Africa: ZCTU Blames South Africa’s Soft Stance On Zimbabwe for Migration Crisis

Africa: ZCTU Blames South Africa’s Soft Stance On Zimbabwe for Migration Crisis

Discover moreFashion News ArticlesEpaper Access SubscriptionBusiness News AnalysisTHE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has blamed neighboring South Africa’s (SA) soft stance on Zimbabwe’s political crisis for the continued migration crisis. The remarks come on the back of escalating xenophobic attacks in SA in the recent past. This week media reports indicated that more than…

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Africa: ZCTU Blames South Africa’s Soft Stance On Zimbabwe for Migration Crisis

Africa: Sharks, Seals, Hunters, Tourists – How Wildlife-Human Interactions Matter for Conservation

Our relationships with wildlife are dynamic. They can change rapidly and unexpectedly. In South Africa, these changes are visible in tourists searching kelp forests in Cape Town for octopuses and communities contesting baboon management in suburbs. Similar changes are playing out worldwide as people and wildlife increasingly share space and as wildlife communities, human practices,…

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CFO-CISO rift over security spend gives attackers an edge

CFO-CISO rift over security spend gives attackers an edge

CFOs and CISOs continue to clash over cyber security spend, a situation worsened by organisations erroneously equating spend with resilience. (Image:123RF) CFOs and CISOs are increasingly at odds over cyber security spending as companies invest heavily in tools while neglecting resilience, recovery and business continuity, according to industry experts. Richard Ford, group CTO at Integrity360,…

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Africa: ‘Avoid Using the Term’ – Oxfam in Africa Retracts LGBTQ Censorship Guide

Africa: ‘Avoid Using the Term’ – Oxfam in Africa Retracts LGBTQ Censorship Guide

Bangkok — “Oxfam in Africa has departed from the values that govern the Oxfam Confederation.” Oxfam in Africa has walked back internal guidelines that would have barred staff from mentioning LGBTQ rights in public, work-related communications. “No proactive communications linking Oxfam’s brand in Africa or Africans to LGBTQIA+ issues and its derivatives,” instructs a now-shelved…

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Africa: ZCTU Blames South Africa’s Soft Stance On Zimbabwe for Migration Crisis

African Security and a Financial Architecture in Retreat

African security is conventionally analysed in terms of armed groups, peacekeeping, and counterterrorism. However, what increasingly shapes the political order African states can build is none of these. It is the rate at which states borrow money, in an architecture designed by their creditors. At a time when the multilateral peace and security architecture is…

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