March 28
South Africa: South Africa's Energy Crisis Is Driving a 'Solar Boom', but There's a Downside [analysis]
African Arguments
The privately-led quintupling of rooftop solar in 2 years takes some pressure off the grid but, without planning, risks deepening energy apartheid. Read more »
South Africa: Damning Report On 'State of Disrepair' of Many Police Stations
GroundUp
The committee recommended that SAPS finds a way to be less dependent on Public Works Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's New Energy Plan Needs a Mix of Nuclear, Gas, Renewables and Coal - Expert [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
South Africa's economy has been hard hit by 15 years of loadshedding (rolling blackouts). The country's coal-fired power plants have a maintenance backlog and frequently experience… Read more »
South Africa: Protected Products - What Makes Lamb From South Africa's Karoo and France's Mont Saint-Michel So Special [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
A meal or food shopping experience can be more interesting and enjoyable when you know more about a particular product, like what region it came from and the culture that shaped… Read more »
South Africa: Government Officially Scraps Disastrous E-Toll System [analysis]
Daily Maverick
It's finally official. Gauteng motorists can now breathe a sigh of relief following the government's official announcement and gazetting of its decision to scrap the disastrous… Read more »
South Africa: Focus On Children, Urges President of SA Society of Psychiatrists
spotlight
There are serious gaps in psychiatry regarding treatment, prevention and care for children and adolescents in South Africa. Offering solutions, Dr Anusha Lachman tells Spotlight… Read more »
South Africa: Legal Setback for Prasa Whistleblower
GroundUp
Fired head of legal Martha Ngoye's reinstatement overturned on appeal Read more »
South Africa: Police Van Knocks Over Woman, Breaks Her Pelvis, Shoots Rubber Bullets At Crowd and Drives Off
GroundUp
Nolwazi Tokhwe from Capricorn is being treated in hospital. She also has a fractured spine and injured right arm. Read more »
South Africa: New CEO Promises Brighter Future for State's Media Development Agency
GroundUp
But the MDDA's last clean audit was in 2020/21 and the board chair, flagged by the Nugent Commission, is still in office Read more »
South Africa: Snoekless Easter - Fish Shortage Bites Western Cape - South African News Briefs - March 28, 2024
allAfrica
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South Africa: Prasa Whistleblower Suffers Legal Setback in Fight for Reinstatement to State Entity
Daily Maverick
Fired head of legal Martha Ngoye's reinstatement has been overturned by the Labour Court of Appeal. Read more »
South Africa: Ramaphosa Cleared Again By Public Protector On Allegations of Misconduct
Daily Maverick
In the closing report into allegations stemming back to 2021, that President Cyril Ramaphosa personally invited a property development company to become part of the Mooikloof… Read more »
South Africa: Tony Heard's Final Wave - a Fighter for Social Justice and Media Freedom [opinion]
Daily Maverick
Anthony Hazlitt Heard, who died on 27 March aged 86, was an indefatigable fighter for social justice and media freedom with an impish sense of humour and an innate human empathy. Read more »
South Africa: From Planning to Procession With UCT's Gown Master
UCT
Mogamat Benjamin has worked at the University of Cape Town (UCT) since 1979. He has held a few positions within the Properties and Service Department over his 45-year tenure at the… Read more »
South Africa: 28s Gang Boss Accused Ralph Stanfield's Legal Woes Escalate - Court Hears About Another Charge [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Alleged 28 gang boss Ralph Stanfield, who together with his wife Nicole Johnson was arrested in a car theft case last year, has heard he may face yet another criminal charge --… Read more »
South Africa: X Marks the Spot
SAnews.gov.za
With the clock inching closer to Voting Day when citizens will mark their X next to the name of their preferred candidate in the 2024 general elections, it is important that we all… Read more »
South Africa: Interventions to Stabilise Water Supply in Durban South Coast Areas
SAnews.gov.za
The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality says the city is working around the clock to stabilise water supply in areas that are supplied through the South Coast Augmentation (SCA)… Read more »
Senegal: President Ramaphosa Congratulates Senegal President-Elect
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated Senegal's President-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, following that country's recent elections. Read more »
South Africa: Presidency Releases Energy Action Plan Update
SAnews.gov.za
The Presidency has released the 18-month update on the implementation of the Energy Action Plan (EAP). Read more »
South Africa: SANEF Pays Tribute to Veteran Journalist and Champion of Truth and Justice, Tony Heard [press release]
SANEF
The South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) stands in solemn remembrance as the media industry bids farewell to a titan of journalism, Tony Heard. Read more »
South Africa: KZN Man Sentenced to Four Life Terms for Murdering Family Members
SAnews.gov.za
A police investigation has secured four terms of life imprisonment for 35-year-old Nthutuko Mthethwa for the murder of three Mkhize family members at their home in Umntilombo,… Read more »
Africa: South Africa's Real Recession Hits Home [press release]
DA
By Dr Dion George MP, DA Shadow Minister of Finance Read more »
South Africa: Call to Use Child Car Seats
SAnews.gov.za
In anticipation of the increase in traffic volumes this Easter long weekend, the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has called for an investment in child car seats and… Read more »
South Africa: Court Tells Lottery Legal Manager to Pay Punitive Costs
GroundUp
"It is impossible to avoid the inference that this application is a tactic to delay, rather than finalise the disciplinary proceedings in good time," said acting Judge Johan… Read more »
South Africa: Motorists Urged to Prioritise Safety Ahead of Easter Weekend
SAnews.gov.za
As thousands of South Africans are set to hit the country's freeways for the long Easter weekend on Thursday, Newcastle Local Municipality Mayor Xolani Dube has urged all motorists… Read more »