Gender Based Violence (GBV) has been declared a disaster and a pandemic which casts a long shadow of violence and suffering across our society intergenerationally. Gendered norms are not independent of the social, economic and cultural conditions in which they are shaped. Tandi Nzimande, the Chief Executive Officer at the GBVF Response Fund, emphasizes that […]
“Since 2008 – when 62 people, including 21 South Africans, 11 Mozambicans, 5 Zimbabweans and 3 Somalis, were killed – South Africa has been grappling with intermittent but widespread xenophobic harassment and violence against African and Asian foreign nationals living in the country, whether refugees, asylum seekers, or both documented and undocumented migrants”.1 BP 652 […]
Please JOIN US and REGISTER for our upcoming WEBINAR: SMALL BUSINESS AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION DATE: TUESDAY 14th JULY 2026 TIME: 15H00 – 16H15 Please JOIN US and PRE-REGISTER using this link: https://tinyurl.com/m44fwfmb Small Business and Poverty Alleviation – Webinar Invitation-3
Please JOIN US for this PRESENTATION by Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa, Minister of Co-operative Governance & Traditional Affairs, where he will focus on how local government reform could solve our various municipal crises and service delivery problems. He will also explore the future of coalition government.
DATE: THURSDAY 16th JULY 2026
TIME: 17H00 – 19H00
PLACE: Palmyra Room, at the KELVIN GROVE, 144 Campground Road, Newlands, Cape Town
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The various marches on June 30th against the presence of African foreigners in South Africa seemed to go off without the degree of chaos, violence and destruction that many people were afraid of. Among the many lessons that can be drawn from the day, and from the campaign preceding it, at least three concern issues […]
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The Congo Basin is one of the most strategically important ecological areas on the planet. As a true pillar of global climate balance, this vast forested region plays a crucial role in climate regulation, the preservation of biodiversity, and the survival of millions of people who depend on its natural resources. BP 651 – An […]
The notion of the deep state has become common in recent decades. It refers to the existence, real or imagined, of an unelected and permanent coterie of state officials, often including members of the security services, who conspire to run a country independently of, and even contrary to, the intentions of the duly elected governing […]
The Sanitary Dignity Programme (SDP) is a national initiative launched in 2019 to mitigate period poverty by providing free sanitary products to vulnerable learners in non-fee-paying schools (quintiles 1, 2, and 3), farm schools, and special-needs schools. It is led by the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) in collaboration with the […]
In an interview on 14th April, the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Njabulo Nzuza, disclosed what sounded, to all intents and purposes, like his department’s intention to invite Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders to apply for permanent residence in South Africa.2 These applications would then be judged on a case-by-case basis. BP 649 – Zimbabwe […]
