Numerous concerns have been raised about the National Health Insurance (NHI), with some dismissively described as fearmongering. However, some concerns are valid and with so much at stake, they must be treated with due caution. To great credit, the Department of Health has attempted to address some of the concerns in a recent publication Fact … Read more
On the morning of August 6, 2013, John Makwekana, an unofficial trader at Warwick Junction in Durban, left his trading stand in the care of his assistant. Later that day, the assistant, in turn, left the stall in the care of a nearby merchant while he went to buy food at a nearby supermarket. Although … Read more
No major terrorist attacks have been reported in northern Côte d’Ivoire over the past two years, which indicates that its approach to addressing the problem has been effective. With so many other countries in West Africa still facing a growing threat, what is this country doing right? Côte d’Ivoire’s border region with Burkina Faso came … Read more
Brazilian President Lula da Silva attacked the global economic system at the International Finance Summit last month in Paris, Criticize The dominance of the United States dollar (US) as the currency of international trade. is earlier Proposal A BRICS currency similar to the euro as an alternative, and they propose to discuss this at the … Read more
The wave of relief that swept the country after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not attend the BRICS summit in person was evident. Putin, wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes related to the organized kidnapping of Ukrainian children, is a global pariah and responsible for the invasion … Read more
While there are renewed risks in global agriculture, such as India’s ban on rice exports and the termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative that facilitated the export of grains and oilseeds from Ukraine, consumer food inflation in South Africa should continue to slow through the second half of the year. One of the major … Read more
India officially announced A ban on rice exports On Thursday, July 20th. But it doesn’t cover all rice categories as some analysts, myself included, initially feared. It is mainly a ban on non-basmati and broken white rice. However, this affected group is significant. It accounts for 45% of the 22 million tons of rice that … Read more
After months of speculation, a decision has finally been made – Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit in August in South Africa. This “get out of jail” card eliminates the need for Pretoria to decide this embarrassing diplomatic and legal dilemma. In March, the … Read more
In early July, the presidents of Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia launched the Lobito Atlantic Corridor project along a railway that stretches nearly 1,300km from the Angolan port of Lobito to the DRC border, continuing for 400km to the heart of the copper and cobalt mines around Kolwezi. An extension is … Read more