A third of South Africa’s farming income depends on irrigation. Disruptions in power supply put huge chunks of the country’s agricultural fortunes at risk.
Making the green energy transition a success requires governments to pay attention to environmental factors and socioeconomic imperatives.
Students from the University of Johannesburg: finding jobs even for graduates is tough in South Africa.
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Social grants are the largest source of support for many vulnerable groups. They are the government’s primary response to poverty, food insecurity and inequality.
Security companies suggest that criminals take advantage of the fact that many home and business security systems get compromised during power outages.
Acquired land was used mostly for raising livestock rather than growing fruit, vegetables or field crops.
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The government’s approach to redistributing farmland has been mostly ineffective. Failure can be attributed to limited implementation, poor institutional capacity and corruption.
A family of African elephants walk through the Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province.
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International experience suggests South Africa can benefit by focusing on a simple restructuring of its power utility, allowing well-run state-owned entities to flourish.
The governing ANC’s policy proposals don’t inspire confidence.
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The deliberations were characterised by disingenuous, counter-factual policy pronouncements, and de facto denials of the ANC’s culpability in causing many of the current problems facing the country.
Refugees and asylum seekers were forced to live in the open in Cape Town following xenophobic attacks in 2019.
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Despite regular incidents of anti-migrant violence, peaceful and mutually beneficial relationships between South Africans and migrants can and do exist.
Land ownership in South Africa remains skewed towards white farmers.
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