22+ hour, 18+ min ago   (404+ words) South Africa needs roughly 30 000 newly qualified artisans a year to keep its economy running. We're training about 20 000 I'm not writing this to scare you. I'm writing it because there's a door standing wide open a few metres to the left…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (603+ words) With 11 months to the general election, Kenyan President William Ruto's directive restricting foreign nationals from small-scale retail and informal trade has become the latest flashpoint in a desperate re-election strategy defined by crisis management. The measure, framed publicly as economic…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (999+ words) Miranda Ntshangase and Zinzi Zungu are building pathways for a new generation of African creatives to enter the industry without leaving their language, culture and stories behind There are 12 official languages in South Africa. Some of the languages make it…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (793+ words) In three months, South Africa votes for municipal leaders. The billboards are coming. They always do. The faces grow larger. The promises grow wilder. The contact with reality shrinks. Fix the potholes. Create jobs. Bring back water. Now here is…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (758+ words) Real inclusion of women in the economy, and increased economic participation of young women could unlock up to US$287 billion in additional GDP - creating 23 million jobs across Africa by 2030 With MasterCard Foundation estimating that an increased economic participation of young…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1313+ words) The increasingly bitter trade war between the United States and Canada is raising new questions about the future of the two countries’ decades-long economic and political partnership. It is also forcing Ottawa to reconsider how it manages its dependence on…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1162+ words) Standard Bank expects South Africa’s property market to enter a “purple patch” over the next two to four years, even as weak economic growth, high borrowing costs and failing municipal infrastructure continue to cloud the outlook. The bank is positioning…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1129+ words) And then, from those homes and communities, you move into the policy world of conferences, strategies, task teams, implementation frameworks and carefully worded commitments. The distance between the two can be staggering. That experience changes the way you think about…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (377+ words) Concomitant to the effects of colonialism are what I term post-colonial issues/modern-day challenges. These modern-day challenges include a lack of proper governance, misuse of allocated funds and a misunderstanding of the principles that govern health economics, just to list…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (785+ words) The Kruger National Park is bringing key flood-damaged infrastructure back into operation, while the environment minister calls for future rebuilding to account for increasingly severe weather Key roads, bridges and tourism facilities in the Kruger National Park are being brought…...