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Miranda Ntshangase and Zinzi Zungu on building a creative industry that sounds like South Africa
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (999+ words) Miranda Ntshangase and Zinzi Zungu are building pathways for a new generation of African creatives to enter the industry without leaving their language, culture and stories behind There are 12 official languages in South Africa. Some of the languages make it…...
Anele Tembe inquest hears conflicting accounts as court postpones the case to October
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (630+ words) Conflicting accounts about what happened in the moments before Anele Tembe’s fatal fall emerged today as three more witnesses testified in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court, with the inquest now postponed until 19 October. The latest testimony brings the number of…...
South Africa does not need another GBV plan; it needs a system that works.
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (1129+ words) And then, from those homes and communities, you move into the policy world of conferences, strategies, task teams, implementation frameworks and carefully worded commitments. The distance between the two can be staggering. That experience changes the way you think about…...
The African Union cannot afford neglecting Africa’s healthcare System
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (377+ words) Concomitant to the effects of colonialism are what I term post-colonial issues/modern-day challenges. These modern-day challenges include a lack of proper governance, misuse of allocated funds and a misunderstanding of the principles that govern health economics, just to list…...
‘Pay up or go’: MK MPLs face Zuma’s final warning
1+ week, 3+ day ago (307+ words) The KwaZulu-Natal MPLs were given seven days to pay their party levies and warned that failure to settle the amounts would be taken by the party as their automatic resignation as public representatives of the party uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party…...
Africa's Green Revolution failed to deliver promised gains, new assessment finds
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1472+ words) Twenty years after Agra was launched to transform African agriculture, a new assessment finds disappointing gains in productivity and hunger, while Agra’s review acknowledges that farmers are not prospering Twenty years after an ambitious effort to transform African agriculture was…...
Motlanthe warns warns trust deficit, policy mismatch are undermining SA’s economy
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1371+ words) Former president Kgalema Motlanthe says a lack of trust and a credibility gap between government, business and political leaders risk leaving South Africa without a common language on the national interest, while Mcebisi Jonas warns that domestic failures are weakening…...
Zimbabwe - DRC war - reflections as DRC commemorates its anniversary
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (353+ words) The protracted war is ostensibly a fight over the resources that lie under the belly of one of Africa’s most minerally rich countries. But the country struggles under poor road infrastructure, precarious health care, weak educational systems and unstable security…...
Forget countries; follow the corridors
2+ week, 10+ hour ago (948+ words) Africa's property boom is evolving from borders to connections, with energy, trade, infrastructure and tech creating new investment pathways African real estate trends have long been centred on the continent's geography. Which country is hot, which city is next. Nigeria…...
Jordaan fraud case back in court amid delay fight
2+ week, 3+ day ago (344+ words) Safa president and co-accused return to court as state pushes to move long-running case towards trial The protracted fraud case against Danny Jordaan, the South African Football Association president, and his co-accused returns to the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes…...