The country is beset with problems of high inflation and a debt of 70.6% of GDP
Prospective students should be particularly aware of bogus educational institutions
State intelligence and enforcement abilities, as well as the legislation, need to be bolstered to deter the construction mafia
Factors such as tough enforcement, international cooperation and public-private collaboration are crucial to the law offering effective protection
Rhetoric like Keir Starmer’s inflammatory comment on migration makes it more difficult to advance real solutions, which are complex and need careful explanation
The government’s failure to provide safe, affordable accommodation, compounded by poverty and unemployment, leaves women vulnerable to attack
A report by the US agriculture department raised this possibility, but South Africa’s maize harvest is well above the annual needs
South Africans are being shortchanged as the budget is neither pro-poor nor pro-growth as our taxes are diverted to the interests of the political elite
Providing healthcare remotely should not be merely a technological advancement but a human-centred revolution
The Digital News Transformation Fund will help besieged local news outlets in the short term but Google must address the inequalities driving the media crisis
Our success will depend on a combination of strategic planning, effective governance and a commitment to collaboration across sectors
Civil war, outright war, insurgencies, poverty, natural disasters, harmful social and cultural norms and stigma are some of the reasons children are on the street
The qualified goal offers an illusion of progress while failing to meet the continent’s urgent climate and energy needs
Swapo, which has been in power since the country gained independence from South Africa in 1990, is likely to retain parliamentary dominance but the presidential race is uncertain
Willem Els’s rhetoric branding Muslim children as terrorists has no place in our society
Without a transparent and participatory process, initiatives such as this risks becoming another example of state-led paternalism that disempowers the people it seeks to uplift
The conference should have been a pivotal moment in the fight against climate change but instead it was a failure
When an academic warned of the continuing politicisation of institutions in Zambia, the state tried to prove him wrong. It now seems happy to prove him right if it can lock him up
Through tackling stigma, community leadership and improving education, as well as strengthened global and domestic investment, HIV transmission can be reduced
Prominent scholar Paul Zeleza failed to reflect the intellectual who challenged conventional wisdom
African leaders must move their focus away from Washington, Beijing and London and rather build a self-reliant, prosperous continent
They have seen African science become increasingly influential on the global stage and help set a science agenda for the continent
Citizens are realising that they can’t rely on the state to meet their needs and are building their own democratic, ecologically sustainable and communal societies
The waqf, or endowment, could potentially be a model for state land such as state-owned enterprises and land that falls under traditional leaders
How the authorities could make use of Unesco’s global vision and adapt it to the realities in this country
There is good reason to believe that Brics Pay could be a net positive for cross-border payments
No race or nation, however powerful, has a right to decide on the right of others to exist
Artificial intelligence is a tool and it is vital for us to harness its benefits and regulate its drawbacks — and we need to act fast
Ugandans don’t trust the National Resistance Movement government with our coffee, forest reserves, welfare, natural resources and taxes even when it has a social contract with the citizens
Quality education and broader support is crucial to breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty
With the British public’s high expectations of transformation, and a new Trump presidency looming, the prime minister is facing headwinds on the domestic and foreign fronts
This trend, which comes out of hybrid working, highlights that employers need to make employees feel secure and valued, whether they are in the office or not