van Jong Suid AFRIKA