March 11
South Africa: Daily Maverick Founders Call On Competition Commission to Ensure Fairness in Skewed Media Sector
If social media platforms are not brought into line, the news industry will collapse, the Competition Commission's Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry has heard. Read more »
March 07
South Africa: Confidentiality Is Not Secrecy, Says Gordhan, After MPs Fall in Line to Keep Mum On SAA Deal
Parliament's public enterprises committee accepted commercial interest as the reason to not disclose details of SAA's sale to Takatso. The 51% sale of the national airliner is… Read more »
March 06
South Africa: Professor Edward Webster - Hamba Kahle, Madala of Sociology
Academics and activists have mourned the death of Professor Emeritus Edward Webster, who pioneered the sub-discipline of industrial sociology in South Africa. Read more »
South Africa: Ramaphosa Defends Zondo Appointment Despite Dismal Showing in JSC Process
Documents submitted by President Cyril Ramaphosa reveal that Justice Zondo was the least favoured candidate in interviews conducted by the Judicial Service Commission. Read more »
March 07
South Africa: South Africa Asks ICJ to Urgently Act to Prevent 'Full-Scale Famine' in Gaza
South Africa has again approached the International Court of Justice, with an urgent plea to issue additional emergency measures and modifications to its earlier order against… Read more »
March 06
South Africa: How Google and Facebook Are Killing Local News Publications
This week the Competition Commission is probing how online news is affected by AI chatbots, search and advertising technology. The outcome of the hearings is important for the… Read more »
March 07
South Africa: Once Again At the Centre of Pre-Election Attention - - the ANC's Electoral Lists
The leadership of the ANC is again grappling with the question of (or fighting over) who to include in its party lists -- an issue that remains unchanged from 10 years ago. Again,… Read more »
South Africa: There's Cause to Be Optimistic About South Africa's Economic Prospects
South Africa's economic trajectory is steadily changing for the better. It must be underpinned by South Africans acting together to intensify the reconstruction and recovery… Read more »
March 06
South Africa: Facing 76 Murder Counts, Man Accused of Starting Usindiso Building Fire Retracts Confession
Sthembiso Mdlalose has retracted his confession that he started the Marshalltown fire that killed 76 people and said he intends to plead not guilty to 76 counts of murder and 86… Read more »
South Africa: Mantashe Allays Fears of Looming SA Gas Crisis Amid Protests Against Continued Use of the Fuel
Outside the Africa Energy Indaba where Gwede Mantashe was speaking, Extinction Rebellion and the Green Connection protested against 'green gas' and the intent to turn to gas as a… Read more »
March 05
South Africa: Five Key Takeaways From the Knysna Service Delivery Diagnostic Report
A breakdown in communication between residents and council, high staff vacancies and interference from councillors were key issues raised in a provincial government's diagnostic… Read more »
Africa: Malicious Actors - Five Ways to Detect Coordinated Electoral Disinformation Campaigns
Find out how to identify the digital deceptions used to derail electoral integrity as African countries prepare for crucial polls. Read more »
South Africa: Education and Health Take Biggest Slice of R165bn Gauteng Budget, but Social Development Spending Cut
Finance MEC Jacob Mamabolo tabled the final Gauteng budget of the sixth administration on Tuesday. Opposition parties criticised it as electioneering. Read more »
South Africa: Cape Town's Iconic Cycle Tour Geared to Host 30,000 Riders in Perfect Weather
With clear skies, warm temperatures and a light breeze expected on Sunday, conditions are set to be perfect for both an intense 109km epic and a tranquil 42km cruise on two wheels… Read more »
South Africa: Concerns Raised As Another Livestock Carrier Set to Traverse Cape of Good Hope
The livestock carrier MV Bahijah, carrying 16,000 animals, will travel to the Port of Haifa in Israel via the Cape of Good Hope. While it's not expected to dock in South Africa,… Read more »
Eswatini: Eswatini Court Postpones Extradition Case Against Two AKA Murder Suspects
The four Ndimande brothers are among a group of seven suspects arrested in connection with the murder of award-winning South African hip-hop artist Kiernan 'AKA' Forbes and his… Read more »
March 04
South Africa: Domestic Four-Day Series a Welcome Display of South Africa's Depth of Talent
Seemingly out of nowhere, Delano Potgieter put up his hand for the Lions in the four-day cricket series final to guide his side to victory. Read more »
March 05
South Africa: Vulnerable Populations Laughed At, Judged and Denied Services in SA Public Health Facilities
The third edition of the Ritshidze 'State of Healthcare for Key Populations' report highlights how key populations continue to face abuse, humiliation and denial of services when… Read more »
March 04
South Africa: If Zuma's Mk Makes an Impact in Mpumalanga and Gauteng, ANC-IFP-DA Coalition Will Be Necessary
Last year's Ipsos poll suggests that the former president's Lazarus moment with the uMkhonto Wesizwe party adds to the African National Congress's woes, but is not the cause of… Read more »
South Africa: Showdown Looms Over ANC's Poll Lists After Chief Justice Zondo Enters the Fray
A battle in the ANC over whether to give an election thumbs-down to cadres implicated in corruption and misconduct is likely to come to a head on Monday, 4 March. Read more »
March 03
South Africa: At the Exporters' Forum, Gas Touted As Cleanest Energy Source in Transition to Sustainable Fuels
At their summit in Algiers, leaders of gas-exporting countries asserted their sovereignty over their reserves and their determination to promote the resource as affordable,… Read more »
March 04
South Africa: Cape Town Cracks Down On Construction Mafias, but Violence and Extortion Persist
In 2024, gangs of extortionists have persisted in destabilising construction projects, but the metro says efforts to clamp down are seeing results. Read more »
March 03
South Africa: We Are Privileged to Live in a Flourishing, Messy, Raucous Democracy - Don't Squander Your Vote
Relatively unusual in Africa and large swathes of the world, we are free to choose whom we want to represent us, free to associate with whom we want, and to believe and say what we… Read more »
South Africa: Where Have Protest Songs Gone in This New Time of Struggle?
Throughout the history of struggle, song has been what generations of indentured and persecuted peoples have turned to as a salve that soothes a weary spirit, coaxing it to fight… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: After Mortar Fire Tragedy, Two SANDF Soldiers Deployed in DRC Die in Apparent Murder-Suicide
Just two weeks after two South African soldiers were killed by mortar fire in the Democratic Republic of Congo, two more SA soldiers died in an apparent murder-suicide in the… Read more »