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Everyone deserves a proper and dignified toilet
A toilet is one of the most important places that is normally taken for granted. Proper toilets provide human dignity and self-confidence giving people a head start in life. A toilet plays a very important role in creating a powerful economy as well as enhancing the health and preserving the dignity of safety of people, […]
Water security in the face of climate change
South Africa is a water scarce and one of the driest countries in the world and the continuing drop in water volumes in the water resources and less than required rain is having a serious dent in water availability and putting a strain on water security for the current generation which will also affect future […]
Tourism revenue will preserve nature’s magic and majesty
Conservation is expensive and crucial. Capital, drawn by South Africa’s wild mysteries and magic, can fund it, as well as socioeconomic development. South Africa faces major challenges and opportunities: develop an inclusive economy that addresses poverty, unemployment and inequality while preserving the resources that sustain us. We must abdicate our unenviable position […]
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It’s time to embrace the power of cultural democracy, incompleteness and conviviality
As humans living in a deeply polarised world, we often carry stereotypes and assumptions in our heads about people who are different from us and those who do not fit into our preconceived ideas about the way things should be. One plausible reason may be due to a lack of proper knowledge and open-mindedness needed […]
The end of French economic dominance in West Africa
It has taken 75 years, but finally the francophone countries of West Africa have broken free from one of the last vestiges of French colonialism – the CFA franc. Since 1945 West and Central African nations have been pegged to the French franc and then the Euro, and had 50% of their foreign reserves held […]
Crime plagues every sector of SA
It’s the New Year, but it’s the Same Old Story: crime plagues every sector of South Africa, and South Africa acts as if it is powerless to stop it. The non-stop onslaught of lawlessness is terrifying: murders, robberies, rapes, kidnappings, hijackings, white-collar crime…the list goes on. Every day there are 58 murders in our country. A woman is raped every 10 minutes. In the time […]
INNOVATION
Start up, go global, get paid – all with crypto
I have seen it time and time again: smart, young African entrepreneurs, who have the potential to turn their independent online businesses into the...
EDUCATION
South Africa is heading for a credit rating downgrade to junk...
Eskom continues to pose a great threat to South Africa’s economy, making it likely that South Africa will be downgraded to junk status in...
ECONOMICS
South Africa is heading for a credit rating downgrade to junk...
Eskom continues to pose a great threat to South Africa’s economy, making it likely that South Africa will be downgraded to junk status in...
