Arms Committee Fails to Explain SA’s Weapon Sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE
National Conventional Arms Control Committee has not filed record of decisions despite being ordered to do so by the High Court in 2021
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Women farmers in KwaZulu-Natal have had to abandon their fields because the government has failed to maintain irrigation systems built in the apartheid era.
Clothing Company Implicated in Sweatshop Scandal Cries Foul
Drake Clothing says bargaining council’s liquidation bid was done in bad faith
Joburg Ballet Celebrates 25 Years With Return of Giselle
The dance company formed in 2001 after the State Theatre Ballet closed and is determined to keep the city’s classical dance tradition alive
Political Oversight Crucial in Foot-And-Mouth Disease Crisis
The role of political oversight is often underestimated, but it is a vital instrument for holding the executive accountable, monitoring action and intervening where capacity is lacking. Oversight is not merely an administrative process, but an essential mechanism to ensure that policy is effectively implemented and that failures are remedied. The Freedom Front Plus (VF […]
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Africa’s Militaries Have Always Relied on Imported Weapons: Why a Shift to Homegrown Defence Is Now Under Way
Across Africa, governments are finding ways to reduce dependence on foreign arms suppliers and building capabilities they can control, maintain and adapt.
Government Promises to Fix Payment Backlog Choking SA Film Industry
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition tells Parliament it will secure urgent funding
Foot-And-Mouth Disease Poll Reveals Complete Loss of Confidence
A recent poll conducted by the agricultural organisation Saai among farmers on the foot-and-mouth disease crisis unequivocally shows that farmers have completely lost confidence in the Department of Agriculture’s bureaucratic as well as political leadership. This should spark renewal within the department. The poll, with more than 2 000 individual participants, shows that 95% or […]
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African Indigenous Foods That Fight Inflammation May Help People With Diabetes – Research
Many African food groups significantly reduce oxidative stress linked to type 2 diabetes and lower the production of inflammatory markers.
KZN Sweatshops Sued for Labour Law Violations
Bargaining council alleges that pay is below minimum wage and workers endure appalling conditions
The Cost of Racial Targets Becomes Clear When a Mere 13 000 Vaccines for 15 Million Cattle Gets Government Jumping for Joy
(Dr Wynand Boshoff, Freedom Front Plus MP and chief spokesperson on agriculture, provides an overview of factors that contributed to the development of the current foot-and-mouth disease crisis) If anything underscores the inadequacy of government’s response to the foot-and-mouth disease crisis, it is last week’s proud announcement that the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) was able […]
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Lights. Camera. But Very Little Action. Why?
Film sector in free fall as government scores own goal
Cape Town Project Tests What Hydroponic Farming Can Do in Urban Spaces
Hydroponic farming is a good way to grow fresh fruit and vegetables in South African cities where high levels of unemployment and poverty make these unaffordable.
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.
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.
Film Workers Blame Pretoria for Bringing Industry “To Its Knees”
Protest outside DTIC headquarters
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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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.
Mangrove Loss Is Making the Niger Delta More Vulnerable: We Built a Model That Can Track How the Forests Are Doing
Mangroves offer natural protection against flooding. Without them, communities are left vulnerable.
Climate Adaptation Has a New Global Plan. What the Belem Indicators Are and Why They Matter to Africa
For the first time, countries now have a shared way to understand whether the world is actually improving at adapting to climate impacts.
Raising Revenue From Alien Invasives
A pilot project in the Overberg aims to produce useful agricultural products using cleared invasive plants
Marriage and Migration: What Happens When Men Return to the Family Home in Botswana
Labour migration separated husbands and wives for long periods.