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In the work: Eskom is planning to install 6.2 million intelligent devices by March 2029, pushing municipalities to prepaid systems. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Councils cannot keep dodging Eskom bill

With municipal debt to Eskom exceeding R120 billion, sustainable recovery requires treating indebted municipalities as financially distressed, enabling direct interventions and…

Building sustainable livelihoods in South Africa’s creative economy

South Africa’s creative economy generates significant GDP and employment, yet financial fragility persists. Exploring innovative financing models like blended challenge funds can…

What appears to citizens as poor service delivery is often the visible result of deeper institutional weaknesses.
(David Harrison)

Before you promise me a bridge, show me the spreadsheet

As municipal elections approach in South Africa, voters must look past billboard slogans and demand real financial plans. It is time to challenge systemic mismanagement,…

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has urged eligible citizens to make use of its online registration platform to minimise long queues .
(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Empowering South Africa's youth: Why voting is a money-smart economic act

South Africa's youth face severe unemployment and economic exclusion, but the FW de Klerk Foundation shows how constitutional literacy and voting are essential economic acts that…

If we want to end gender-based violence, we have to uproot gender inequality

South Africa continues to react to gender-based violence downstream, but ending femicide requires confronting its true root cause: entrenched gender inequality in our homes,…

Nurses wearing personal protective equipment. (Photo by Marco Longari/AFP)

Honour the Women of 1956 by Funding Women’s Safety and Care

Despite declaring gender-based violence and femicide a national disaster, South Africa's government has failed to provide dedicated healthcare funding to support survivors.…

Threat: The local sugar industry estimates it has lost about R1.5 billion as a result of subsidised sugar imports. Photo: Supplied

Sugar sector feels the squeeze

Rising sugar imports from countries like Brazil and India are threatening thousands of local jobs, sparking urgent calls from industry and labour for the government to fast-track…

The ANC says it is deeply concerned about the level of unemployment among the youth.

South Africa’s unemployment crisis is a national emergency

South Africa's unemployment crisis is a structural economic challenge, not merely cyclical. The latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey reveals a staggering 33.6% official…

No procurement watchdog body yet, four years past State Capture report

Four years after the Zondo Commission's State Capture report, South Africa still awaits a crucial institution: an independent Public Procurement Anti-Corruption Agency (PPACA).…

Call for Minister of Transport to act against Transnet executives

Labour organisations are calling for the immediate suspension of Transnet Port Terminals CEO Jabu Mdaki and his executive team, alleging that internal investigations into R824m…

The tender that gobbled up Rand West City

A R76.18 million tender awarded to a state official in the ANC-led Rand West District Municipality has been exposed in the Auditor-General's report. This concerning pattern of…

Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo. (X)

Masondo: Board resignations left PIC unable to defend Dlamini suspension

Former Public Investment Corporation (PIC) chairperson David Masondo reveals that the board's mass resignations prevented it from defending its decision to suspend chief…

The European Union exports half of its collected and sorted plastics

A failed plastic levy: The need for a total an on single-use plastic bags

South Africa's 22-year-old plastic levy has failed to curb the 8 billion single-use plastic bags consumed annually, leading to severe environmental and health impacts. This…

Minister urged to rescue collapsing Gqeberha metro

Gqeberha, formerly Port Elizabeth, is facing a severe service delivery collapse due to mismanagement and political infighting. A veteran anti-apartheid activist is now calling…

Under fire: Public Investment Corporation chief executive Patrick Dlamini. Photo: Supplied

‘PIC whistleblower takes board overhaul battle to Parliament ahead of Dlamini court challenge’

As suspended Public Investment Corporation (PIC) chief executive Patrick Dlamini challenged his precautionary suspension in the Gauteng High Court, a whistleblower asked…