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The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union led a march in Pretoria on Wednesday, demanding urgent action to end budget cuts it says are crippling public education.
Potential gold investors might have missed the big rise, but the bus is not too far down the road. If you run fast enough, you might still catch it.
To combat corruption effectively — and so that South Africans can truly taste the fruits of freedom — those in power must demonstrate integrity, responsibility and transparency, and the government ...
One key driver of the March CPI print was education costs. South African students a few years ago were protesting under the slogan ‘Fees Must Fall’, and while they have hardly fallen, their annual ...
The McKinsey case forces us to ask uncomfortable questions about the behaviour of multinationals operating in governance-compromised jurisdictions. It is easy for firms to speak the language of ethics ...
Recent Peace and Security Council elections revived debates about whether membership should favour inclusion and fairness or regional capacity and influence.
A cannabis sin tax could conceivably remove or reduce the perceived need to raise VAT by 0.5 percentage points.
A herb named after evaporating snowflakes — for the cotton-like tufts around its seeds — had first been eaten by the sheep, then was added to butter to baste it during a slow day’s cooking.
During the first few months of 2025, while the Trump administration was waging all-out war on the natural world, a movement was gaining momentum around a novel form of environmentalism. In New Zealand ...
In a surprising twist that sent stocks soaring and the dollar bouncing back, President Trump reassured investors he wouldn't fire Fed Chair Powell, while teasing potential tariff relief from China.
According to the Financial Sector Conduct Authority, the advertisement misrepresented the nature of the loan product by implying it was an investment rather than a credit facility.
Tesla TSLA.O CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday he would cut back significantly the time he devotes to the Trump administration from next month and spend more time running his many companies.