How to Harness the Ocean for Prosperity: Funding African Innovations Can Unlock the Blue Economy
Millions of jobs could be created from sustainable economic ocean development.
Food
Tshwane Reduces Water Truck Deliveries to Informal Settlements
Water will now only be supplied on four days of the week
A Missed Opportunity to Abandon Failed Policy
The Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, missed a golden opportunity to do away with the ANC’s failed socialist policies, and replace them with a fair free-market system, by recently introducing new crisis packages and artificial regulations. These failed policies have directly contributed to the current trade crisis with the United States (US). […]
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“We Can See the Way Children Are Treated by the Way They Treat Their Dogs”
Funda Nenja runs a dog training programme that offers veterinary care as well as social work
We Warned Against Cuban Doctors
For years, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has warned against the South African government’s deployment of Cuban doctors in the country, particularly at the expense of local doctors and medical personnel. Over the past weekend, the United States (US) announced that it intends to revoke the visas of government officials from Brazil, African countries […]
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Child Miners Risk Death in Zambia’s Copper Pits
Police rescued 38 children from Sensele Mine in July
Fela and Food: How Lagos Restaurants Are Serving up the Music Star’s Legacy
Fela Kuti’s legacy plays out in music, in politics and even in food, with Nigerian restaurants paying homage to him on their menus.
Child Malnutrition Is a Sign of Conflict to Come: Nigerian Study Links Climate Change, Food and Violence
Where governance is weak and food supplies are unreliable, climate change causes child wasting and can be a warning sign of conflict to come.
The Science of Starvation: This Is What Happens to Your Body When It’s Deprived of Food
Starvation causes both physiological and psychological stress.
Climate Projects in South Sudan Can Turn Deadly
Climate adaptation projects in high conflict areas like South Sudan work best if they’re designed to help communities manage many problems at once.
Carletonville Left in the Dark for More Than a Month
Small businesses and residents are suffering after prolonged power cuts
Is Electricity Affordable in South Africa?
Working class communities in South Africa are continuing the tradition of shutting down their neighbourhood in protest against high electricity prices.
Joburg Clinic Staff Make Me Ashamed to Be an Immigrant
Each time I take my daughter to the clinic, immigrants are told to wait while South Africans are served first
Performance and Oversight Reports Reveal Johannesburg’s Service Crisis
GOOD Statement by Matthew Cook,GOOD National Chairperson and City of Johannesburg Councillor 30 July 2025 Today’s Council session laid bare the widening gap between political promises and lived realities in Johannesburg. While oversight reports covered multiple separate portfolios what emerged was a single, sobering truth: our city is in systemic crisis, and the poorest residents […]
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Armed Banditry Is Becoming a Crisis in Nigeria: Why Fixing the Police Is Key
The fragile state of Nigeria’s police contributes to the persistence of insecurity, particularly banditry, in the northern region.
No Electricity or Water in Welverdiend
By tomorrow (29 July), the residents of Welverdiend in the Merafong Local Municipality (Carletonville, Fochville, Wedela) will have been without electricity for exactly one month, and now their taps are running dry as well. A water supply line from Rand Water to Merafong burst last Friday and reservoirs are basically empty. Although the water pipe […]
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Huge Delays in Payouts to Miners With Silicosis and TB
Delays by the multi-billion rand Tshiamiso Trust have meant 84% of lodged claims have not received compensation
Cape Town Protesters Bang Pots
Over 100 people have starved to death in Gaza
Underperformance and Neglect of Rural Communities Remain a Problem
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) rejected Mpumalanga’s agriculture budget due to the department’s ongoing underperformance and growing frustration among the province’s rural communities. Although R1,644 billion has been allocated to the department for the current financial year, farmers and residents continue to face a landscape marred by project delays, the squandering of funds and […]
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St George’s Cathedral Hosts Sold-Out Fundraiser for Gaza
Songs for Freedom concert raised more than R260,000
Pressure Mounts in Gauteng’s Rural Safety Landscape
Pressure is mounting in Gauteng’s rural safety landscape due to an ever-increasing number of informal settlements, often lacking adequate planning, essential services and job opportunities. This phenomenon unintentionally transforms rural areas into dumping grounds, exacerbating existing vulnerabilities and creating new challenges for rural safety. Gauteng’s agricultural sector is under strain despite the allocation of R671 […]
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Soweto Gallery Brings Photographic Art to the People
Photography is not just for the elite, says Gopolang Ledwaba
Green Energy and Protecting Nature Get the Thumbs up in Climate Change Study in 68 Countries
New study finds that people in 12 African countries don’t fully accept that extreme weather disasters are caused by climate change. More public awareness is needed.
Gauteng Health Department’s Poor Handling of Clinic Doctors’ Employment
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) reproached the Gauteng Department of Health for its clumsy attempt to dismiss clinic doctors and then rehire them as service providers, despite a critical shortage of doctors at clinics and hospitals. During the Gauteng Legislature’s debate on the Department’s 2025/26 budget, the Freedom Front Plus expressed its disapproval of […]
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