By Michelle Korte –  A middle aged woman from Eastern  Cape,  has found herself  in huge debt after she took a  wadrobe, a...

By J Brooks Spector Kicking off on 4 August, and running for two more days, will be the US-Africa Leaders Summit. US President Barack...

BY SAPA –  Julius Malema told MPs in the National Assembly on Wednesday that the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) will rule the country and...

By Andisiwe Makinana –  Yesterday, Zuma delivered the presidency budget vote for the 2014/15 financial year. Service delivery will be the priority of the government’s programme...

by Angela Adeboye –  As we reflect on ten years of pension reform in Nigeria, we celebrate the achievements of over five million contributors...

By Ana Abelenda –  FRIDAY FILE – AWID attended the recent Annual meeting the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE), to find out what feminist economists are...

By Gilad Isaacs –  Schussler’s article has three central thrusts. First, he argues that South Africa is not as unequal as popularly thought. Second,...

by Evan Pickworth –  SOUTH Africa risks losing more businesses and skilled young people because of rating downgrades, a potential recession and persistent labour...

ByEmma Thelwell –  Cape Town – In the largest study of its kind, a new survey compares the attitudes and behaviours of the citizens...

by Ntsakisi Maswanganyi –  WAGE strikes could intensify due to high food prices, and rising inflation and interest rates that are eroding the buying...

  NAIROBI – Three years to the day since a famine that eventually killed more than a quarter of a million people was declared...

by Natasha Marrian –  THE Department of Labour is examining the introduction of “interest arbitration” in a bid to end protracted strikes. The five-month...