June 02
South Africa: Coalition Governments At Provincial Level Set to Provide Another Challenge for NHI Takeoff
The National Health Insurance Act takes away the autonomy of provincial governments to execute healthcare service delivery initiatives and shifts it to the national government.… Read more »
May 30
South Africa: It's Now Time for South Africa to Take Zuma's Mk Party Seriously
At time of writing it is simply too early for concrete election predictions, but one outcome emerging pretty clearly is that Jacob Zuma's MK party is a political player that cannot… Read more »
South Africa: Hey Politicians, It's Time to Pack Away the Election Playbook and Get to Work
The election discourse about unemployment revolved around which party can create the most new jobs. This narrow focus glossed over the structural nature of South Africa's… Read more »
South Africa: ANC Discusses Cooperation With Other Parties
By noon on Thursday, the ANC privately acknowledged it had lost its dominance in KwaZulu-Natal. At 6pm, it reached out to political parties for a chat about cooperation. Read more »
May 31
South Africa: ANC Gags NEC Members As Mk Party Rages Over Mantashe 'Tribalism' Comment
While the Electoral Commission of South Africa continues to count ballots, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula turns the screw on ANC National Executive Committee members… Read more »
May 30
South Africa: Early Surge By Zuma's MK Party in Rural KZN Shows Potential to Lead Provincial Legislature As ANC Falters
Although key metropolitan results are still not in, so far Jacob Zuma's new MK party is a shoo-in to lead the KwaZulu-Natal legislature. While the MK Party was upbeat, other… Read more »
South Africa: Five Things We Know About the Elections Right Now
As of Thursday evening, it was still far too early to get a clear picture of the final election results. But some details are starting to come into focus out of the general… Read more »
May 29
South Africa: South Africa Must Mitigate Both High Debt and Low Growth Risks
South Africa has both a rapidly rising sovereign debt and near-zero GDP growth compounded by the limited fiscal space to deal with both. Read more »
South Africa: Thrice-Thwarted BHP Throws in the Towel On Anglo Bid, Capping a Month of High Drama
Thwarted thrice by Anglo American in what ended up as a $49bn all-share bid for the rival mining group, BHP said on Wednesday it would not make a revised firm offer after the… Read more »
South Africa: Angie Motshekga Offers Condolences After 10 Teachers Die in Head-On Collision
The crash, which claimed 13 lives, occurred in misty conditions on the R521 between Polokwane and Dendron early on Tuesday morning. Read more »
May 28
South Africa: Elections Will Reveal SA's Exposure to Social Media Digital Influence As Service for Manipulation
Without access to social media data, ensuring voters have verifiable information rather than manipulated content is difficult. Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Is Positioning Itself As the U.S. Ally South Africa Once Was
President William Ruto's visit to Washington symbolises a strategic realignment in Africa, with Kenya emerging as a key economic and geopolitical partner for the US while South… Read more »
South Africa: Budget Blues - Beleaguered Eastern Cape Health Department Staff Asked to Donate to CFO's Farewell
The Eastern Cape Department of Health's chief financial officer resigned and will leave the Department on Friday. But in a heartfelt memorandum, his staff members have asked… Read more »
South Africa: Political Football - It's Either the Road Less Travelled for Mzansi, or Another Own Goal
Political parties are like football clubs and their fans behave similarly, especially in terms of blind loyalty. Read more »
South Africa: The Corruption Pandemic in South Africa Is Killing Off Our State Institutions
The post-1994 South African democratic State, which had emerged as a hope of a new dawn, has turned out to be a disappointment to many African civil society institutions and… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Has an Early Childhood Development Crisis - This Is What Political Parties Promise to Do About It
The Centre for Early Childhood Development looked at 11 political party manifestos in the run-up to Wednesday's poll, to learn how they aim to tackle the many problems in South… Read more »
South Africa: Seven Post-Election Crisis Points That May Face South Africa
What happens if there is a hung election, with no clear winner - and the various political parties are unable to reach an agreement on a coalition or a government of national… Read more »
South Africa: Coal Mining Company Sends Bulldozers Into KZN Village Before Impact Studies Are Finalised
Residents of a village in northern KwaZulu-Natal fear being permanently removed from their homes and ancestral land as the mining company Tendele has already started laying the… Read more »
May 15
South Africa: Where, How, When to Vote - a Guide to the 2024 South African General Elections
South Africans will be voting for new national and provincial governments in May 2024. Do you know where, when and how to vote, and how the special vote works? We've got you… Read more »
May 28
South Africa: SA Trims Maize Output Forecast As Outlook Worsens North of Limpopo in El Niño's Wake
South Africa's Crop Estimates Committee slightly lowered its forecast for maize production for this season, but the country should have enough to meet domestic demand. Worryingly,… Read more »
South Africa: No Jobs and No Services in Former Mining Towns of Springs and Carletonville
Daily Maverick visited two once-thriving mining towns in Gauteng -- Carletonville and Springs -- to get a perspective of how people are making ends meet amid the decline of mining… Read more »
South Africa: All Systems Go - High Special Vote Turnout Bodes Well for V-Day Polls, Says IEC
As special voting concluded on Tuesday ahead of Election Day on Wednesday, the IEC said it wanted to surpass the voter turnout achieved during the 2019 national and provincial… Read more »
South Africa: Baboon Activists Launch Legal Action Seeking Better Management of Troops in the Cape
In recent years, activists and concerned residents in the Cape Peninsula have sounded the alarm about the escalating problem of human-baboon conflict in the region. Now, legal… Read more »
South Africa: Beneath Politicking - '31 Murders' in Western Cape Over a Day Ahead of SA's Biggest Elections
The number of murders in the Western Cape over a day recently just about exceeds the number of years South Africa has been a democracy. Read more »
South Africa: Sunny and Cool Weather Predicted for SA Voters Ahead of Seventh Democratic National Poll
Voters across most parts of the country can expect sunny and cool conditions as they line up to cast their vote in the seventh general elections. It will be warm in the northern… Read more »