8+ hour, 18+ min ago   (603+ words) The Electoral Commission has drawn a hard line under Friday’s 5pm deadline for political parties and independent candidates to submit their lists for the 2026 local government elections, with chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo saying no corrections or amendments will be permitted…...

8+ hour, 18+ min ago   (614+ words) There’s an idiom that appears on social media platforms every so often. This or that person, the idiom goes, “lives rent-free” in someone’s head. There is some merit to that claim. We cannot ignore silliness as a driver of public…...

8+ hour, 18+ min ago   (704+ words) The ANC insults South Africa by fronting its local election campaign with its first deputy secretary-general, the disgraced Nomvula Mokonyane (“ANC wants Gauteng to be a ‘megatropolis’”, August 23). Voters have not forgotten who this woman is. In 2019 Mokonyane was implicated…...

8+ hour, 18+ min ago   (661+ words) Whether it is a substantive wage negotiation between trade unions and employers or negotiations between countries aimed at bringing a war to an end, there are striking commonalities when such negotiations reach an impasse or go off the rails. The…...

8+ hour, 18+ min ago   (472+ words) One of the most understated issues in public policy is who makes decisions within a household and how the exercise of that power can have differentiated impacts on the wellbeing of individual members of the household. In The Economics of…...

8+ hour, 18+ min ago   (184+ words) While the ANC intended to use its manifesto launch in Diepsloot to argue that it can still run South Africa’s municipalities, the highly disorganised event instead painted a clear picture of the party’s ongoing struggles. At the venue in Riverside…...

19+ hour, 55+ min ago   (292+ words) It is no secret that South Africa is facing serious headwinds. Statistics South Africa reports that youth unemployment among 25- to 34-year-olds is at 40.6%. Labour absorption into the economy is low across the board. Possessing a tertiary qualification is hardly a…...

21+ hour, 9+ min ago   (783+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa says the government is investigating alleged attempts by forces outside South Africa to influence and instigate some of the violence against foreign nationals, while rejecting claims that South Africa is losing its standing as a Pan-African voice....

23+ hour, 14+ min ago   (75+ words) Business Day RECORDED | Ramaphosa faces MPs for Q&A session President Cyril Ramaphosa is in the National Assembly on Tuesday for a question-and-answer session. MPs are expected to grill Ramaphosa about service delivery challenges and the government’s plan to ensure…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (550+ words) Joburg will need external financial support to help it arrest its deepening fiscal crisis, but any intervention by national government should be tied to strict conditions aimed at forcing a turnaround in the city’s finances, says the Centre for Development…...