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’Land and jobs manje!’ Fact-checking promises in the Economic Freedom Fighters’ 2021 election manifesto
By: Africa Check 19th October 2021 In the upcoming municipal elections South African citizens will elect representatives for district, metropolitan and local municipal councils... →
What can be done to tackle the systemic causes of poverty in South Africa
15th October 2021 Despite gains made in the first 15 years of democracy, 55.5% of South Africans lived below the poverty line as of 2015. Coupled with the impact of... →
Civil society groups can help fix South Africa’s food system if they’re given a seat at the table
8th October 2021 There is a long list of existing global crises made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic, including poverty and inequality. Another is food insecurity.... →
Top M&A lawyer, Ezra Davids, named chairman and senior partner of African law firm Bowmans
30th September 2021 Leading African law firm Bowmans has elected Ezra Davids, a top mergers and acquisitions lawyer, as its new chairman and senior partner, effective... →
UCT’s Mamokgethi Phakeng becomes first Illustrious Visiting Professor at the University of Bristol
By: Thabi Shomolekae 27th September 2021 University of Cape Town (UCT) Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has been appointed as Bristol University’s first Bristol Illustrious... →
UCT still highest ranked in Africa despite Covid-19
By: Sane Dhlamini 6th September 2021 University of Cape Town vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng is pleased with the institution’s latest Times Higher Education ranking, which... →
DA welcomes continuation of school holiday – proposes innovative Curriculum recovery
30th August 2021 The DA welcomes the announcement by the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, that the October school holidays would not be scrapped. The... →
After the long Covid winter, spring is coming for Cape Town
30th August 2021 It was right here in Bonteheuwel, on a chilly winter’s morning in June 2004, that I came to my first DA meeting, at the home of Councillor Theresa... →
