Consumers can expect to fork out more as food prices continues to swell. This comes as the South African Reserve Bank announced an increase in the repo rate on Thursday. Governor of the South African Reserve Bank Lesetja Kganyago says since the previous meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee, inflation[…]
A handful of people stood at the entrance to the Company Gardens, Cape Town on Friday to picket against the United Kingdom’s government’s plan to ban city councils, public bodies and some student unions from boycotting “unethical” businesses, including those operating in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.[…]
One decision that will push the rating agencies to downgrade South Africa to “junk status” is the approval of the nuclear procurement programme, according to emerging markets economist Peter Montalto of Nomura. South Africa is currently placed one notch above “junk status”, officially known as non-investment grade. The next step[…]
On the eve of his 80th birthday this week, the last apartheid president FW de Klerk says his hands are clean. “The TRC [Truth and Ceconciliation commission] tried its level best to peg serious miscarriages of justice and gross violations of human rights on me,” he told the Cape Town[…]
South Africa and Saudi Arabian ACWA Power launched a $328 million (R5.045 billion) solar power plant in the Northern Cape province, as Africa’s most industrialised country rushes to expand its power supply and cut its coal reliance. The Bokpoort Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Project, developed by a consortium led by[…]
International Apartheid Week (IAW) 2016 is picking up momentum at campuses around the country this week, as student activists place Israel’s oppressive policies against Palestinians firmly on the national agenda. IAW is an annual international series of events that raises awareness of Israel’s apartheid policies, violations of international law and[…]
Voting stations saw dwindling numbers this past weekend as the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) officials stationed around Cape Town began the registration for the local municipal elections. On the weekend, VOC visited several registration venues and found a general interest in participating in this year’s elections. South Africans remain outraged[…]
The deaths of 20 people in three major crashes in parts of the country at the weekend should be a wake-up call to government to regulate the speed limit. Richard Benson, founder of Cape Town-based road organisation the Road Safety Action Campaign, was reacting to yet another weekend of carnage[…]
Palestinian activist, Dr. Uri Davis, will be visiting South Africa from March 7-13 on a national speaking tour as part of the 12th Annual International #IsraeliApartheidWeek (IAW) campaign. The speaking tour is made possible by the Embassy of the State of Palestine in South Africa. Dr. Uri Davis, of Jewish[…]
Malawi, which once battled to shelter more than a million Mozambican refugees fleeing that country’s brutal civil war, has gradually found itself in the same quagmire once again. Unlike the huge numbers of refugees it hosted during the conflict between 1977 and 1992, Malawi is currently hosting about 6000 Mozambicans,[…]
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