The General Assembly backed Palestine’s membership bid on 10 May 2024. Nine countries voted against. Voting records are the part of diplomacy that cannot be reworded later. [...]
News and Updates
Coordinate, communicate, network. SAMNET’s call to plan a united effort around the first anniversary of 7 October — and to let others lead where they can. [...]
SAMNET called on citizens in India to lodge objections to the Waqf Amendment Bill before 13 September 2024. Legislative safeguards only work if they are used. [...]
Nine questions to ask before pressing share — on audience, echo chambers, preaching versus teaching, and whether a post is for us or for anyone else. [...]
The Electoral Reform Consultation Panel invited written submissions on whether and how South Africa’s electoral system should change. SAMNET urged civil society to make them. [...]
For every R100 and 100 hours spent responding to disaster, spend R5 and five hours making sure it goes away. SAMNET on root causes, alcohol, and where our giving actually goes. [...]
Fourteen parties declared donations in the first quarter of 2024, in amounts that do not add up. Parties are public entities and should declare all income, expenditure and assets. [...]
Australia is debating a full ban on gambling advertising. South Africa is not debating anything. SAMNET repeats its call for proactive legislation. [...]
GroundUp asked ten departments about the billions they spend and published what came back. Several were in breach of their own disclosure policy. [...]
R47.2 billion in revenue, more than half of it online, treatment referrals doubled and self-exclusion requests up 240%. SAMNET calls for tobacco-style advertising restrictions. [...]
When protesters reached the Abdullah Quilliam Mosque in Liverpool, local non-Muslim residents stood with the Musalees. That did not happen by accident — it took years of engagement. [...]
SAMNET’s 2024 call to Ulema, Imaams and Trustees: open your Musjid from 2pm to 4pm on 24 September and host your neighbours. [...]