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Video and audio materials are published on the site including in-depth video interviews with some of South Africa’s leading opinion makers. Regular columnists and guest writers offer analysis of current events as Polity advances its mission of deepening democracy through access to information. Polity also provides a platform for South African law firms to showcase their expertise through a ‘Legal Briefs’ section where top lawyers can publish their opinions and research.

20/09/2024

NHI is unworkable without private-sector inclusion – Discovery's Adrian Gore
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20/09/2024

Ghana's electoral commission approves 13 candidates to run for president

Ghana's electoral commission has approved 13 candidates, including Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia and former president John Dramani Mahama, to contest a presidential poll set for December 7, a top elections authority official said on Friday. The commission said it had also accepted the candidacies....

20/09/2024

Economists split on how deep South Africa’s easing cycle will be

South Africa’s first interest-rate cut since 2020 quickly divided economists over how much further it will go after making a cautious 25 basis point start to the easing cycle, despite the Federal Reserve going twice as big the day before. Rand strength, softer oil prices and slowing inflation, whi...

20/09/2024

Fighting mpox stigma key to ending Burundi outbreak quickly, UNICEF says

It is possible to end the mpox outbreak in Burundi within weeks, a UN health official said on Friday, but progress in Africa's second-worst affected country will depend on getting adequate resources and battling stigma associated with the disease. The World Health Organization declared the recent ou...

20/09/2024

Corruption Watch concerned about sudden surge in procurement report deviations

Founding director of Stellenbosch University’s African Procurement Law Unit professor Geo Quinot noted on Friday that while deviation numbers in various departmental procurement reports had been decreasing from 2017/18 to 2021/22, a sudden surge in deviations in the last two years is a cause for c...

20/09/2024

Raymond Suttner unpacks part 2 of his tribute, “Pravin Gordhan, the fight for clean government and his “arrogance”, which says controversy around attempts to prevent corruption go back to the UDF period and his role in the NIC.

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20/09/2024

Raymond Suttner unpacks part one of his tribute, “Pravin Gordhan took on the pain of the oppressed as his own", which attempts to locate Gordhan in the context of the struggles from the 1970s onwards.

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20/09/2024

𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐓𝐇: The September 20 – 26 edition of Engineering News & Mining Weekly looks into Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen’s plan to bring new life to South Africa’s agriculture sector, improving foreign relations and getting to grips with the inner workings of the sector and its unique needs.

This week’s edition has features on Stainless Steel & Ferrochrome; Mining in Zambia; Joburg Indaba Preview; and Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration.

Verto South Africa country manager Cornelius Coetzee is profiled in this week’s Business Leader.

20/09/2024

Home Affairs opens on limited Saturdays, prioritises matriculants

Minister Leon Schreiber announced on Friday that between September 21 and October 12, Home Affairs branches will be open on Saturdays, between 8am and 1pm, for Temporary Identity Certificates, ID collections and applications. Learners will be prioritised during this time, as the initiative is aimed....

20/09/2024

Ramokgopa seeks to strike ‘delicate balance’ on Eskom tariffs, labelling mooted hikes ‘untenable’

20/09/2024

South African rand cools after strong gains in data-filled week

The South African rand softened in early trade on Friday, cooling off after strong gains in a week that saw interest rate cuts by both the US Federal Reserve and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), plus a local inflation print. At 0715 GMT, the rand traded at 17.50 against the dollar, about 0.1%....

20/09/2024

A $90bn World Bank plan to electrify Africa gets under way

A plan to bring electricity to 300 million Africans by 2030, backed by an initial pledge of $30-billion from the World Bank and the African Development Bank, has begun to be implemented with an assessment of the first potential beneficiaries. Some of the world’s most prominent climate organization...

20/09/2024

Treasury’s Guma leaves, reform unit to remain priority

South Africa’s National Treasury said its “pool of skilled and competent officials” is sufficient to ensure that the work of the unit responsible for economic-growth enhancing structural reforms won’t be affected by the exit of a senior official. Nomvuyo Guma, the co-head of the unit known a...

20/09/2024

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19/09/2024

SARB joins easing club with 25 basis point rate cut

South Africa's central bank cut its main interest rate for the first time in more than four years on Thursday, as it said it saw inflation staying below the midpoint of its target range as far out as 2026. The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) lowered the repo rate by 25 basis points to 8.00%, as pr...

19/09/2024

Tributes to Gordhan paint him as a ‘true public servant’ and ‘warrior against corruption

Retired Cabinet Minister Ebrahim Patel gave one of the many tributes at the funeral of former Minister Pravin Gordhan, on Thursday, where he painted a picture of a person who was dedicated to improving the lives of South Africans through policies and regulations. Patel spoke of Gordhan’s role duri...

19/09/2024

Ramaphosa: Pravin Gordhan’s spear has fallen, it is up to us to pick it up

“He was my comrade, he was also my colleague and he was a very good friend.” These were the words of President Cyril Ramaphosa as he delivered the eulogy at former Minister Pravin Gordhan’s funeral, in Durban, on Thursday.

19/09/2024

Wits to use Frankenwald sale proceeds for special endowment fund

The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) says all proceeds from the sale of the Frankenwald Estate, in Gauteng, and the future sale of residential and commercial sites will be placed into a special endowment fund. This will be used to support its academic projects, including supporting talented st...

19/09/2024

Zimbabwe's new currency faces headwinds five months on

Five months after its launch, Zimbabwe's new currency is under pressure as increased grain imports eat away at foreign reserves, putting at risk the government's plan to make it the only currency in the market by 2026. The gold-backed ZiG, which stands for Zimbabwe Gold, is the country's sixth attem...

19/09/2024

Massive increase in cost of electricity is untenable – ANC

The African National Congress (ANC) said any massive increase in the electricity price is currently “untenable”, as well as pledging its support for a larger amount of free electricity for indigent households in the new budget. Members of Parliament will on Thursday debate a recent decision by t...

19/09/2024

South Africa seen sticking to modest rate cut despite Fed cut

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) will likely lower interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, despite a larger-than-expected overnight move by the Federal Reserve as it turns the screws on inflation. Almost all of the 24 economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect Governor Lesetja Kganyago to r...

19/09/2024

Parly committee says Stats SA’s loss of critical staff, financial sustainability issues run risk of total collapse

Parliament’s Standing Committee on Appropriations noted Statistics South Africa’s (Stats SA’s) loss of critical staff and poor financial sustainability, saying if more people leave the entity, it runs the risk of total collapse. Committee Chairperson Mmusi Maimane said urgent funding of around...

19/09/2024

Sudan's warring parties say they are open for peaceful solutions

Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said they are open for peaceful solutions to a war that has been ongoing for more than 17 months, in response to US President Joe Biden's call on warring parties to re-engage in talks. Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said on Wednesday th...

19/09/2024

South Africa’s first Just Transition perception survey highlights low awareness and concern over impacts

A new South Africa-wide survey shows that, while 62% of respondents support the shift from coal to renewable energy, a striking 65% have never heard of the term ‘Just Transition’. In addition, the majority of respondents expressed concern about possible negative impacts for themselves and their ...

18/09/2024

South African Treasury to coax funds to invest in infrastructure

South Africa’s National Treasury is working on measures to encourage private investment in infrastructure projects, an initiative it hopes will silence calls from other quarters in the government to compel pension funds to help finance their development. Amendments may be proposed to pension-fund ...

18/09/2024

High value of South Africa’s surface gold recovery highlighted at Gold Forum Americas

The presentation of DRDGOLD CEO Niël Pretorius at the 36th Annual Gold Forum Americas 2024 in Colorado Springs highlighted the company’s world-leading gold-from-tailings advances that restore the environment, uplift communities and pay consistent dividends to shareholders. Spelt out was DRDGOLD.....

18/09/2024

Blinken holds talks in Egypt as Lebanon blasts renew escalation fears

An escalation in tensions in the Middle East over the detonation of Hezbollah pagers threatened to overshadow US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's latest regional diplomacy push, as he met senior Egyptian officials on Wednesday hoping to advance efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and improve ti...

18/09/2024

Ghana's economy surges 6.9% in Q2 2024, fastest in five years

Ghana's economy grew by 6.9% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2024, the fastest rate in five years, boosted by expansion in several key sectors, the country's statistics agency said on Wednesday. The strong growth represents a significant recovery for the producer of gold, oil and cocoa which h...

18/09/2024

Ghana opposition holds protests against alleged voter roll irregularities

Ghana's main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party on Tuesday held nationwide protests against alleged voter roll irregularities, demanding an independent forensic audit to rid the register of errors for free and fair elections. Voters in the West African gold- and cocoa-producing nati...

18/09/2024

AfriForum expects 200 000 signatures on its petition against BELA Act

Non-governmental organisation AfriForum announced more than 100 000 signatures within the last 24 hours on its petition against the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act, as it aims to strengthen its negotiating position. The organisation’s petition passed the 150 000-mark early Wednesday morn...

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Raymond Suttner unpacks part two of his column, 'Evaluating the achievements and problems since the establishment of the GNU' Watch the FULL interview here: https://bit.ly/4ghiw2p

Raymond Suttner unpacks part one of his column, 'Evaluating what is new, positive and negative about the GNU' Watch the FULL interview here: https://bit.ly/3XEhw0S

Lebogang Seale unpacks his book 'One Hundred Years of Dispossession: My family’s quest to reclaim our land', told through the voices of his family and community members. They reveal the pain of living and working on white people’s farms, the same land which had been stolen from their family. They describe the struggle of battling bureaucracy and the endless time they have devoted to trying to reclaim their ancestral land. Watch the FULL interview: https://bit.ly/3MHkiw1 Jacana Media

Professor Raymond Suttner unpacks part four of his column, 'It is unclear whether the National Dialogue will be either national or a dialogue'. Watch the FULL interview: https://bit.ly/4cZBs2D

Professor Raymond Suttner unpacks part three of his column, 'GNU to national dialogue and beyond'. Watch the FULL interview here: https://bit.ly/47mhUEl

From Zama zamas running riot, water cuts, blackouts, exploding streets, political instability. The list goes on. Is the City of Gold in a death spiral? In his book 'Great Johannesburg: What happened? How to save an African economic giant', Nickolaus Bauer examines the current crisis by starting right at the beginning, with Johannesburg’s origins as a cauldron of cultures and a hustler’s haven. Watch the FULL interview here: https://bit.ly/3XB1x3v NB-Uitgewers/Publishers

Dr Candice Bailey discusses 'We Were Always Here: Stories of Black Inventors Across the African Diaspora, which tells the unknown stories of the innovation and ingenuity of Africans who are solving African problems for African people. Watch the FULL interview here: https://bit.ly/3XmRVcO Jacana Media JDoubleD Publicity

Bestselling author and serial telecoms and tech entrepreneur Alan Knott-Craig unpacks his book 'Life Lessons: How to fail and win'. Knott-Craig has founded, funded or run 21 companies, including Cellfind, iBurst, Mxit and HeroTel. Here he shares candidly what he has learnt, mostly by losing. Watch the FULL interview: https://bit.ly/4e2lDt5 NB-Uitgewers/Publishers

Sifiso Ndlovu unpacks the book, 'ANC Today Letters: The Ideas and Thoughts of President Thabo Mbeki, Volume 1, 2001-2004', a collection of then President Thabo Mbekiweekly ANC Today Letters, in which he expressed his opinions on current South African political and social issues. Watch the FULL interview here: https://bit.ly/3T4ufae

Professor Raymond Suttner unpacks Part Two of his column, 'From Government of National Unity to National Dialogue and beyond'. Read the column and watch the full interview: https://bit.ly/3T34QOj

Professor Raymond Suttner unpacks Part One of his column 'How and why I plan to support the GNU'. Read the column and watch the full interview: https://bit.ly/3YQyABT

Brin Hodgskiss & Nicole Engelbrecht unpack their book 'Killer Stories: Conversations With South African Serial Murderers' Hodgskiss interviewed several of the most notorious serial killers and his recordings sat gathering dust until recently, when top true-crime podcaster Nicole Engelbrecht found his research online. The two connected and now they bring their love of story-telling to this highly readable book. In Killer Stories, Hodgskiss combines his interviews with the tenets of narrative psychology to take the reader into the minds of the killers and shares how his own journey as a psychologist and human being contributed to his deeper understanding of them. The book intertwines the killers’ versions of the truth and the true-crime stories behind them, re-telling their killing sprees in gripping detail. Watch the FULL interview: https://bit.ly/3WU5a2W

Isaac Malgas unpacks his book 'Power Struggle: Why Rolling Blackouts Continue', makes a substantial educational contribution to understanding the phenomenon of insufficient electricity generation in South Africa, and elsewhere on the continent. Watch the FULL interview: https://bit.ly/4fN3vVC