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New online tool helps citizens hold parliamentarians accountable
By: Thabi Shomolekae 6th March 2025 A partnership between nonprofits the Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG), OpenUpSA, and the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse, has resulted in the... →
US trade wars with China – and how they play out in Africa
6th March 2025 Since taking office, US president Donald Trump has implemented policies that have been notably hostile towards China. They include trade... →
SA: Cyril Ramaphosa: Address by South Africa's President, at the meeting between the National Executive and the Gauteng Provincial Executive Council, City of Johannesburg Council Chambers (06/03/2025)
6th March 2025 These engagements are crucial in strengthening intergovernmental cooperation, collaboration and consultation. They are important for ensuring... →
FUL February 2025 Newsletter – Major events relating to the judiciary and the rule of law
6th March 2025 This briefing note seeks to provide a short overview of significant events in the preceding month, relating to Freedom Under Law’s work on the... →
Maps showing China’s growing influence in Africa distort reality – but some risks are real
5th March 2025 Global power dynamics in Africa are shifting, with China eclipsing the influence of the US and France. China has become Africa’s single largest... →
The US is killing us softly with its climate policies
4th March 2025 Africa is at the receiving end of the impact of climate change caused by countries like America without them feeling remotely guilty or obligated... →
Land reform in South Africa doesn’t need a new law: the state should release property it owns – economists
26th February 2025 South Africa’s new Expropriation Act, which was signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa in January 2025, has been at the centre of a political... →
Pan-African scholar PLO Lumumba is correct – the African Union is ‘over 70% funded by outsiders’
By: Africa Check 26th February 2025 The African Union (AU) is a group of 55 African countries, with the African Union Commission (AUC) as its administrative arm. On 15 February 2025,... →
