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Metropolitan municipalities’ revenues ails – and its not COVID-19

In an attempt to delay the spread of COVID-19, South Africa entered its first “lockdown”...

SAPS must be given crime reduction targets & held accountable

To bring about a reduction in crime in South Africa the South African Police service...

Social compact needed to restore SA’s restaurant, fast food industries

This week the Minister of Tourism Mmamoloko  Kubayi-Ngubane appealed to restaurants in the industry to...

The magic of Malawi – leading the way in Africa with census geospatial information

This small landlocked country in south-east Africa is one of the true pearls of the...

Township economies must be a key focus for development – and accurate data is crucial

An economic strategy for reviving South African townships after the pandemic must address the massive...

SA’s Crime – One of the Worst in the World

South Africa is ranked as one of the top crime countries of the world and...

Smaller Fast Food Outlets Part of SA’s Future

An analysis of the South African fast food industry in 2019 showed that there was...

SA as an Innovation State – Missing In Action?

I was fortunate to watch Mariana Mazzucato being interviewed and talking about her book on...

Other Foundation partners AfricaScope on Survey of People’s Perceptions to LGBTI Issues – Botswana & Eswatini

In 2018, AfricaScope South Africa assisted the Other Foundation in conducting a perception survey on...

A lack of access to information is constraining a unified fight against Covid-19

The fight against Covid-19 must be evidence-based through the use of information. This does not...