South Africa: From Police to Private Security - How Legal Guns End Up in Criminal Hands

Illegal firearms are being funnelled into the hands of criminals from multiple sources, including the SAPS, private security companies, government institutions, those smuggled from… Read more »

South Africa: Despite R57m in Maintenance, Gqeberha Police Barracks Remain 'A Horror Show'

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has ordered an audit and urgent rectification plan for the deteriorating Algoa Park police barracks after finding broken… Read more »

South Africa: Database of Victim Testimony Details Months of Violence By March and March in Durban

Last month, on 3 September, March and March supporters converged on an encampment of displaced immigrants at Che Guevara Road in Durban in a 'clean-up' operation. But, in their own… Read more »

South Africa: SA Calls On Russia to Return Ukrainian Children and 'Urgently' End the War

President Cyril Ramaphosa has apparently spoken to Vladimir Putin about returning Ukrainian children taken to Russia. Read more »

South Africa: Ramaphosa Urges Caution As AU Supports South Sudan Elections

The African Union backs South Sudan's 26 December elections, while Cyril Ramaphosa warns that major political, security and institutional obstacles threaten credible polls. Read more »

South Africa: Ex-Defence Minister Mapisa-Nqakula Grilled Over Tenders, Millions and a Wig

Former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was cross-examined in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Thursday about the timeline of a R79m contract awarded to the woman who… Read more »

South Africa: Ex-Defence Minister Mapisa-Nqakula Denies Asking for R2m to Promote General

Mapisa-Nqakula says she never asked Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu for money and told the court her husband was 'unappointable' for the position he wanted despite serving in the SANDF… Read more »

South Africa: A R2m Promotion That Never Came - General Testifies How Career Unravelled

The State alleges Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula demanded R2m to secure Noel Ndhlovu's promotion in the defence force. When that didn't happen, the retired major general says he was… Read more »

South Africa: Hermanus Schoolboy in Russian Military Uniform Raises Alarm

Ukrainians have protested against Russia's 'militarising and indoctrinating' South Africa's youth after a social media post showed pictures of a schoolboy in Russian uniform that… Read more »

Africa: Angola's Russia Spy Trial Signals a New Phase of Information Warfare in Africa

Angola's legal action against Russian nationals underscores a pivotal shift in Africa's approach to information warfare, challenging external narratives and asserting national… Read more »

South Africa: Concourt Affirms Asylum Seekers' Rights, Declares Parts of Refugees Act Unconstitutional

The Constitutional Court has ruled that procedural delays cannot be used to reject asylum applications, ensuring all claims are evaluated on their merits and protecting vulnerable… Read more »

South Africa: Fifty Years After Soweto - Echoes of Resistance and Hope

Fifty years ago, Michael le Cordeur was in matric and reflects on that day, 16 June 1976, and how it irreversibly changed the landscape of South African history. Read more »

South Africa: As SA's Public Services Falter, Emergency Response Industry Faces a Privatisation Moment

In the face of failing public services, South Africans are increasingly turning to private emergency response options, with tech platforms like Aura leading the charge. Read more »

Africa: African Ambassadors Clarify Africa Day Plans Amid Rising Xenophobic Tensions

In response to xenophobic tensions, African ambassadors clarify they are postponing their own Africa Day celebrations for security reasons, not boycotting the main event in South… Read more »

South Africa: Iran War and Automation Revolution Set to Steal Even More SA Jobs

An unemployment rate of more than 30% is the 'new normal' for South Africa, an insidious indicator that has defined this decade and Cyril Ramaphosa's presidency. And it could yet… Read more »

Africa: More Nations Plan to Call Out South Africa Govt Over Xenophobic Violence

As the number of xenophobic attacks rises, Mozambique is expected to become the latest African country to complain to Pretoria about the alleged mistreatment of its citizens.… Read more »

South Africa: Diesel Fuel Pricing Mechanism Is Finally Earmarked for an Overhaul

An unexpected result of the attacks on Iran is that the long-awaited discussion about how fuel is priced in South Africa has begun. Read more »

Africa: How War Weaponises Environmental Destruction and the Case for Legal Accountability

This is the second article examining the environmental cost of modern warfare. The first article in the series explored war as a powerful, compressed engine of pollution. Here we… Read more »

South Africa: How Middle East Conflict Is Hitting Your Investment Portfolio - What (Not) to Do

For South African investors, the impact of the Middle East conflict is not an abstract concept, but is showing up in the market through higher oil prices, inflation fears, rand… Read more »

South Africa: How the SANDF's Crime-Fighting Role Could Threaten State Legitimacy

The deployment of the SANDF to fight crime is a recipe for disaster and is likely to -- in a very public manner -- undermine the state's legitimate right to use violence. Read more »

South Africa: Ukraine's Ambassador to SA Refuses to Mourn Khamenei

Ambassador Olexander Scherba declined to sign a condolence book at the Iranian embassy 'due to the Shahed drones supplied to Russia'. Read more »

South Africa: South Africans Urged to Use 'Limited' Flights to Flee Middle East As Conflict Escalates

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has urgently advised more than 6,400 citizens in the Middle East to evacuate via limited commercial flights as attacks and… Read more »

South Africa: 'It's About Law, Not Politics' - SA's Dirco Boss On US-Israeli Strikes and Iran's Retaliation

In an interview with Daily Maverick, South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation director-general Zane Dangor says both the US-Israeli strikes on Iran -… Read more »

South Africa: SAPS Failure to Fight Crime Is Shameful, Say MPs As Army Deployment Nears

Parliament has heard that the SANDF deployment to fight gangsterism and illegal mining will last one year, but MPs lamented that the police had failed so badly that the army needed… Read more »

South Africa: Middle East Conflict - Oil and Gold Price Surge Will Shock South Africa

The spectre of oil at $100 (R1,607) a barrel will haunt the South African Reserve Bank's efforts to contain inflation. At the start of this year there were high hopes that the Bank… Read more »