Month: May 2024
News24 | What economists want: A post-election wish list
Economists want growth and they know what could spur it, but even though reforms might sound simple, they've somehow been almost impossible to achieve in the past five years.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Carol Paton | It took a while, but in the end, the ANC chose populism
The hallmark of ANC rule for three decades has been pragmatic and orthodox fiscal policy. Can the finance ministry hold off the populists forever?
Continue ReadingNews24 | Mcebisi Ndletyana | A moment of reflection: South Africa’s crossroads election
Rather than proceed routinely, as we've been doing immediately after every election since 1999, we may just have to pause and ask ourselves a question, yet again: what do we truly wish to become as a country? writes Mcebisi Ndletyana.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Undecided voters could have big say as polls show ANC on the up, and a DA dip on eve of elections
The only poll that matters is on Wednesday, when South Africans registered to vote have the opportunity to draw their cross behind the parties or, for the first time, the independent candidates of their choice.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Election 2024: One for the history books
Wednesday’s election is one for the history books. It feels like a moment to remember, and you, the South African voters, will decide exactly how seminal it will be in the next few hours.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘We want justice’: Grieving Eastern Cape father asks why son, 13, was shot dead at school
Yanga Msongelwa, a Grade 8 pupil at Matafeni Junior Secondary School, died at the scene on Thursday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Religious rights commission accused of refusing to hand over KwaSizaBantu documents for review
The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Cultural, Religious and Linguistics Communities has been given an ultimatum to provide all the documents it used for its conclusions on the controversial KwaSizaBantu Mission in KwaZulu-Natal, so that the report can be taken on review.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SEE | Cape Flats families gear up for elections, hoping their votes will bring change
Mitchells Plain is one of the many areas on the Cape Flats which is plagued by drugs, unemployment and gangsterism.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Gauteng coalition talks unaffected by ANC-EFF friction as EFF eyes official opposition status
Icy relations between the ANC in Gauteng and its EFF counterpart would not have any bearing on coalition talks, which could start as soon as results were declared.
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