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Child hunger increased despite jobs bounce-back, survey shows By Mwangi Githahu Share Cape Town - Data from the National Income Dynamics Study – Coronavirus Rapid Mobile (Nids-Cram) survey shows that South Africa witnessed an increase in child hunger, from 12% in July to 16% in November, at the same time as a jobs bounce-back. Nids-Cram co-principal investigator Nic Spaull, said: “Child hunger decreased from a high of 15% in May to 12% in July 2020. “The latest results now show that this has returned to its highest level of 16% in November 2020. Put differently, in November one-in-six h...

Property rights can narrow gap between Claremont and Philippi - Businesslive 14 February 2021 - Google Maps tells me it takes 17 minutes to drive from my home in Claremont to Philippi on the Cape Flats, which sounds about right when I think back to taking our Scottish terriers to the kennels there, where they’d be cared for while the family went on holiday. Michael Morris Google Maps tells me it takes 17 minutes to drive from my home in Claremont to Philippi on the Cape Flats, which sounds about right when I think back to taking our Scottish terriers to the kennels there, where they’d be ...

Expropriation Bill pushes agenda which threatens SA’s future - Biznews 5 February 2021 - Explaining the ‘deeper meanings’ behind events is the stock-in-trade of journalists, academics and analysts. It is the nature of this work not only to describe what is happening in the world, but to explain it – to move from description to understanding. At the beginning of the year, President Ramaphosa addressed the ANC, announcing that passing legislation to allow for land expropriation would be a priority. This has many South Africans concerned for the future of their property and assets. A nu...

On 23 January 2021, land experts and activists, Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi and Professor Ruth Hall, were hosted by Siviwe Mdoda, land justice educator at the Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education, for the first of a series of webinar discussions on the currently tabled Expropriation Bill. The premise of the discussion was that the Expropriation Act 63 of 1975 is out of date and does not provide for the government to expropriate land for the purposes of land reform and restitution in recognition of previous land dispossession as stated in Section 25 of the Constitution. Mdoda noted that w...

by David Prior A Manchester company co-owned by a former runner-up in The Apprentice has made two senior hires as it looks to grow revenue to £3m. Ruth Hall - who as Ruth Badger finished second in the 2006 series - co-owns Everything Tech, which was founded in 2010 and now employs 32 people at its 2,500 sq ft base on Charlotte Street. As well as offering managed IT support, Everything Tech is a Microsoft Gold Partner and helps companies transform their business through the adoption of Microsoft Modern Workplace technology. Hall said the appointment of Ben Turner as head of technical operatio...