Problem is too many people are employed

BY LEON LOUW — SA IS amazing. We protect more workers from exploitation than any other country, and seem intent on increasing our lead....

Andile Lili arrested over ‘kill criminals’ comment

NEWS 24 Cape Town – ANC provincial executive member Andile Lili was arrested on Wednesday night following his remarks earlier in the week that...

Hanekom vs Gigaba: When a law hurts the country

By: Stephen Grootes After months of near-silence on the new visa regime imposed by Home Affairs, Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom finally went public on...

Load shedding costs SA dearly

By: Louise Flanagan Johannesburg – Load shedding costs South Africa up to R11 billion a month, but it’s here until Eskom is back on...

SA braces for water shortages as drought bites

South Africa is facing water shortages after the worst drought since 1992 cut dam levels by 12% from a year earlier as most of...

DRC looks to insect farming in fight against hunger

There is no shortage of protein in Kinshasa’s Gambela Market, from cows to antelope and snakes. But it is the blue and silver bowls...

Eni discovers 15bn cubic metres of gas in Egypt

Italy’s Eni has discovered gas reserves of up to 15 billion cubic metres in Egypt’s Nile Delta region, with production set to start in...

White Paper Review: Universalism in the Time of Divisions

On 30 June 2015, the World Bank and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) issued a joint statement affirming a shared vision for a universal...

Redistribution alone will not solve unemployment

By DDR — The fundamental claim of this book is that the overwhelming challenge that South Africa faces, and has to date failed to...

Economic growth at stake at Cosatu’s congress

By Ayal Belling Cosatu’s Special National Congress this week marks the latest round in the ongoing battle for control of the federation of trade unions...

21 at 21: The coming of age of a nation

By Melanie Verwoerd and Sonwabiso Ngcowa — In their newly released book, 21 at 21: The Coming of Age of a Nation, Melanie Verwoerd...

Trevor Manuel’s SACP critique important

  By Max du Preez — Former Cabinet minister Trevor Manuel’s sharp critique of the South African Communist Party and its leader, Blade Nzimande,...