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BMA official arrested over R600 passport corruption at Maseru Port
A Border Management Authority (BMA) official has been arrested for allegedly accepting a R600 bribe to fraudulently endorse the passport of a Lesotho national...
Mpumalanga health defends salaries for research office
The Mpumalanga Department of Health has defended the R2.1-million paid to staff in its research unit, saying the money was not spent on research...
Cape Town named South Africa’s only ‘highly financially sustainable’ metro
Cape Town has once again been recognised as South Africa’s only “highly financially sustainable” metropolitan municipality, according to the latest Municipal Financial Sustainability Index...
Ekurhuleni heavyweights Mashazi, Gxasheka secure R50K bail
Former Ekurhuleni City manager Maboikanyo Imogen Mashazi and the metro's suspended head of human resources, Linda Gxasheka, have been released on R50 000 bail...
Structural remediation re-alignment protocol: Transforming the sub-national accountability ecosystem from...
1. Introduction: The Fallacy of the Paper Turnaround
The historical record of public sector interventions in developing economies has been consistently undermined by a fundamental...
Alcohol is quietly destroying our communities
Alcohol is so deeply woven into South African society that many of us no longer see the damage it causes. Unlike illicit drugs, which...
Anti-migrant protests risk economic blowback for South Africa
Frustrations over unemployment, crime and years of weak growth are driving South Africa's anti-migrant protests. But economists warn that the departure of thousands of...
Beyond unemployment: Why AI could become South Africa’s greatest youth empowerment...
Youth unemployment remains one of South Africa's greatest challenges. It is more than an economic issue. It is a question of dignity, inclusion, social...
DA’s Tony Leon dilemma: Starlink and South Africa’s invisible marketplace of...
South Africa has become remarkably good at recognising state capture only after the damage has been done. We know what it looks like when...
MPs to police health reforms after Ombud report on 6 deceased...
Parliament has signalled that the release of the Health Ombud's investigation into the deaths of six healthcare professionals in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) will not mark...












