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Pakistan’s Finance Minister has blamed the rupee slide on political turmoil

By Neelam Rahim The finance minister Miftah Ismail told the Reuters News Agency that the panic is primarily due to political turmoil, which he says should subside in a few days. The rupee fell 2% on Monday and 3% on Tuesday despite last week’s staff level agreement...

New Report Shows More Bad News than Good in Public Healthcare System in North West

By Neelam Rahim A new report on the state of the public healthcare system in the North West is more of a bad news scenario than good news. Ritshidze says in the newly released report that there was an improvement in specific indicators and deterioration in others...

Civil Society Calls On President to Act on Energy Crisis in the absence of Ministerial Response

By Neelam Rahim Civil society calls on President Cyril Ramaphosa to act on the energy crisis. They call on Department of Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe to urgently take a simple step required to allow additional renewable electricity capacity to...

Is Eskom trying to Dissuade South Africans from Using Solar Power?

Umm Muhammed Umar There's been outrage after it emerged that solar PV users could pay almost R1000 a month for Eskom grid tied electricity, based on the 2020/2021 proposal from the power utility. Eskom intends to submit a new tariff proposal to NERSA, the National...