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Creamer Media marks 45 years of independent engineering and mining journalism 
By: Shannon de Ryhove 13th March 2026 When Creamer Media celebrates its forty-fifth anniversary this March, it marks not only a company milestone, but also a rare achievement in... →
Parly committee, ANC support SANDF deployment as operations underway
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 4 hours ago Parliament’s Select Committee on Security and Justice and the African National Congress (ANC) have expressed appreciation for the visibility of the... →
Solidarity warns Ramaphosa on NHI implementation
By: Thabi Shomolekae Updated 5 hours ago Solidarity pointed out on Friday that government cannot, through “political rhetoric or administrative manoeuvres”, continue implementing the... →
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African countries are signing bilateral health deals with the US: virologist identifies the ‘red flags’
Updated 5 hours ago The United States is signing bilateral health deals with African countries. By the end of February 2026, deals worth US$19.8-billion had been... →
AGOA changes add to Africa’s rollercoaster ride of US tariffs
Updated 5 hours ago AGOA was designed to give investors predictability – yet its benefits are now threatened by the turmoil of shifting US trade rules. Like most of... →
Is competition the missing piece in South Africa’s port reform puzzle?
13th March 2026 In his 2026 budget speech, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana highlighted the need to remove bottlenecks in South Africa's ports. This follows the... →
Lucky for some
13th March 2026 On Friday March 13, 1981, the first edition of Engineering News, then a fortnightly tabloid newspaper, officially made its debut as a specialist... →
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Namibia - Country Strategy Paper 2025-2030 - Revised Version
Updated 5 hours ago This report presents the African Development Bank Group's Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2025-2030 for the Republic of Namibia. It presents recent... →
Report of the 49th meeting of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety, 27-28 November 2025
Updated 5 hours ago The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) was established in 1999 as an independent expert advisory body to WHO on policies and... →
Beyond creative accounting: Restoring trust in the climate finance regime
Updated 5 hours ago Countries have agreed to mobilise $300-billion a year by 2035 as part of a broader $1.3-trillion climate finance ambition. But rising headline... →
Strait of Hormuz disruptions: Implications for global trade and development
11th March 2026 The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints, carrying around a quarter of global seaborne oil trade and... →
Statements
DA requests debate on Economic Inclusion for All Bill
Updated 5 hours ago Yesterday, the DA’s Economic Inclusion for All Bill was officially introduced in Parliament. We will now request a first reading debate on this... →
Peter Teixeira announced as DA Midvaal Mayoral Candidate
13th March 2026 The Democratic Alliance (DA) has announced Peter Teixeira as our Mayoral Candidate for Midvaal Local Municipality. Midvaal is a shining beacon of... →
Minister Ramokgopa is flying blind and ignoring the law on energy planning
13th March 2026 The Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, is presiding over a critical statutory failure that leaves South Africa’s energy... →
Presidency committee: DA requests inquiry over Mashatile’s Liebenberg-diamond
13th March 2026 The Democratic Alliance (DA) has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly to request that the matter of the diamond gifted to the Deputy... →
Press Offices
Striking a deal to avoid retrenchment (Part 2)
13th March 2026 In a previous article, we reported on a Labour Court (LC) ruling that an employer may not use a mutual separation agreement to bypass the... →
VAT threshold Increased to R2.3-million: Why deregistering could trigger an unexpected VAT Bill
12th March 2026 Many smaller businesses have welcomed the increase in the VAT registration threshold to R2.3-million, taking effect on 1 April 2026. For vendors... →
Budget 2026 leaves expats’ foreign income exposed – and even non-resident status may not be safe
11th March 2026 Budget Day 2026 brought what many South African taxpayers welcomed as a surprisingly stable and positive fiscal package. Rather than introducing... →
As South Africa’s visa concession deadline nears, immigration sector weighs need for further relief
11th March 2026 South Africa’s long-running visa concession, first introduced in 2022 to protect lawfully present foreign nationals from falling into undesired... →
