Read this before you drink that next glass of water

Cape Town – Clean, fresh drinking water is something that many South Africans take for granted on a daily basis. But a number of...

Popular power, constitutional democracy and crisis: South Africa 1994-2014

By Raymond Suttner – The establishment of representative democracy in South Africa was an important victory for people who had been suppressed from the...

Students demand an end to unequal education

By Mary-Anne Gontsana –  “In my school we have two main problems. The first one is a lack of water. Our taps are not...

Ramaphosa calls for farm social compact

By Craig Dodds –  Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for a moratorium on the evictions of farmworkers and promised to...

Eskom scrambles to hook up all of Majuba

BY SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA –  ESKOM is working to reconnect all five available generating units at its Majuba power station to the grid by on...

Real change needed to feed our poor

That some people lack access to adequate nutrition although there is sufficient food supply, speaks to the way that food, like other resources in...

Inequality mocks SA’s freedom

By: Sipho Kings – Oxfam this week released its report, Even It Up: Time to End Extreme Inequality. It starts with a case study...

UNICEF Child Poverty Report Doesn’t Measure Poverty, But Inequality

By: Tim Worstoll –  Unicef has released another installment in their annual look at child poverty in the developed nations. And they’ve managed to...

The impact of SA policy on inequality

By: Joel Netshitenzhe –  Although income poverty has declined since the advent of democracy, the country’s rates of equality have not improved, writes Joel...

ANC emotional about gun laws – AfriForum

By SAPA –  Johannesburg – The ANC-led government’s intention to introduce amendments to the Firearms Control Act is an emotional reaction, AfriForum said on...

Zim to receive funds as EU lifts sanctions

Harare – The European Union lifted trade sanctions against Zimbabwe on Thursday and will resume development and finance cooperation with the country. EU ambassador...

More land ‘grabbed’ in Africa than rest of the world combined

SAPA –  Over 55 million  hectares of land  has been grabbed in Africa since the year 2000,  this  is according to research  presented at...