Moneyweb@Midday

‘The kingpins who are involved, the politicians, the corporations, the security companies, the labour brokers and so on, who are all involved, don't want this to end and they don't want it to be legalised and regulated,’ says lead researcher at Bench Marks Foundation, David van Wyk.

A roundup of news, including a look at how SA could put an end to illegal mining.

A look at plans by the SABC to effectively collect TV licence fees, the relevance of unions and a group of scholars translates George Orwell's Animal Farm into Shona.

‘We are owed over R4 billion by the six municipalities, and we are trying and negotiating with municipalities… and also following the intergovernmental process so that we do get money from these municipalities,’ says spokesperson at Rand Water, Makenosi Maroo.

A roundup of news, including a look at how SA will fare in this week’s Agoa review.

Growing calls for harsher punishment for police VIP units accused of assaulting motorists and concerns over the ability of many South Africans to afford food.

‘It's R8 million per person protected per year for a group of people, many of whom frankly do not require VIP protection as far as I'm concerned,’ says Daily Maverick columnist and activist, Mark Heywood.

A round-up of news, including a look at whether SA politicians really need blue light brigades. A look at how the Banyana Banyana dispute could be resolved and the EFF turns 10 … what impact has the party had on SA politics?

‘The first change that we need to think about with whistleblowers is that not everyone is going to be internal, and we need to expand our thinking around the concept of a whistleblower,’ says director in dispute resolution at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, Tendai Jangara.

A round-up of news, including a look at why SA needs better protection laws for whistleblowers.

As Zimbabwe prepares for its elections, opposition parties in that country are worried about whether they will be free and fair, suggestions on how to improve SA's school capacity problems and will plans for a 'moonshot pact' by opposition parties in South Africa work?

‘We need to have the resilience, we need to have the constant flexibility of upskilling, reskilling through e-learning predominantly so that we are ready for the world economy, not only for our South African economy,’ says director of nonprofit youth@WORK, Erica Kempken.

A round-up of news updates, including the risks associated with the new grid rules and SA's tech skills shortage and the Banyana Banyana-SAFA saga