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Professor Prinola Govenden of the University of Johannesburg

UJ academic awarded Unesco Chair to advance digital inclusion and cultural equity in Africa

The Chair, held by Professor Prinola Govenden, will focus on addressing digital inclusion, cultural representation and equitable access to knowledge in Africa’s rapidly evolving…

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavhenini. (GCIS)

Cabinet invokes Public Finance Management Act to justify historic budget delay

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavhenini said the postponement was necessary to address funding challenges within a constrained fiscal environment

(Gallo)

Business confidence dips marginally in September as economic recovery slows

Sacci warned that the recent decline signals growing uncertainty about economic stability, driven by inconsistencies in the government of national unity

Business confidence fell in April and May, reflecting uncertainty about future policy ahead of the elections. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Business confidence dips on the back policy uncertainty

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s business confidence index fell in April and May, ahead of the elections, snapping a rally that dated back to November 2023

Saldanha Bay, West Coast, South Africa, Railway trucks carrying iron ore from Sishen to Saldanha Bay terminal on the West Coast of South Africa. (Photo by: Peter Titmuss/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Strike sets Transnet back — again

The industrial action is the latest in a series of economy-hitting upsets for the state logistics company

Some of the conditions in which the July unrest occurred have abated but others, such as the spiralling cost of living, have worsened

A year after the riots, South Africa is a tinderbox waiting to be lit

Some of the conditions in which the July unrest occurred have abated but others, such as the spiralling cost of living, have worsened

Pillaged: Workers clean up the Shoprite supermarket at the Naledi Mall in Vosloorus, Gauteng, after looters emptied the shelves. The mall was set on fire after shops had been emptied and vandalised . (Andy Mkosi)

Destruction hits business confidence

An already low sentiment will be set back by the Covid-19 pandemic, thin reforms and this week’s violence