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After World War II it was widely believed that the formula for peace, dignity, and sustainable prosperity for every sister and brother in the human

We rate the local election manifestos of five political parties on how they have prioritised food security, and how they intend tackling the problem.

The municipality of Prince Albert has never seen a service delivery protest. Crime is almost non-existent. The municipality is one of a rare few to receive a clean audit. It’s a place where neither the ANC nor the DA hold ultimate political power – and the local government elections are lik...

We are very pleased to be announcing phase 2 of the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (PESP) which is in addition to both the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) and the Community Work Programme (CWP), and builds on lessons learned from both of these programmes.

Social grants are by far the largest facet of South Africa’s social protection system in terms of the number of people covered, according to the World Bank

With pure-hearted patriotism, the community of Touws River came together on 24 September to celebrate Heritage Day by picking up litter and braaiing boerewors rolls.

The SA Municipal Workers’ Union says the recently concluded salary agreement for workers across the country’s 257 municipalities has secured an increment related to inflation in year two and three of the agreement.

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa 8 July 2021 invites workers and other readers to Spanish unions betray bank workers’ strike, agree thousands of job losses at CaixaBank Last week, trade unions at CaixaBank, Spain’s largest retail bank, agreed to the loss of 6,452 jobs, following token warning strikes and face-saving “negotiations” with management. The unions and management announced they reached an agreement on July 1, only two days after a 24-hour strike which, accord...

Get to grips with the brains of youth COMMENT What happens when our national youth development strategy is to connect young people to jobs, and there are no jobs to connect them to? Then we sit with a 50% unemployment rate among 18-to-34-year-olds and fear the ticking time bomb. Perhaps our concern is not so much the potential for a grassroots civil uprising as the inexorable growth of populist movements that harness simmering discontent in pursuit of power.  But if we define the challenge so ...

MONEYWEB LIVESTREAM Investigations into transgressions and irregularities ‘ongoing’ in department with R87bn expenditure total in FY2020. 00:01  With inadequate accounting systems and lack of oversight, a question mark must be raised on whether all the fraud has been uncovered, says the author. Image: Jairus Mmutle, GCIS The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) has published its annual report for the financial year ended March 31, 2020. There is a sligh...