SA youth: Equal opportunity remains a dream
By HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE – Statistics South Africa recently announced that youth unemployment in South Africa had fallen to 36.1% – that’s a 3.4% drop since 2008. I want to tell you (as a young person) not to worry about this, because it seems to be a global trend, but do … do worry about […]
City of Jo’burg blamed for not providing homes for evictees
By KWANELE SOSIBO – The Socioeconomic Rights Institute of South Africa (Seri-SA) has accused the City of Johannesburg of doing nothing to provide alternative accommodation for evictees since the landmark 2011 Blue Moonlight judgment, which put the onus for providing alternative accommodation for private evictees on its doorstep. Earlier this week, over 1 000 occupiers of several inner city Johannesburg buildings issued […]
SADC handbook must reintroduce ‘free and fair’ to elections
By WEBSTER ZAMBARA – This year, the Southern African Development Community celebrates 10 years since the creation and adoption of 15 guidelines and principles governing the conduct of elections. In 1996, as part of their commitment to regional political integration, SADC member states established the organ on politics, defence, security and co-operation (OPDSC), the protocol […]
SA youth would rather work for govt
Fin24 Cape Town – Two thirds (67%) of SA’s youth surveyed think the government is the best way to earn a good living, according new research from the University of Cape Town (UCT) for the latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). About 61% of the youth surveyed thought that those who start their own business have […]
Experts: Govt faces terrible mining quandary
By Terry Bell – Cape Town – To salvage jobs and a future for the platinum mining industry in South Africa, the government should ban open cast mining that employs far fewer people, damages the water table and creates environmental havoc. So says mining expert Peter Major, who is a mining and resources head for […]
No more farms grabs, Zimbabwe assures EU
News 24 Zimbabwe has reportedly assured the European Union that the country won’t engage in farms grabs anymore, as the government strives to lure foreign investment to revive an ailing economy. This comes as the country strives to lure foreign investment to revive an ailing economy. According to New Zimbabwe.com, Environment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere said no more farms […]
SADC BIG NEWSLETTER ISSUE 3
The latest issue of the SADC BIG Campaign Newsletter is out. Click here for more
Why a SADC BIG funded predominantly from taxing extractives should be seriously considered!
Fundamentally, fiscal policy shapes the environment in which trade, investment and development take place. Central to the current economic development agenda, taxation should provide the stable flow of revenue to finance numerous development priorities both physical and socioeconomic, such as strengthening physical infrastructure or social protection measures, among others.
Marikana: Top police commander clueless on police policy
GABI FALANGA – A top cop told the Farlam commission on Tuesday that he could not recall ever seeing the police’s official crime scene policy. Lieutenant Colonel Kaizer Modiba was the operational commander of the national intervention unit (NIU) members who were present at Marikana on August 16 2012, when 34 striking miners were shot […]
Africa Tax and Inequality Report February 2014
By Christian Aid – After a decade of high growth, a new narrative of optimism has taken hold about Africa and its economic prospects. Alongside buoyant growth rates, there has been some poverty reduction and some positive progress in sectors such as health and education. However, despite this, there is a broad consensus that progress […]
