Leadership will be at the core of how the learning space evolves and uses the pandemic as an opportunity to advance
To turn SA’s youth unemployment crisis around, we need to believe in young people’s potential, but also come up with a concrete, inclusive action plan
DA leader John Steenhuisen challenges ANC to share its list of mayoral candidates during the main opposition party’s own big metro candidate list-reveal
Ramaphosa needs to build broad political consensus if he is to have any chance of pursuing his fiscal and structural reform agenda
Asylum seekers with valid permits and caregivers will now also be allowed to apply for the reinstituted social relief of distress grant
Eswatini’s acting prime minister recently encouraged citizens to make use of an email address to express their concerns
Seventeen investigative reports, undertaken by Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s office, detail gross negligence and maladministration in government structures
There is growing concern about a possible liquidation of the entity should it not be repurposed
New anti-corruption forum aims to prevent corruption and mismanagement and incentivise whistleblowers in infrastructure projects
Mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe said the transition to renewable energy cannot be an overnight accomplishment.
As far back as 2007, a local nonprofit met with government officials to deal with the pollution crisis in Emfuleni. Residents are still waiting
The government’s recent commitments to the Open Government Partnership fall short of what is needed, but there is a chance to improve them
The banking sector will be in a vulnerable position if the national treasury does not stabilise its debt
Government spending has reached a record 41.7% of GDP, and the budget deficit has widened from 5.7% in 2019 to an estimated 14%
Experts offer their advice about what Finance Minister Tito Mboweni should focus on in next week’s budget speech
The levy has generated R5.4-billion in revenue since its inception two years ago, and an increase will help the fight against Covid-19
The Special Investigating Unit found that companies were awarded tenders despite not qualifying for the contracts.
Despite the government’s efforts to lessen the economic shock of the pandemic and the lockdown, businesses are struggling to keep their doors open
The government plans to vaccinate a minimum of 67% of the population (about 40-million people) to achieve herd immunity — when most of the population is resistant to an infectious disease — by the end of 2021.
With more talk than action, a lack of technical expertise is holding the government back from delivery and causing an exodus of engineers from the country
Economists question the manner in which the transitional government partially cut fuel subsidies
The same government that talks about being in service of ‘our people fails poor, black children whose only dream is to receive an education
Such campaigns can draw attention to the widespread presence of the very behaviour they are trying to stamp out — and subconsciously encourage people to view it as appropriate
Government, labour, business and community have come up with a combined economic recovery plan amidst three others to help kickstart the economy. Some are new, while others are old and falter in not taking into account the ‘new normal’
High levels of corruption and low levels of trust go together; citizens need to use every available resource to hold government to account
The impacts of these infringements could last well beyond the life of the Covid-19 pandemic
We need an entirely new way of doing things to put an end to poverty
The number of adults who didn’t vote in the 2019 elections reflects citizens’ disenchantment with their representatives. Perhaps Covid-19 presents government with the chance to change this
President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to announce the government’s long-awaited economic stimulus plan to deal with the effects of Covid-19. The key will be getting loans for a stimulus without ‘selling’ the country.
Kenya’s government has excluded nongovernmental organisations and other groups such as churches from its emergency decision-making. This is a mistake
Once again, political expediency has trumped principled action
Sipho Kings and Sarah Wild consider the question we all ask: Do our efforts count, or
is this just about what big corporations do?