The veto is a vestige of a colonial and post-war order that has passed. Africa has the largest bloc of UN members and not one permanent seat. Reform should mean removing the veto, not adding to it. [...]
Addiction among children and youth needs a strategy led by legislation on advertising, access and impact. No amount of economic contribution compares to the impact on a child’s body and mind. [...]
The UK Foreign Office put terrorism at the top of its travel advisory for South Africa. Any honest risk assessment would put ordinary crime first. SAMNET on what the ranking might really be about. [...]
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called for an immediate ceasefire, the release of hostages, and full unfettered humanitarian access — and said those delivering aid must never be attacked. [...]
Home Affairs opened on Saturdays from April to 25 May 2024 for ID applications, collections and corrections, with a new appointment booking system. An ID is the gateway to services — and to voting. [...]
Relief alone is not the answer. For every 100 given to a crisis, give 1% to the work that prevents the next one — communication, lobbying, research, and training the specialists it takes decades to produce. [...]
Qatar was scrutinised over workers and desert heat before the World Cup. Three years later, Florida’s Senate banned cities from requiring water breaks and shade for outdoor workers. The standard should be universal. [...]
SAMNET extends its sympathies after three monks were killed and a fourth seriously injured in an attack in Johannesburg, and calls on government to take steps to protect religious institutions. [...]
Over 60% of processed drinking water in eThekwini is lost to failing infrastructure. SAMNET calls on citizens, local government, business and academia to act before the next crisis rather than after it. [...]
SAMNET on the SAHRC ruling on non-gendered school uniforms, and why decisions of this kind are taken in rooms parents are entitled to be in — and too often are not. [...]
SAMRC research finds 26.3% of university students currently use e-cigarettes and 76.4% have been exposed to their marketing. SAMNET calls for the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill to be passed. [...]
SGB elections run at public schools from 1 March to 30 April 2024. Most Muslim learners are in public schools, usually as a minority. How the vote works, how to vote strategically, and why a school with no engaged parents is far harder to work with when something goes wrong. [...]