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AfriForum and SAPS join forces to combat crime
24th March 2025 AfriForum’s 177 neighbourhood and farm watches continued this past weekend to strengthen their collaborative efforts with law enforcement agencies... →
Western Cape prisons are arsenals for organised crime; Minister Groenewald must account
24th March 2025 The Democratic Alliance (DA) has taken decisive action by formally writing to the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS), urging... →
PGM market adjusts to shifting supply and demand, Nedbank CIB reports 
By: Martin Creamer 20th March 2025 Shifting investment priorities and geopolitical uncertainty continue to shape the outlook for commodities, with platinum group metals (PGMs) facing... →
Violence in South Sudan is rising again: what’s different this time, and how to avoid civil war
20th March 2025 A rise in political tensions in South Sudan and an escalation of violence in the Upper Nile State have raised fears of a return to civil war in the... →
‘Transition fatigue’ in South Sudan ramps up tensions
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 20th March 2025 The recent conflict is rooted in repeated extensions of the transition timeframe and enduring political and security problems. Recent deadly... →
DRC Debacle Batters South Africa’s Standing as an Actor in African Peacekeeping
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 20th March 2025 The withdrawal of the SAMIDRC force from the eastern DRC has significant negative ramifications for South Africa and SADC’s standing as a player in... →
SA: Gwede Mantashe: Address by Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, at the 4th Southern African Oil and Gas Conference, Century City, Cape Town (20/03/2025)
20th March 2025 Allow me a short diversion from today’s topic to reflect on recent developments where our National Treasury delivered the 2025 Budget under the... →
DA will call Minister Groenewald to Committee over staggering drug smuggling in Western Cape prisons
19th March 2025 The Democratic Alliance (DA) has written to the Chairperson of Parliament’s Select Committee on Security and Justice, to call Minister Pieter... →