By Amy Musgrave — Johannesburg – Pressure is mounting on President Jacob Zuma to reject recommendations that public office-bearers (POBs), such as MPs and...

By Daniel McLaren — On 12 January 2015, South Africa ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Though ratification is...

by Yves Smith — Since it conflicts with Americans’ widely-held image of self-reliance, the fact that new business creation has fallen to the point...

By Reuters — Local vendors, not supermarkets, key to Africa food security Traditional markets sell more than 85% of the food consumed in sub-Saharan...

BY Martin Sorrell, Winnie Byanyima, Christine Lagarde, Klaus Kleinfeld, Robert J. Shiller, Mark J. Carney, Evan Davis — Are existing growth models failing to deliver...

By Murray Leibbrandt and Pippa Green — Ask a random sample of South Africans what the major illness affecting the economy is, and inevitably,...

Unemployment rates in Zimbabwe are often reported to be between 80 and 90 percent, but these rates did not take into account the vast...

By Julia Payne — Yola, Nigeria – Boko Haram says it is building an Islamic state that will revive the glory days of northern...

By ANNA COX and SAPA-AP — A number of South African aid organisations are preparing to fly to Malawi on Monday to help the...

Lusaka – A leading contender in Zambia’s presidential elections, Hakainde Hichilema, on Sunday vowed to review a new “penal” mining tax regime that has...

By Eye Witness News — Cape Town – Food security has become a major concern as torrential rains are expected to continue in the...

By SAPA —  President Jacob Zuma has concluded his visit to Luanda, Angola, where he met the country’s president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, the...