What is Behind South Africa’s Economic Growth Slump?

Constitutional Court, South African government and the clean-break principle

JSE SRI rewards socially responsible companies, but does not punishment

UDM marches against poor service delivery in ANC-controlled OR Tambo Region: Analysis

On 17 April 2013, the United Democratic Movement (UDM) handed over a memorandum of grievances to Eastern Cape premier Noxolo ...

Judicial Service Commission fights racial inequality with racial inequality

Former Judicial Service Commission (JSC) member Izak Smuts, who resigned last week over a dispute about transformation within South Africa’s ...

Is First National Bank overcharging non-white bond clients?

A smouldering fire accompanies First National Bank’s take-over of about 80 000 former Saambou bank clients, a bank which was ...

Zimbabwe’s education system: A hostage of the economy

Zimbabwe has made poor progress in developing their education. While the pass rate among basic school leavers has improved by ...

Eskom delays the establishment of the Independent System and Market Operator

Progress in establishing an Independent System and Market Operator for the organization of the electricity grid and the distribution of ...

Mining industry struggling with poor public image

Thousands of workers paralyzed their employers for weeks during wild cat strikes within the mining sector in South Africa in ...

Competition Commission hard at work, monitoring Walmart – Massmart merger

Two years ago, United States multinational corporation Walmart took over South Africa’s Massmart for about 16 Billion Rand. Many groups, ...

Alternative energy strategy updates

On 30 January 2013, the Department of Energy briefed the Energy Portfolio Committee on the ongoing Free Basic Energy and ...

The future of South Africa’s energy is uncertain

Almost 90% of South Africa’s electricity is generated through coal-fired power plants. Even though the government-run energy producer Eskom does ...