Facebook Promotes Rubbish Because It Doesn’t Understand Indigenous Languages
Content producers get away with fake news and clickbait
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Global Power Shifts Are Playing Out in the Red Sea Region: Why This Is Where the Rules Are Changing
The Red Sea region has become a showcase of the new alliances shaping global power and influence.
South Africa’s G20 Presidency: Diplomatic Victory, but a Weak Final Declaration
The G20 2025 declaration issued in Johannesburg will be just empty words unless the endorsements are turned into action.
Global Inequality Is as Urgent as Climate Change: The World Needs a Panel of Experts to Steer Solutions
There is a great institutional need for strong inequality analysis. That’s why the world needs to establish an International Panel on Inequality.
How a Sudanese University Kept Learning Alive During War
For universities, investing in flexible systems is a matter of survival.
‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ Is Corporate Gaslighting – The Real Change Must Come from the Fossil Fuel Industry
Recycling and cutting personal waste isn’t enough. Polluters must be regulated, and reparations paid by companies that have harmed the environment.
South Africans Are Going off the Service Grid: What Happens When Citizens Replace the State?
Failing water, power, sanitation and security services in South Africa are spurring households and communities to do it themselves.
Hundreds Protest for Climate Solutions
Protestors complain of a lack of access to water and electricity, demanding environmentally sustainable solutions
Cachalia Is Right
The Acting Minister of Police is right to be concerned. There is ‘No proper plan in Cape Town to deal with gang violence’.
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Germiston Residents Left in the Dark
The Ekurhuleni Metro’s failure to do proper long-term planning is the root cause of the recent power outage that paralysed households and businesses in Germiston North. The outage, triggered by the theft of the Croydon 132 kV cable supplying power to the primary substation in Germiston North, left more than 20 suburbs without electricity last […]
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Time to Tackle the Real Causes of Crime
Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament. NOTE TO EDITORS: This speech was delivered in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament during the Subject for discussion: Condemning the recent surge in shootings in the Western Cape and holding SAPS and Parole Board accountable for failing to protect citizens.
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HIV Is on the Rise Among Older Africans – Lessons From Kenya and South Africa
Ageing with HIV is now a global public health reality, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, and the response must evolve to reflect that.
Credit Agencies Are Punishing Countries That Don’t Check Their Numbers
Credit rating agencies are now responding to governance failures, not just macroeconomic trends.
Women’s Basketball in Nigeria Is on a Winning Streak: How to Take It Further
Nigeria won a fifth consecutive AfroBasket Championship with its women’s basketball team.
Africa’s Top Climate Change Challenges: A Fairer Deal on Phasing Out Fossil Fuels and Mobilising Funds
Africa’s Second Climate Summit in Ethiopia will try to find ways to bring in more finance to help the continent adapt to climate change.
Property Owners Are Misreading the Law, Argues Cape Town Mayor
Commercial property owners are challenging the City’s budget in court, but the mayor argues they are selectively interpreting the law
National Dialogue: Spiralling Social Unrest Proves We Must Have the Hard Conversations
The GOOD Party will join the National Dialogue to confront South Africa’s youth unemployment crisis, a ticking time bomb for social stability. The latest QLFS shows 8.4 million people unemployed, 3.4 million discouraged work seekers, and young people aged 15–34 bearing the brunt.
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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.
African Countries Have an Opportunity to Reshape Global Power Relations
African countries must work collectively to seize opportunities in new digital and green economies where the continent’s critical minerals are so important.
Somalia’s Education Crisis: Why So Few Children Attend School and What Could Be Done to Change That
Only 4% of Mogadishu’s schools are run by the government.
Communities Near South Africa’s Kruger National Park Prefer Wildlife-Friendly Ways to Earn a Living Over Killing Animals
For low-income communities living on the borders of game reserves, the benefits of trophy hunting are few. There are 10 better ways that they could earn a living.
Climate Change Is Making Africa’s Debt Burden Worse
State-contingent debt instruments allow countries hit by economic and climate crises to restructure their debt repayments.
First Malaria Treatment for Babies Is a Major Step to Ending the Disease in Africa
A recently approved drug for malaria treatment offers hope to millions of children who suffer from the disease in Africa.
Lesotho at Risk of Economic Collapse After Aid Cuts and Trump’s Tariffs
African Development Bank warns that economic growth could drop to 0.5% next year