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October 7 attack: Ceasefire would best honour dead Israeli and Palestinian civilians
7th October 2025 Today marks the second anniversary of Hamas’ deadly incursion of Israel that claimed 1200 lives and saw 250 Israelis taken hostage – 20 of whom are... →
From Johannesburg to Tshwane: Proof that revival is possible
7th October 2025 Becoming Mayor of Johannesburg in 2016 meant confronting a depth of rot and neglect that no soul could have been prepared for, a decay that had... →
South Africans are going off the service grid: what happens when citizens replace the state?
7th October 2025 South Africa’s constitution promises all citizens access to adequate housing and basic services – water, security, sanitation and electricity. In... →
Africa’s Pulse, No. 32, October 2025: Pathways to Job Creation in Africa
7th October 2025 Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to increase from 3.5 percent in 2024 to 3.8 percent in 2025 and further growth to 4.4 percent... →
Joint oversight delegation calls for accountability and reform in Eastern Cape municipalities
7th October 2025 The joint parliamentary oversight delegation concluded the first day of its engagement with Eastern Cape municipalities with a firm call for... →
The FW de Klerk Foundation's Response to President Ramaphosa's NEC Economic Plan: Implement and Liberate
7th October 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa’s closing address to the ANC Special NEC set out ten interventions to “reignite growth” and promised “implementation,... →
ANC’s new economic plan must drop BEE and race based policy to work
7th October 2025 Today’s announcement of the “ANC’s Economic Action Plan” by President Cyril Ramaphosa mirrors much of the DA’s “Plan to Turbocharge the Economy,”... →
ANC says merit-based appointments will be non-negotiable, as it calls for Economic War Room 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 6th October 2025 The African National Congress’s (ANC’s) National Executive Committee (NEC) has called for the establishment of the Economic War Room in the... →
