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AU ‘Year of Reparations’ should look to the future and the past
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 27th February 2025 Reparations aim to repair relationships and prevent violence – a forward-looking approach could foster a more just global order. The African... →
US Paris climate agreement exit will hit Africa hard
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 27th February 2025 This week’s G20 finance meeting must galvanise a global climate agenda to mitigate the grave impact of the US withdrawal. On his first day in... →
Committee welcomes findings on SASSA's SRD grand payment system
27th February 2025 The Portfolio Committee on Social Development welcomes the findings of the investigation conducted on the Social Relief of Distress (SRD)... →
Tshwane plot thickens -- Mayor wants R315 million more for security companies
26th February 2025 The mayor of Tshwane will tomorrow table an adjustment budget that proposed to increase spending on so-called watchman services by R315 million.... →
We should honour heroic pregnant soldiers who served in DRC, says committee chair
26th February 2025 The Chairperson of the Select Committee on Security and Justice, Ms Jane Mananiso, has praised the two soldiers who despite being pregnant still... →
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... →
15-million South Africans don’t get enough to eat every day: 4 solutions
26th February 2025 At least 15-million South Africans suffer from food insecurity. That means they don’t have enough nutritious food to live healthy lives. This is... →
ECOWAS is still pivotal to steadying The Gambia’s transition
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 26th February 2025 Divisions over the latest draft constitution, which extends executive power and term limits, necessitate ECOWAS’ involvement. Eight years ago, the... →