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Biodiversity is crucial for South Africa’s food security

Environment Isak B Oosthuizen - 1 Dec 2020

Farming must embrace sustainable, regenerative agriculture practices to secure our future

The price of violence: R145-billion

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 22 Nov 2020

The costs include expenditure on security, justice and health rather than on productive efforts, investment is driven away and psychological effects results in lower productivity

Tax the super rich and raise inflation to cut state debt, inequality and poverty

Opinion Marc Wegerif - 10 Nov 2020

The richest 10% of South Africans own over 85% of all private wealth and a once-off 25% tax would reduce government debt by more than half. Imagine what a five-year wealth tax could do

Public wage bill is impeding SA’s growth prospects — Busa

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 9 Nov 2020

Business Unity South Africa is eager to talk to its social partners at Nedlac about how the spiralling public-sector wage bill can be tamed. And the organisation says these talks need to happen soon

Government announces tailwinds on infrastructure project

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 3 Nov 2020

Minister of public works and infrastructure Patricia de Lille and President Cyril Ramaphosa call for corruption crackdown in government during talks with investors on infrastructure development project in Midrand

Mboweni plans to freeze public sector wage increases for the next three years

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 28 Oct 2020

The mid-term budget policy statement delivered by the finance minister proposes cutting all non-interest spending by R300-billion.

Hollowing of skills and defunding of Stats SA works for a failing state

Opinion Gumani Tshimomola - 18 Sep 2020

Perhaps the government does want us to know how bad things really are

Colin Coleman: Beyond the ‘two-speed’ society

Opinion Colin Coleman - 9 Sep 2020

A 10-point plan for streamlining South Africa’s economy

Covid wave brings second quarter slide

Business Tshegofatso Mathe & Thando Maeko - 6 Sep 2020

The gross domestic product numbers are likely to be gloomy, but the economy is not at ground zero

OECD urges SA to reform to recover from pandemic effects

Business Thando Maeko - 31 Jul 2020

The OECD predicts a 7.5% contraction in South Africa’s GDP, with an 8.2% contraction if a second wave of Covid-19 is not avoided

Repo rate falls to 3.5% — its lowest since 1998

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 23 Jul 2020

Repo rate drops to 3.5% as Reserve Bank predicts a 7.3% contraction in South Africa’s GDP

South Africa’s GDP contracts 2%, entrenches recession

Business Thando Maeko - 30 Jun 2020

Stats SA’s latest GDP figures show the country’s economy has shrunk 2% in the first quarter of 2020

SA’s economy expected to contract by 7.2% in 2020

Business Tshegofatso Mathe & Thando Maeko - 24 Jun 2020

The economy is in a depressed state, and Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has called for cautious use of the country’s finances to avert plunging into a sovereign debt crisis

Mboweni to further tighten the belt in his budget

Business Thando Maeko & Tshegofatso Mathe - 23 Jun 2020

The finance minister will cut departments’ allocations according to their cloth as one measure, and savings will have been made from underspend during the lockdown

Africa can build back better after Covid-19

Africa Amina J Mohammed - 27 May 2020

The continent’s interconnectedness is what will be its catalyst for recovery

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This is how the SIU catches crooks

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Health

Tighter Covid restrictions for N. Mandela Bay — other hotspots may follow

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With the number of cases spiralling out of control in hotspots in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape, longer curfews and restrictions on alcohol sales are being implemented

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Centre for Women & Gender Studies

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

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special reports - 30 Nov 2020

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National Science and Technology Forum

special reports - 27 Nov 2020

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special reports - 27 Nov 2020

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