Headline News
South African consumer confidence improves on holiday season optimism 
By: Reuters 9th December 2025 South Africa's consumer confidence improved in the fourth quarter to hit its highest reading for 2025, helped by consumers’ appetite to spend into... →
CDE urges NDPP panel to rigorously interrogate shortlisted candidates
By: Thabi Shomolekae 9th December 2025 Ahead of the interviews to determine the next National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), prominent think tank the Centre for Development and... →
Policy Uncertainty Index eases significantly to 64.9 in the fourth quarter
By: Marleny Arnoldi 9th December 2025 The North-West University (NWU) Business School’s Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) has eased to a level of 64.9 in the fourth quarter, compared with... →
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Opinions
No time to lose in establishing SA’s new anti-corruption agency
9th December 2025 Long-established norms of human rights, diversity and democracy are under attack worldwide. Conflict, fascism and disinformation are on the rise.... →
Can Zambia capitalise on intensifying great power rivalry?
9th December 2025 Diplomatic overtures and strategic deals in Southern Africa have set the tone for a packed international itinerary in the neighbourhood recently.... →
Women’s voices at the G20: action urged on economic empowerment, care work, health, climate justice and forced labour
5th December 2025 The G20 group of the world’s 20 most powerful economies and the African and European Unions has a group dedicated to women empowerment – the Women... →
Who was Albert Luthuli? The murdered South African leader who put his people above himself
5th December 2025 South African liberation leader Albert Luthuli died on 21 July 1967 near his home in Groutville, in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. A... →
Recommendations
Arming Injustice with Impunity: How support for Israel’s illegal occupation and militarization undermines States’ commitments to gender equality and the WPS Agenda
25th November 2025 Twenty-five years after the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda, women in the occupied... →
Nature Positive: Cities’ Efforts to Advance the Transition – Barranquilla
25th November 2025 This report is part of the World Economic Forum’s Nature Positive Transitions series, which highlights how cities and sectors worldwide are... →
Delivering on the UAE Consensus: Tracking progress toward tripling renewable energy capacity and doubling energy efficiency by 2030
25th November 2025 A key aspect of the text of the Outcome of the First Global Stocktake was the explicit recognition of the role of renewable energy in rapidly and... →
G20 South Africa Summit: Leaders’ Declaration
24th November 2025 We, Leaders of the G20, who gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa, for this historic first Summit on the African Continent under the South African... →
Statements
DA slams Minister Kubayi’s victim-blaming remarks and demands urgent action on whistleblower protections
8th December 2025 In her address this weekend, Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi chose to explain away the assassination of Marius “Vlam” van der Merwe by suggesting he... →
Unisa corruption scandal – Higher Education chairperson responds to City Press
8th December 2025 The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training, Mr Tebogo Letsie, has noted with deep concern the misleading City... →
DA in Parliament delivers decisive results for South Africans
8th December 2025 The past year has shown what a focused, hard-working parliamentary caucus can achieve when it stands firmly for the people of South Africa. As the... →
SACP statement on the Killing of Madlanga Commission Witness D
8th December 2025 The South African Communist Party (SACP) conveys its message of deepest condolences on the passing of Mr Marius Van Der Merve, a witness in the... →
Press Offices
When fairness meets firmness
9th December 2025 The Labour Court Draws the Line on Procedural Perfection The Code of Good Practice is guidance, not gospel, and employers aren’t expected to... →
When privacy is mistaken for defamation: National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa v B
9th December 2025 It is easy to understand why privacy and defamation often become tangled in public discourse and even in litigation. Both involve publishing... →
Sars compliance programmes secures R304-billion in collections!
9th December 2025 Sars & National Treasury’s 18th annual edition of the Tax Statistics bulletin confirms the effectiveness of the revenue collector’s compliance... →
Sars will soon know about every foreign property you own — Are you prepared?
5th December 2025 The South African Revenue Service (Sars) is about to gain unprecedented visibility into your offshore life. A new global tax agreement means Sars... →
