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SA: Cyril Ramaphosa: Address by South Africa's President, Reply to the debate on the State of The Nation Address, Cape Town City Hall (13/02/2025)
14th February 2025 This debate illustrated the dangers of retreating to corners, isolating ourselves in ideological, cultural, racial and linguistic enclaves and... →
ActionSA Calls for Extension of SASSA Card Renewal Deadline Amid Widespread Chaos
13th February 2025 ActionSA calls for an immediate extension of the deadline to allow for a properly managed, phased rollout of the new payment cards, ensuring no... →
Early success of Points-Based System holds promise for attracting foreign talent to SA
13th February 2025 In the first three months after the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) introduced the new Points-Based system (PBS) to streamline the processing of... →
Donald Trump’s war on global governance: lessons from the past on how to fight back
13th February 2025 US president Donald Trump’s recent actions seem designed to reassert American power and demonstrate that it is still the dominant global power and... →
President Cyril Ramaphosa assents to the Plant Health Bill
13th February 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa has assented to the Plant Health Bill which sets out measures to combat plant pests that are of concern to domestic... →
Nigeria’s schoolchildren again targeted in mass abductions
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 13th February 2025 Driven initially by extremist ideology, the kidnappings have become ransom-seeking operations by cross-border criminal groups. Since Boko Haram’s... →
Govt has higher burden to justify land expropriation with new Act – Land reform expert 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 13th February 2025 Under the controversial recently assented Expropriation Act, the South African government actually has a higher burden to prove and justify why an... →
Rand Water warns of ‘extremely’ high water demand, reservoirs depleting rapidly
By: Natasha Odendaal 13th February 2025 Water utility Rand Water has warned that ‘extremely’ high water consumption has exacerbated the rapid depletion of its water storage systems. This... →
