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1 month ago

South Africa’s newest R4 billion bank hopes to break even by 2028

Old Mutual is stepping up efforts to turn South Africa’s newest bank profitable by 2028 .

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Labour Update

1 month ago

DRC’s Ebola outbreak has the potential to become a global pandemic. How to make sure it doesn’t

Drawing lessons from Sierra Leone and having watched the mid-2026 outbreak in the DRC, I conclude that it risks become a global epidemic.

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Policy Change

1 month ago

South Africa has new electricity pricing rules after 18 years: what it gets right and wrong

South Africa’s new electricity pricing policy reflects some changes but fails to guarantee more free power for millions who need it.

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ESG Report

1 month ago

Partnerships between government, business and civil society are often tense: 3 tips on how to manage them

Partnerships need to grapple with the tension between what to preserve and what to change rather than be paralysed by it.

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Policy Change

1 month ago

Nonprofits spend too much time reporting to funders: a single universal template could help

A common reporting structure that combines financial and non-financial information reduces pressures on both donors and NPOs.

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News Article

1 month ago

Extra public holiday for South Africa officially declared

President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially declared South Africa's local government election day, 4 November, as a public holiday.

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News Article

1 month ago

Restauration des parcours en Afrique de l’Est : pourquoi les éleveurs doivent être au cœur des politiques

Les politiques de restauration ne sont jamais de simples opérations techniques : elles reposent sur un modèle de fonctionnement des écosystèmes.

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News Article

1 month ago

Extreme inequality is not a given. It is a political choice.

An International Panel on Inequality would produce rigorous assessments of the magnitudes and changes in inequality, writes Joseph Stiglitz.

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News Article

1 month ago

Powering the future: How community-led efforts are closing the energy divide

Every day, the digital age is transforming economies and energy systems around the world. However, this transformation also exposes a troubling gap: communities without access to reliable power risk b...

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Policy Change

1 month ago

If China has an agricultural development bank, why doesn't Africa?

Ellie Chen asks whether an African Agricultural Development Bank is the answer to the continent's perennial agricultural shortfalls.

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Risk Alert

1 month ago

More champagne for a few, no water for All: SA’s water tanker disaster

South Africa’s water crisis is no longer just about dry taps, but what happens when emergency measures become a permanent business model. As municipalities spend hundreds of millions on water tankers,...

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ESG Report

1 month ago

Collaborative governance: Election buzzword or game changer for municipalities?

Meaningful collaborative governance is not a one-off act of consultation or planning but an ongoing cycle of collective sense-making, action, accountability and learning.

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