Disruptions caused by climate change increase the cost of doing business, undermine competitiveness and dampen employment growth. These disruptions result in lower tax revenue and increased expenditure on disaster relief, health care and social support for affected communities
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2024 election results a victory for democracy
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the final announcement of the 2024 National and Provincial Elections represents a victory for democracy, constitutional order and for all the…
ICJ ruling on Israel has vindicated South Africa – Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering Israel to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza saying it…
Awubuyi wena! cheers, jeers, song and tears at ANC conference
As the singing went on elsewhere in the hall by jubilant delegates, the KZN branches sat in silence, with some exchanging words with their comrades who sang looking in their direction, swinging their hands in the air to signal change.
Climate change could drive 1 million South Africans into poverty by 2030
Call for world leaders to guarantee climate change financing Mokgadi Mogy Mashako While climate adaptation policies that are currently in place indicate that global warming…
Magoši throw royal tantrums in meeting with Mabuza
Deputy president David Mabuza hears of fears to lose land and accusations of neglect of traditional leaders by the state Mokgadi Mogy Mashako THE follow…
Born frees face another long wait for return of the land
As government continues to stumble on land issue a generation born into democracy could endure lengthy wait for resolution of claims writes Lucas Ledwaba MOYAHABO…
Late BaPedi King’s vision of unity – in his own words
Late BaPedi king Thulare Victor Thulare III preached unity amongst his subjects. Photo: Lucas Ledwaba
A LONG-DISTANCE PHONE CALL
In 2013, historian Jan-Ad Stemmet opened a box at the Archivefor Contemporary Affairs at the University of the Free State andrealised he’d found a collection…
Blacks more vulnerable to police violence than whites – study
The fall of the apartheid era in 1994 led to the belief that the South African Police Service (SAPS) would move on from serving the apartheid government’s interests, to serving the public. However recent altercations between the SAPS and poor black civilians in South Africa have led to a theory that the SAPS have not in fact gone through a sufficient change.









