South Africa does child support grants well, but not other welfare services
Sep 05, 2016 05:55 am UTC| Life Law
When Jabuliles young niece, Thando, came to live with her, she immediately treated her in the same way she treated her own four children, despite the financial pressures of having an extra mouth to feed. Thandos mother,...
Direct Action not as motivating as carbon tax say some of Australia's biggest emitters
Sep 02, 2016 06:57 am UTC| Nature Law
Australias largest listed, carbon intensive companies say management lost focus on carbon matters, abandoned energy projects and didnt have the commercial imperative to produce long-term strategic action on reducing...
Does TPP's slow death mean the world is now unsafe for trade deals?
Sep 02, 2016 06:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
It seems that the world has become unsafe for trade agreements. In particular, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a major new trade deal among the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations, has become a political...
How civic intelligence can teach what it means to be a citizen
Sep 02, 2016 06:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
This political season, citizens will be determining who will represent them in the government. This, of course, includes deciding who will be the next president, but also who will serve in thousands of less prominent...
ACCC unlikely to secure compensation for Volkswagen customers
Sep 02, 2016 06:12 am UTC| Law Business
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commissions (ACCC) is unlikely to secure compensation for customers from German car maker Volkswagen and its Australian subsidiary for breaching emission standards. This is because...
ACCC takes VW to court -- but will it help consumers?
Sep 02, 2016 06:10 am UTC| Law Business
Yesterday the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced that it has instituted proceedings against Volkswagen (VW). The ACCC is pursuing VW for allegedly misleading consumers (in contravention of...
How American policing fails neighborhoods -- and cops
Sep 02, 2016 06:02 am UTC| Law Life
How should we understand the violence, counterviolence and civil unrest that mark the current era in American policing? And, based on this understanding, what can we do to stop it? Rather than focus on the...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects