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Unemployment fund, CCMA face jobs bloodbath
State bodies shielding workers have been weakened by budget cuts and high demands
Corruption allegations: It’s a family affair at Dihlabeng municipality
The mayor, her relatives and their friends keep landing lucrative tenders and using state resources. Yet Lindiwe Makhalema has failed to declare the list of her relationships with people and companies benefiting from the municipality
Africa
Danger: Burundi’s new president
Évariste Ndayishimiye’s first speech as president, and the conspicuous absence of Burundi’s main opposition leader, do not bode well for democracy
Coronavirus
Corporate and broadcast deals push PSL to restart
Football will return, but the players are likely to have very little time to acquaint themselves with the "new normal"
Africa
AU must keep momentum to end structural racism
The parallels between the African and African-American struggles for equality and justice are striking. The African Union needs to engage more vigorously with human rights entities to address global anti-black racism
Coronavirus
Four schools stay closed after builder trashes toilet blocks
Four affected schools have remained closed because they don’t meet the Covid-19 regulations, due in part, to the defacement caused
Friday
Beyoncé and the Heart of Darkness
Few black thinkers and creatives in the United States seem able to grapple with the implications of their Americocentrism in relation to Africa
Africa
Chakwera has his work cut out restoring democratic rule that delivers for Malawians
The new president leads a party which was at the forefront of the country’s fight for independence from Britain and went on to rule during the 27-year dictatorship of Hastings Banda
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MTN’s network innovation sees 5G launched at 100 sites countrywide
MTN South Africa has launched its widely accessible 5G network – the first of MTN’s 21 operations across Africa and the Middle East
Elnathan John: Finding the balance of things in strange, new places
Like flotsam you float from one unknown place to another, to seek and establish equilibrium — only to have it all disrupted by a pandemic
AU rights leader warns of human rights disaster
The African Union’s human rights boss has expressed grave concerns about the erosion of human rights during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.
Preventing Covid-19 from becoming a hunger crisis in Africa
The warning signs couldn’t be clearer that we need to act now to prevent millions dying from starvation
Labour minister paints four bleak scenarios for the UIF if layoffs go above 41%
The fund has been selling assets to make Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme payouts
South Africa’s GDP contracts 2%, entrenches recession
Stats SA’s latest GDP figures show the country’s economy has shrunk 2% in the first quarter of 2020
Possible lockdown retrenchments are already soaring
After just three months of lockdown, more than 100 000 workers could lose their jobs
Mogoeng on Israel: Bad faith and ‘impunified disregard’ for international law?
The chief justice needs to publicly account for his comments, by either walking them back or explaining his change of heart on international law and its institutions
UIF delays are making me Ters
We can gamble and eat out and one day gwais will be legal, but staying pozi is best — the
virus is gaining on us
Disaster preparedness can’t wait
But solutions can only be truly effective if funding and threat information reaches the local level
UN special rapporteur on the environment joins local air pollution case
The state is facing a court battle about big industry’s emissions and their link to poor health. This is a public health concern and the government must take action to save lives
Invest in children to give them a better world
This entails putting them at the centre of national strategies, but doing it without high CO2 releases
Lawyers push for Slapp suit regulation in SA as Australian miner sues environmental activists
An Australian mining company is suing three attorneys and activists for defamation. But the defendant's attorneys argue that this a strategic lawsuit against public participation
Dancer and queer rights activist Kirvan Fortuin’s final farewell
The slain dancer and choreographer was so much more than an internationally celebrated artist. They were also a proud queer rights activist and a beloved child and friend
The foundations of Afropessimism: A reading list by Frank B Wilderson III
Frank B Wilderson III recommends five pioneering books that contribute to the Afropessimist school of thought
Please don’t celebrate me: Nothing hurts more
The Netflix series Sex Education shows that whether you’re celebrating or vilifying “the Other”, it’s all part of the same subjugation
International students need equal care
Contradictory pandemic regulations could to be putting critical training in jeopardy
We can’t expect learners and teachers to function optimally right now
It may well be that we have warm bodies in schools, but to think their minds are highly productive is a reach
Advocacy group takes department to court over school nutrition programme
Equal Education wants the court to get the basic education department to feed all learners who qualify for the programme, including those who are not back at school
How to get R7 000 government funding for your spaza shop or traditional grocery...
The Spaza Shop Support scheme allows for your business to access a R3 500 working capital injection and an additional R3 500 in revolving credit
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JSE-listed company BCX empowers its finance staff with professional accounting qualifications
'For the finance function to go beyond the numbers we need to be professional and we cannot leave out the financial control experts'
Ensuring no prospective CA(SA) is left behind
Sizwe Nxasana talks about the macro-economic impact our country will suffer if the accountancy profession fails to transform its pipeline in the pandemic
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Zille’s tweets threaten her position as DA federal chairperson
Gauteng chairperson, Mike Moriarty, says the party needs stability, not controversy, at its helm
New delay in Zuma case as Thales challenges racketeering charges
The former president’s bid for an October trial date seems set to fail
Watch it again: Jacob Zuma corruption trial day one
The former president's long awaited day in court has finally arrived
Pundits cling to football’s racial tropes
A study of European 2019 season commentary suggests prejudice is alive and kicking, but Black Lives Matter and Covid-19 may be changing this
‘Athlete A’ exposes the ‘cruelty’ of the elite gymnastics machine
The Netflix documentary explores the system that created the conditions for decades of abuse
Paradou AC: The barefoot academy revolutionising Algerian football
After learning from Côte D’Ivoire’s ASEC Mimosas, the Paradou AC academy is revolutionising football in Algeria — and doing it barefoot
The blankest spot on Trump’s world map
In his new book of his time in the Trump White House, former US National Security Adviser John Bolton shares Trump’s very few thoughts on Africa
Paris throws off mask to party like the virus never was
Social distancing and face masks were largely forgotten as thousands of French people danced and partied well into Monday in the first big blow out since the coronavirus lockdown
Militarisation, repression and capitalism in the US
A global police state – the military arm for capital interests – marginalises, controls and subjugates millions of people considered surplus humanity
Security and Compliance Evolution in the Data Revolution
Organisations must adopt a risk-based approach to compliance and rely on technology to mitigate that risk and on people and process controls as well
Covid-19 vs Child Nutrition
Children are being impacted severely across the world because of things such as reduced immunisation as health services prioritise treating Covid-19 cases
Economic ramifications of Covid-19
There is an opportunity for business and government in collaboration to galvanise and work together, and present ourselves as a viable destination for investment
The rise and rise of Rise Uniforms
'If you can’t take a risk then you’re not an entrepreneur, and you might as well get out of the space' says Ntombekhaya Nonnxuba
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