SAMNET calls on environmental professionals to scrutinise DFFE proposals that would let SANParks approve developments without the usual statutory checks. The answer to inefficiency is better systems, not fewer protections. [...]
News and Updates
SAMNET does not endorse or exclude any party. Ahead of the 2024 elections it published a “maybe” and “maybe not” list weighing values, experience and strategic voting. [...]
Of 7 795 qualifications conferred at UKZN’s 2024 Autumn Graduation, women made up 65.76% of all graduates, 69.57% of cum laude and 72.73% of summa cum laude graduands. [...]
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. [...]
Three insights from the SAMNET 2024 Election Survey: near-universal intention to vote, Gaza as a decisive voting factor for 85%, and governance, delivery and safety as the leading domestic determinants. [...]
Interim findings from the SAMNET 2024 Election Survey: 30% intended to vote but had not decided who for, and almost half had taken part in a march or protest in the last four years. [...]
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. [...]
SAMNET’s third national and provincial election survey ran from 21 to 28 April 2024, anonymously, ahead of the May elections. [...]
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. [...]
A Muslim pupil lost a High Court challenge to Michaela Community School’s prayer ritual ban. SAMNET on assimilation versus integration, and on when a rule itself is the problem. [...]
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. [...]