June 17
South Africa: Glyn Hall - The Unbeatable Fastness of Being
Glyn Hall has spent three decades building up South Africa's most successful motorsport team and export. Last month, in parallel with Red Bull's design guru, Adrian Newey, Hall… Read more »
June 18
South Africa: GNU Dawn SA Could Have Better Economic Prospects Than Broken Britain
It is arguably easier to imagine the South African economy recovering from years of load shedding and State Capture and returning to 3% GDP growth than a tired, sclerotic and… Read more »
South Africa: New KZN Premier Thami Ntuli Announces Coalition Cabinet During Inauguration Address
Newly inaugurated KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli did not waste any time on Tuesday, announcing his cabinet during his inauguration speech. Members are made up of representatives… Read more »
South Africa: KZN Battle Lines Drawn As ANC Defectors Stand for Zuma's Breakaway MK Party in Ward Polls
There are by-elections in six wards in uMzumbe in KwaZulu-Natal's Ugu district on Wednesday, triggered by the defection of ANC councillors to the newly formed breakaway uMkhonto… Read more »
South Africa: Liberalism's Last Stand - the GNU Represents a Last Chance. Let's See If SA Liberals Grasp It
Everything we have, every political thought was begged, borrowed or stolen from elsewhere: from warmed-over Sankarist sloganeering to anti-woke Americanisms to ecstatic… Read more »
South Africa: After the Bell - SA Mining Companies Find That the Grass Is Not Always Greener On the Other Side
Gold Fields high-tailed it out of Dodge to greener pastures -- pastures which, high up in the Chilean Andes, turned out to not always have a green sheen. Read more »
South Africa: Beaufort West's Mayoral Chains Up for Grabs in By-Elections
Wednesday's three by-elections in Beaufort West could lead to a new DA government or a continuation of the PA-led administration. It could also see the reintroduction into formal… Read more »
South Africa: Doors to Close On Media24 Print Titles - 800 Jobs Affected
Less than a week after rumours began circulating about the potential closure of four print publications at Media24, the company has confirmed that about 800 jobs will be directly… Read more »
South Africa: UDM Deputy President Kwankwa Released After Ransom Paid Following Cape Town Kidnapping
The incident, which sent shockwaves through SA's political community, involved a R10,000 ransom paid by the UDM for Kwankwa's release. Read more »
South Africa: South African Parties Must Now Learn the Art of People-Centred Coalitions
People-centred coalitions work for the greater good to improve the lives of all who live in that society. They are not about which party holds more power and influence and how it… Read more »
South Africa: The Kruger Park Communities That See Rhinos Getting Preferential Treatment
We must choose our words more carefully if we are to get to grips with the illegal wildlife trade and contribute meaningfully to much-needed debates. Read more »
South Africa: All Eyes On Ramaphosa to See Who Gets Which Cabinet Positions
When President Cyril Ramaphosa announces his Cabinet sometime after his inauguration on Wednesday, it will signal the seriousness of shaping this much-talked-about national unity… Read more »
June 17
South Africa: At a Critical Crossroads - Unpacking SA's New Biodiversity Strategy
A draft government environmental management plan has been welcomed as steps in the right direction, but viewed with some scepticism for its shortfalls. Will our biodiversity… Read more »
South Africa: 'Go Back to SA' - UK and U.S. Tell Eskom and Asbestos Corruption Accused They're Extraditable
Michael Lomas is wanted in South Africa for a case involving R745-million Eskom fraud, while Moroadi Cholota is wanted for a R255-million Free State asbestos corruption matter.… Read more »
South Africa: Jozi Turns On the Lights On the Nelson Mandela Bridge for a Brighter Future
The lighting on the iconic Nelson Mandela Bridge has been upgraded as part of a city cleanup initiative. Read more »
South Africa: Jacob Zuma Streaming Himself Playing Roblox Is No Way to Engage the Youth
Did anyone see that pre-election TikTok video of Juju with the kittens? What about the one with Mmusi singing in the shower? No? Me neither. When it comes to social media, I think… Read more »
South Africa: DA Leader Steenhuisen Has Nothing to Lose in a Country Set Back Three Decades
Over the past week, again, the minority-white people, descendants and legatees of European colonialism and settler colonialism, were presented as indispensable and claimed that… Read more »
Africa: Newspapers in South Africa - - Chronicle of a Death Foretold
With reports of the likely closure of a number of print newspapers in South Africa, what does it say about the state of our crumbling news industry and shrinking newsrooms? Read more »
June 14
South Africa: Father's Rights - - the Complex Web Many Are Forced to Navigate to Access Their Children
Beyond the deadbeat and absent father phenomenon are some fathers who want to contribute effectively and be present in their children's lives. Read more »
June 16
Africa: 16 June Uprising - How a Massacre in South Africa Led to Africa's Boycott of the 1976 Olympics
African states won new power when they demanded New Zealand withdraw because of their rugby tour of apartheid South Africa. Read more »
South Africa: Zuma Slams GNU As 'White-Led Unholy Alliance', Joins Progressive Caucus
The uMkhonto Wesizwe party has criticised the formation of a government of national unity while announcing that the party would be joining the Progressive Caucus in Parliament. Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Rejects Outcome of Zelensky's Global Peace Summit
Pretoria objects to Israel's presence, among other issues. Read more »
South Africa: Coach Hugo Broos Is Rebuilding the Bafana Bafana Squad's Fighting Spirit
They might not be the Springboks or Real Madrid on the 'mentality monsters' scale, but Bafana Bafana have regained their resilience. Read more »
South Africa: The Spirit of SA's 1976 Soweto Youth Uprising Lives On in Today's Generation
The specific issues they have to tackle may differ quite substantially, but make no mistake, the young people of South Africa still want to fight injustice on many levels and… Read more »
South Africa: Power to the People - an SA Political Masterclass in Where the Real Power Lies
Politics and power can be seductive to the point where those elected to political office are susceptible to drifting further and further away from the people and mandate they're… Read more »