July 31
South Africa: Tatjana Smith Drops Retirement Hint While She Chases Breaststroke Double
Tatjana Smith, South Africa's only gold medal winner at the Paris Olympics so far, hints at retirement. Read more »
South Africa: Gauteng Department of Health Underspends Staggering R1.1bn of Its Annual Budget
The chair of the health committee in the provincial legislature said the department had failed to spend its budget due to issues with financial controls and poor planning. Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Look to Claim Their First Test Victory of the Year in West Indies
Kagiso Rabada leads the Proteas' bowling line-up in the country he describes as his 'favourite place to tour'. Read more »
July 30
South Africa: Defence in VIP Police Assault Case Claims Driver Ignored Blue Light Convoy
In the assault case involving Deputy President Paul Mashatile's VIP protection officers, a State witness denied claims his car was speeding or that he could see the blue light… Read more »
South Africa: What Would It Take to Turn National Health Insurance Into Universal Healthcare?
The 2019 report of Health Market Inquiry shows that South Africa's private healthcare overservices its clients, offers variable patient experiences, and varying quality of care.… Read more »
South Africa: Trade Minister Tau Confident U.S. Will Renew SA's Agoa Membership
South Africa pressed the US to reauthorise Agoa before its November elections. It's also lobbying hard against US legislation calling for a comprehensive review of US-SA relations. Read more »
South Africa: Sharp Rise in Number of People Shot Dead By KZN Cops Is Cause for Serious Concern
Police officers whose lives are endangered have the right to respond appropriately to protect themselves. But this does not justify the random killing of civilians who may or may… Read more »
South Africa: Gold Demand Hits Q2 Record As Price Maintains Glittering Surge to New Peaks
Global demand for gold scaled new highs for the second quarter (Q2) of a calendar year in 2024, underpinning the precious metal's run to record-high prices. Read more »
Southern Africa: Court Backlogs Are a Threat to Justice - Mediation Is Part of the Answer
Our courts are hopelessly overcrowded. Litigants wait up to three-and-a-half years to get trial-ready cases heard by the high courts, while it can take up to 20 years for matters… Read more »
South Africa: Predictions That the South African Economy Will Start Growing Again Are Proving Correct
Has the tide finally turned on the South African economy? While early days, it seems that the new business-friendly coalition government has wrested back control of economic policy… Read more »
South Africa: High Court Confirms Mere Possession of Child Pornography Warrants Imprisonment
The Western Cape High Court has confirmed an effective sentence of eight years in prison for a Cape Town sex offender, Clinton Calder, who possessed thousands of child pornography… Read more »
South Africa: Cyberattackers Use Easily Available Tools to Target Media Sites, Threaten Press Freedom
The use of a suite of online tools that can make cyberattacks particularly difficult to defend against, appears to be part of an emerging censorship strategy that poses a serious… Read more »
South Africa: Lessons From the Distressing Ordeal of Schoolboy Lifalethu Mbasana
A supervised bus service for learners could have spared Lifalethu Mbasana from his traumatic 7½-hour ordeal after school last week. Read more »
South Africa: Joburg Artist Returns Home From the Amazon With an Urgent Appeal
London-based South African artist Peter Mammes' new show in Johannesburg, The Last Hope, opening on August 1, is a call to action to rethink humanity's approach to how and why we… Read more »
South Africa: The Pillaging of VBS Mutual Bank -
Although VBS Mutual Bank collapsed six years ago, it has been in the headlines this month following an affidavit by its former chairperson, Tshifhiwa Matodzi, that could well prove… Read more »
South Africa: Cape Town Probably Dodged a Bullet When It Lost the 2004 Olympic Games Bid
Although events like the Olympics do produce benefits, the international experience suggests that the ephemeral and exaggerated benefits privilege the elite at the expense of the… Read more »
South Africa: Tatjana Smith Wins the 100m Breaststroke, Nabs South Africa's First Gold
Breaststroke queen Tatjana Smith claimed South Africa's first gold medal at the Paris 2024 Games after a speedy finish in the 100m event. Read more »
July 29
South Africa: Zuma's 'Unfair' Disciplinary Hearing a Kangaroo Court, Says Mk Party
MK Party says Zuma will be seeking out legal advice on the matter. He has 21 days to appeal the ANC NDC's decision to expel him from the ANC. Read more »
South Africa: Members of Mashatile's Protection Unit Beat Me and Left Me Unconscious On N1, Says Witness
A witness told the Randburg Magistrates' Court that members of Deputy President Paul Mashatile's protection unit forced him to stop his car on the N1 highway, broke a car window… Read more »
South Africa: Blow to Mantashe As Total Pulls Out of Brulpadda and Luiperd Gas Discoveries Off SA, Citing No Commercial Case
TotalEnergies says it is pulling the plug on its Brulpadda and Luiperd gas projects off South Africa's south coast on the grounds that they are not commercially viable. This… Read more »
South Africa: Eskom Fleet's Winter Performance 'Exceeding Even Our Own Expectations' - Electricity Minister
In a media briefing on Monday, Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa lauded Eskom's winter energy availability factor hitting 70%, beating their own… Read more »
South Africa: Closure of Stellenbosch University's Wilgenhof Residence Would Be a Step in the Right Direction
Wilgenhof has been allowed to exist as a place of exception for far too long, a place where some men created their private world, and, invisible behind black hoods, exercised power… Read more »
Africa: Agoa Still in the Balance for South Africa, and Pressure Must Be Sustained On the U.S.
New Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau has made a compelling case that South Africa is seeking to reset its relationship with the United States, which has… Read more »
South Africa: With Zuma Out of the ANC, and a Minor Stalingrad Coming, MK Offers Little Beyond Spectacle
The decision by the ANC's National Disciplinary Committee to expel former president Jacob Zuma was never in doubt. The reaction by the MK party was not a surprise either: that, and… Read more »
South Africa: South African Maritime Authority Works to Avert Disaster After West Coast Oil Spill
A Panama-flagged cargo ship broke apart over the weekend on the West Coast. Severe weather has hindered a thorough assessment of the damage and extent of an oil spill from the… Read more »