May 17, 2022
South Africa: Where Is the Outrage Over the Murder of Nokuthula Mabaso - Another Abahlali Killing With Impunity?
This weekend the shack dwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo buried another leader, Nokuthula Mabaso, murdered in front of her children. Abahlali claims ANC and state complicity… Read more »
May 16, 2022
South Africa: Ukraine - South Africa Is Not Neutral, We Are Non-Aligned
Alvin Botes is South Africa's Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation. Read more »
South Africa: First Early Childhood Development Census Reveals Underfunded and Underqualified Sector
The results of the Early Childhood Development Census 2021 were released on Friday, 13 May. The new data will be used for a centralised management information system to improve… Read more »
South Africa: Why the Inner Condom Can Take Your Sexual Pleasure to New Heights
The health department aims to distribute 40 million inner condoms per year to government health facilities. But orders from clinics and hospitals are so low that only 40% of this… Read more »
South Africa: Crack Open a Milk Stout and Listen Up - Here's How to to Mash Up Mother's Day and Ancestors' Day
Marianne Thamm has toiled as a journalist / writer / satirist / editor / columnist / author for over 30 years. She has published widely both locally and internationally. It was… Read more »
South Africa: The Intersection of Gender and Climate Justice Struggles in Xolobeni
Shireen Hassim, professor in the department of political studies at Wits University, and Beth Goldblatt, associate professor in the law faculty at the University of Technology… Read more »
South Africa: New Weapon in Fight Against Wildlife Crime Launched in Western Cape
A forensic academy in the Western Cape will make it easier to catch and prosecute poachers and other perpetrators of crimes against wildlife. The Wildlife Forensic Academy, a… Read more »
South Africa: Will SA Reserve Bank Interest Rate Hikes Cool the Housing Market?
Rising interest rates will have an impact on South Africa's housing market, according to industry players. But the degree of that impact and when it will be felt the most is… Read more »
South Africa: A Monumental Waste of Money - Govt's R22 Million Flag Project Flies Into a Storm of Criticism
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has been criticised for its plans to erect a monumental South African flag in Pretoria. The feasibility study will cost R5m, while the… Read more »
South Africa: SA Reserve Bank Widely Expected to Raise Interest Rates By 50 Basis Points On Thursday
Factors such as rapid policy normalisation and the associated recent sharp weakening of the rand-dollar exchange rate, as well as the sustained upside risks to domestic inflation,… Read more »
South Africa: No Chairs Were Thrown, but It Was a Good Meeting, Even for Ghosts
Even though Rama Soft wasn't there till it was over, the ANC Eastern Cape conference was thrilling for all factions. Read more »
Africa: Zambia Leaves South Africa Choking in Its Dust At the 2022 Mining Indaba
Investors are buying President Hakainde Hichelema's narrative of 'New Dawn' change, but remain sceptical about South Africa's vague promises to break bureaucratic logjams in its… Read more »
South Africa: Julius Malema Berates Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, Demands Disciplinary Action
The leader of the EFF, Julius Malema, has said it was inappropriate for Chief Justice Raymond Zondo to get involved in political matters, adding that the judge's comments about the… Read more »
South Africa: Exclusive - Gupta Legal Team Exits BDK Attorneys
Lawyers BDK confirm the departure of Rudi Krause and his son Stiaan who are heading to a new home. The pair have been responsible for much of the Gupta family's legal load and are… Read more »
South Africa: SA Reserve Bank Places Ubank Under Curatorship to Prevent Its Collapse
Ubank has enough money to meet the requirements of its customers and depositors - but it doesn't have enough money on its balance sheet, or in reserve, to survive unforeseen… Read more »
South Africa: Questionable, Sometimes Outright Dishonest Conduct By Handful of Lawyers a Worrying Trend
Pierre de Vos teaches Constitutional law at the University of Cape Town Law Faculty, where he is head of the Department of Public Law. He writes a blog, entitled 'Constitutionally… Read more »
South Africa: Govt Deploys Team to Intervene in Crisis-Ridden Enoch Mgijima Municipality
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on Friday introduced Dr Monde Tom as the national Cabinet representative in the struggling Enoch Mgijima municipality. Read more »
South Africa: Former Police Commissioner Phahlane Fails to Have R191 Million 'Blue Light' Case Struck Off Roll
A bid by the former acting National Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane and his co-accused to have the R191-million 'blue light' fraud and theft case struck off the roll has… Read more »
May 15, 2022
South Africa: Stage 3 Load Shedding Starting This Week
Proving their point, Eskom has announced load shedding until they have at least an additional 4,000MW of generation capacity to allow them the space to take some of their units off… Read more »
May 13, 2022
South Africa: Mopani Worms Stake a Claim On the Global Stage
Insects. They are what we're told we'll all soon be eating if we care about the planet. For Wendy Vesela-Ntimbani, born in Limpopo, the mopani worm has been a culinary favourite… Read more »
South Africa: Eat and Drink the City's Best, All in One Parkwood Block
Jozi is big, taking up twice the area of New York City. And it's spread out. People from other South African cities don't always get that there are such enormously good food and… Read more »
May 12, 2022
South Africa: From a Township Hospital in South Africa to the Ukraine Border, an Expat Doctor Has Seen the Trauma of Poverty and Now War
Russian forces may have been pushed from the outskirts of Kyiv, but they are pressing harder along the front in the east and south of the country. A Cape Town doctor has seen a… Read more »
May 11, 2022
South Africa: Russia Rescued the Rouble - What Does That Say About the Rand?
Most pundits considered the capitulation of Ukraine to be inevitable. Its resilience was lauded, but the outcome of a conflict was deemed inevitable. A country of 44 million was… Read more »
May 10, 2022
South Africa: Ramaphosa Makes a Fresh Pledge to Cut Red Tape for Mining Sector
President Cyril Ramaphosa once again made a commitment to cut red tape at the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town. But the sector still faces tape galore and is seeing… Read more »
South Africa: Industry Commits to New Social-Economic Reporting Framework
At the Cape Town Mining Indaba this week, the International Council on Mining and Metals unveiled a new Social and Economic Reporting Framework for its members, who represent a… Read more »