Medicinal Plants Support Men’s Health in South Africa: Why This Knowledge Needs Safekeeping
Without systematic documentation, traditional plants’ uses could be lost or excluded from mainstream medical discourse.
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Angola’s Lobito Corridor Is Being Revived – Who Stands to Gain?
The Lobito Corridor has become strategically important in the global scramble for critical resources.
“Gangster” Municipality Fails to Pay Pension Fund Contributions
Ditsobotla Local Municipality has been under national administration since September
Rights Organisations Criticise Proposed Refugee Law
Scalabrini warns that adopting the First Safe Country Principle could erode refugee protection and disproportionately affect African asylum seekers
What’s Stopping Sunny South Africa’s Solar Industry? Court Case Sheds Light on the Wider Problem
South Africa needs a renewable energy industrial strategy, not just requirements for green power projects to buy a percentage of solar parts from local companies.
We Demand Accountability Over Franschhoek High Performance Centre
GOOD Stellenbosch Councillor Grechard Petersen welcomes the investigation by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) into Swimming South Africa (SSA) regarding the Franschhoek High Performance Centre, amid serious allegations of maladministration and the possible mismanagement of more than R50 million in public funds, from a project estimated to cost approximately R111 million.
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Philippi Remembers Massacre Victims
Nine people were killed in a shooting at a tavern last Saturday
Sport, Arts and Culture Department Opts for Symbolism Rather Than Economic Growth
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) views the decision of the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, to approve name changes in the Eastern Cape as proof that limited public funds are wasted on misguided priorities. The very same Department that approved 21 geographical name changes – including several costly ones, such as […]
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Lesotho’s Failed Multi-Million Rand High-Altitude Sports Centre
The decaying Rapokolana facility was built in 2005 but has never been fully operational. It is a missed opportunity for athletes from South Africa and Lesotho.
Call to Scrap “Apartheid-Era” Passport Control With Lesotho
A human rights organisation has petitioned South Africa’s Parliament to scrap passports at Lesotho borders
Indigenous Trees Might Be the Secret to Climate Resilient Dairy Farming in Benin, Says This New Study
Benin’s smallholder dairy farmers need development finance to plant shady trees on the land where their cattle graze, to improve cattle health.
Government Is Killing the Film Industry, Say Protesters
Hundreds of industry professionals marched in Cape Town calling for a meeting with trade and industry minister
Lights Out for Local Film Industry
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTIC) has made a crucial error in its mismanagement and failure to safeguard its Incentive Scheme for the film industry. With 100,000 households set to be economically impacted by its removal, the government must come to the negotiating table or risk the collapse of an industry pivotal not only to South Africa’s economy but also its identity.
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Afcon Drama: What Went Wrong and What Went Right at the Continent’s Biggest Football Cup in Morocco
The 2026 Afcon’s on-field disturbances should not take away from its accomplishments.
Why Is UCT’s Jagger Library Still Boarded Up?
Future of the building, gutted by fire almost five years ago, is still being discussed
SRD Grant Increase Is “Simply Unaffordable” Says Treasury
Government appeals ruling that R370 grant regulations are unconstitutional and unlawful
Edwin Mtei, Tanzania’s First Central Bank Governor, Left Lessons on Leadership
Edwin Mtei, Tanzania’s first central bank governor, showed that people can hold different views without enmity.
On Board the Rainbow Warrior — The Iconic Greenpeace Ship
A world without fossil fuels is possible, says crew
Colonial Tax Records Hold 3 Lessons for South Africa Today – Economic Historian
Tax records of the past can inform about governance, markets and inequality today.
How Informal Businesses Are Reduced to Rubble
The rules make it almost impossible to run an informal business legally
SA Foreign Policy Deserves More Praise Than It Gets
The South African government deserves more praise than it gets for a foreign policy that has sought to maintain old relationships with countries in the global north, even as it develops new relations with BRICS partners – and for its courage to act on its principles by charging Israel with genocide at the International Court of Justice.
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Workers Protest for Beefed up Security at Depot
Union says a spate of break-ins and theft at Cuyler depot in Kariega have cost of over R5-million
Anti-immigrant Protests Erupt at Durban School
Education department rejects claims that immigrants are given preference
Inclusion in AGOA Is Key to South Africa’s Economic Recovery
The renewal of and South Africa’s continued inclusion in the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is not merely desirable – it is absolutely essential for the country’s economic survival, job creation and growth. AGOA offers preferential access to the American market, which is crucial for creating thousands of jobs and facilitating billions of rand […]
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