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This Week, Home Affairs will open its offices on two Saturdays, ahead of the 18-19 Voter Registration Weekend. Join a hybrid seminar on the topic: what are coalition government options for law reform at municipal level? WaterCAN facilitates a meeting to help solve the Joburg water crisis. And i...

Several organisations are calling on the government to find alternative ways of saving money other than cutting the budget for public goods and services.

Health sector procurement in SA is set for a major shake-up. We take a deep dive into the accelerating currents of procurement reform.

‘We don’t have to lose jobs to breathe clean air’

Whatever hope was ignited among investors by the idea of a Ramaphosa presidency has mostly been snuffed out

A business coalition in South Africa’s energy heartland proposes a private takeover of Eskom’s assets to keep the lights on. But not everyone agrees with privat

A business coalition in South Africa’s energy heartland has proposed a private takeover of Eskom’s assets to keep the lights on. But not everyone agrees with privatising energy production.

To survive in a competitive market, capitalist firms are not only compelled to generate a profit, but to maximise their profit. In practice, if energy generation is privatised, this means that to be viable, all energy infrastructure must, over and above the costs, make already rich capitalists...

Why is South Africa suffering from up to 12 hours of blackouts a day? On this podcast, we explain the country’s energy crisis.

The national energy regulator will decide whether the National Transmission Company South Africa will get a licence