By Amy Musgrave — There are renewed calls for the controversial youth wage subsidy to be scrapped following the release of a study revealing...

Reuters — A power crisis in South Africa will undermine investor confidence and crimp economic growth, outweighing the benefits from lower oil prices, a...

By Laura Lopez Gonzalez — Commissioned by the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC), the research used data gathered from sex worker interviews in...

By Cathy Buckle — “Je suis Charlie,” from Zimbabwe Dear Family and Friends, The milk in my fridge has a sign on it boasting...

By Dale T. McKinley Evidently, the ANC thinks that the people of South Africa do not know their own history. That’s more or less what...

By Annette Lovemore — An analysis of the 2014 matric results released yesterday evening tells the story of an unequal education system under extreme...

By Chris Arsenault –  A slump in global oil prices has brought cheaper food to many of the world’s poorest, but from the slums...

By Richard Stupart –  Africa is often maligned for the huge divide between its miserable poor and bloated rich, but its emerging middle class...

BY ALLAN SECCOMBE ONCE the financial effects of transactions with Atlatsa Resources are stripped out of the equation, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) shows the full...

Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has admitted that the trade union federation is in trouble, The Star reported on Friday.”Cosatu today is in tatters...

Corruption and tax evasion are costing industry and countries a fortune, activists said ahead of the G20 summit in Brisbane. – Developing countries lose...

By Patrick Bond –  “South Africa is achieving a sizable reduction in poverty and inequality through its fiscal tools.” This was the claim by the...