South Africa has been ranked the second worst performer of the G20 non-OECD member countries, behind Saudi Arabia, for its lack of transparency and continued support for fossil production, fossil-fuel based power and consumption of fossil fuels
People know what they need to buy, the payments can piggyback on the Sassa system and the money will help prevent people from falling further into long-term poverty
This last Sona has been widely criticised for, among other things, lacking precision and detail
Africans pay some of the highest charges in the world for interational money transfers – in sub-Saharan Africa it’s almost double the global average.
Britain and other Western donors need to spend money on strengthening African Parliaments to ensure they can hold governments to account for how aid is being spent, a group of British MPs said on Monday. The cross-party delegation, which toured four African countries, said that foreign aid may have weakened Africa’s democracies.