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Shaping the future: Driving economic transformation for equitable, inclusive and sustainable development
22nd January 2025 Four years ago, at the first hybrid conference in UNCTAD’s history, we gathered in a world shaken by the COVID-19 pandemic and the worst economic... →
Sustainability disclosure for small and medium-sized enterprises in developing economies: Challenges and responses
22nd January 2025 To achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, governments worldwide have intensified their support for integrating sustainability into... →
Global tailings institute selects South Africa as launch pad of new mine dump standards 
By: Martin Creamer 21st January 2025 In a bid to help make mine tailings safer for people and the environment, a global institute has been launched in South Africa which has also been... →
ArcelorMittal: We will keep losing jobs unless we re-think our industrial policies
20th January 2025 The devastating announcement from ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) of 3 500 immediate job losses, with up to 100 000 more forecast across related... →
Partnership between govt, business unblocking impediments to inclusive growth – Ramaphosa
By: Thabi Shomolekae 20th January 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa noted on Monday that government has reaffirmed its commitment to working with all social partners in pursuit of inclusive... →
Partnership is key to South Africa’s growth and progress
20th January 2025 Dear Fellow South African, As this Administration took office last year, we made a commitment to reach out across society to find solutions to the... →
SACP threatens ‘militant action’ against AMSA closure 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 17th January 2025 The South African Communist Party (SACP) stated on Friday that aside from urgently stopping the closure of ArcelorMittal South Africa’s (AMSA’s)... →
Sink or swim: Africa’s crucial maritime milestones in 2025
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 17th January 2025 Progress has been slow during the AU’s Decade of African Seas and Oceans. Five urgent steps can correct the course. This year marks the end of the... →
