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Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:12:30 +0000
Prosecutions loom as SIU wraps up R1-billion Umgeni Water probe
The multi-agency anti-corruption task team is currently investigating the graft at the state-owned water board The post Prosecutions loom as SIU wraps up R1-billion Umgeni Water probe appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:58:23 +0000
A letter to Godongwana: How to create one million jobs in South Africa
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana must lay out tangible, clear and coherent strategies to make good on the president’s State of the Nation promises The post A letter to Godongwana: How to create one million jobs in South Africa appeared first on T...

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:06:35 +0000
‘How to Be a Revolutionary’: A timely catalogue of individual and societal failures
CA Davids’s new novel, ‘How to Be a Revolutionary’ is a soulful, lyrical fictional guide to turbulent times The post ‘How to Be a Revolutionary’: A timely catalogue of individual and societal failures appeared first on The Mail & Guard...

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Think you’re in a cult? Here’s an escape plan
South African women experiencing multiple abuses is an all-too-common story. One woman opens up about how she became susceptible to spiritual abuse – and how she got out The post Think you’re in a cult? Here’s an escape plan appeared first on ...

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Skills crunch in the state? Use outside experts
Advisers – not consultants – can help close critical gaps in government where the loss of key skills leaves the president desperately needing to enhance the state’s capacity to secure his reforms The post Skills crunch in the state? Use outsid...

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
A fight for survival: How West Coast fishers have stayed afloat in the pandemic
Small-scale fishers, abalone farmers, commercial trawlers, poachers: all have been affected, if not by fishing quotas, then by the pandemic The post A fight for survival: How West Coast fishers have stayed afloat in the pandemic appeared first on Th...

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:11:12 +0000
Former Gauteng acting top cop had ‘no early warning indicating mass unrest’
On Tuesday Tommy Mthombeni told the SAHRC hearings into the July riots that the SAPS was understaffed, and under pressure The post Former Gauteng acting top cop had ‘no early warning indicating mass unrest’ appeared first on The Mail & Guard...

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000
If municipalities work, then SA Inc will work
By growing the revenue base and collecting revenue owed by people who can pay for these services, municipalities will be in a position to fund non-revenue generating social services The post If municipalities work, then SA Inc will work appeared fir...

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000
Russia-Ukraine crisis sends oil prices soaring as South Africans face record fuel prices
The threat of a major war in Europe has kept global financial markets on tenterhooks The post Russia-Ukraine crisis sends oil prices soaring as South Africans face record fuel prices appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000
Suisse Secrets: Bank financed Zimbabwean fraudster in deal that saved Mugabe
The Swiss Secrets leak reveals Credit Suisse’s role in a controversial platinum mine sale that helped to finance a wave of violence around Zimbabwe’s 2008 election The post Suisse Secrets: Bank financed Zimbabwean fraudster in deal that saved Mu...



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