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Development Bank backs African credit ratings agency
The Big Three ratings agencies, Moody’s, S&P Global and Fitch, have extensive influence over how creditors assess Africa’s risk profile
UN to pull out of agreement with Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone
Essential policies were bypassed and entering into a memorandum of understanding with the economic zone would be high risk for United Nations Development Programme This content…
Is Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone sustainable? A UN team is investigating
There are questions about its sustainability and effect on the environment
UNDP supports special economic zones to drive sustainable development
The United Nations Development Programme is working with the Musina-Makhado SEZ to ensure everyone benefits and the planet is not harmed
UN Development Programme South Africa backs ‘dirty’ Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone
The SEZ in Limpopo’s Vhembe district will still be fuelled by a coal-fired power plant
United Nations defends its support of the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone
‘We all have a collective responsibility to support the people of Limpopo, protect the environment and jointly shape the MMSEZ development.’
Agreement between ‘dangerous’ Chinese-SA project and UN must be retracted, say activists
United Nations’ support for a Limpopo coal and steel plant must be withdrawn as it contravenes green and human rights, say petition signatories
The ‘warning lights flash red’ for Earth
It’s the Age of Humans — the Anthropocene — and the most serious threats to our experience and existence on our planet are human-made
When education is neglected, there can be no progress
Development cannot be achieved unless we achieve universal access to education
UN: SA recovery only in five years
The latest report shows the South Africa’s women will be the hardest hit demographic of the economic downturn
Energy sector is the new colonial project
Renewable energy funding from the North must take local ownership and participation seriously
Seeds of Europe’s ‘migrant crisis’ are in Europe
The continent’s greedy lending to Africa is driving the migration wave that fuels the European Union’s xenophobic politics
Countries fail to reach gender equality goal — report
A report measuring gender equality across 129 countries has found that none of the countries achieved an ‘excellent’ score of 90 out of 100
Someone is defending SA’s transition
It is an unpopular view, but Fanie du Toit’s evidence and argument shows us a way forward
Troubled North West gets help from UN team
The province saw violent protests in multiple towns after years of mismanagement by former premier Supra Mahumapelo