March 25
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: Why SA's Energy Security Is a Feminist and Economic Emergency
Every year South Africa remains dependent on fossil fuels is another year in which distant conflicts, global price shocks and geopolitical instability dictate the cost of bread,… Read more »
South Africa: Official Reports Highlight Systemic Issues and Financial Rot At Ekurhuleni Special Needs School
For months, parents of students at Dukathole LSEN School have voiced serious concerns over a deteriorating learning environment, and now two official government reports have… Read more »
South Africa: Is the Just Transition Slipping Away? Power Imbalances Shaping SA's Energy Future
Five years since the establishment of the Presidential Climate Commission, South Africa's Just Transition seems to be faltering. A new groundWork report warns that while climate… Read more »
South Africa: Inside Job - The Fraud Question South African Banks Won't Answer
Banks insist that digital fraud is almost always the customer's fault. Court records, withheld audit logs, and the confidentiality agreements that silence victims may tell a more… Read more »
South Africa: Mthatha's Historic Government Building Declared 'Unsafe' - Now It's Gutted By Fire
The historic Botha Sigcawu Building in Mthatha has become a monument to the government's lack of maintenance after a fire tore through the structure -- despite repeated concerns… Read more »
South Africa: Selection Chaos Leaves SA Water Polo Teams Unprepared for World Cup
Administrative chaos ahead of the Division 2 Water Polo World Cup has left the sport reeling, with teams announced two months after trials, the men's team revised three times and… Read more »
South Africa: Factions Shred Police As Commissioner Masemola Faces Criminal Charges Tied to 'Cat' Matlala
Stories did the rounds last year that National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola was going to be arrested. He brushed these off as a smear campaign. Now the stories are becoming… Read more »
March 24
Libya: Libya's $210m Investment in Sandton Yields Zero Benefits for the North African Nation's People
Libya's $210m investment in The Michelangelo Hotel and other properties in Sandton has yielded nothing for its people over two decades, due to mismanagement and ongoing legal… Read more »
South Africa: Anti-Corruption Directorate Arrests 12 Police Officers Over R360m 'Cat' Matlala Contract
The NPA's anti-corruption unit has arrested 12 police officers connected to a R360m health contract linked to crime kingpin Vusimusi 'Cat' Matlala's company Medicare 24. Read more »
South Africa: Main Street Sundays Comes to Marshalltown and Puts People Before Cars
Urban planner and cycling enthusiast Phano Liphoto is helping to launch a new car-free community initiative in Joburg. Read more »
March 23
South Africa: Illegal Migration and the South African State's Responsibility
The migration pressures confronting South Africa are not simply about who crosses the border, but about whether the country can rebuild the administrative capacity required to… Read more »
South Africa: Million-Dollar Hacker Who Targeted US Businesses From SA Jailed in America, Faces Deportation
Using the aliases 'Ghost' and 'Old Soldier', a swindler from Nigeria stayed in South Africa while targeting Americans through hacking into emails and requesting payments. Now,… Read more »
South Africa: 'Cradock Four Were Not Terrorists' - 'Prime Evil' De Kock Takes Stand in Inquest
He openly admits to hunting 'terrorists' for the Security Police under the apartheid regime, but Eugene de Kock denies any role in the plot to murder the Cradock Four, saying he… Read more »
South Africa: Gold Fields' Relocation Project Adds to Scientific Insights Into Chinchillas
The need to move a colony of the wild rodents at a mine in Chile is resulting in scientific studies and a deeper understanding of the species. Read more »
South Africa: After the Bell - Our New Universities and the River of Employment
The rapid growth of private education is a wonderful opportunity for educationists, students, companies and capital. But we mustn't forget what the rise of such good firms hides… Read more »
South Africa: Laptop Blues - SA Can't Hide From the Ram Price Spike
Your next laptop or desktop upgrade is going to be even more expensive than projected, and then costs are still going to climb. What a time for a sensibly priced MacBook. Read more »
South Africa: Khampepe Inquiry - Former NPA Head Menzi Simelane Challenges Senior TRC Prosecutor's 'Scapegoating'
Advocate Anton Ackermann, former head of the Priority Crimes Litigation Unit investigating Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) cases, opened a Pandora's box at the Khampepe… Read more »
South Africa: Sibanye Lawyer Shot Dead in Joburg CBD While Working On Labour Dispute Case
The murder comes in the wake of the assassination of Johannesburg insolvency attorney Bouwer van Niekerk in September 2025, which underscored the rising toll among South African… Read more »
March 22
South Africa: How Commercial Crime Quietly Became South Africa's Most Dangerous Growth Industry
Commercial crime is the only major crime category in South Africa -- other than kidnapping -- that police statistics show growing relentlessly, year after year. Billions of rands… Read more »
March 20
South Africa: High Court Urged to Permit Damages Claims Against Agrochemicals Giant Upl
A group of Durban residents has urged the KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court to authorise a class action lawsuit against the Indian agrochemicals giant UPL for health… Read more »
South Africa: Hugo Broos Backs His Record As Bafana Return to the World Stage
Bafana Bafana boss Hugo Broos says despite the criticism he has received from some corners of the South African soccer community, he is comfortable with the legacy he will leave… Read more »
March 19
South Africa: Treasury Dangles R54bn Carrot to Help Metros Become More 'Business-Like'
The National Treasury wants metro municipalities, the engines of the economy and home to the majority of South Africans, to become more 'business-like' in raising revenue and… Read more »
Africa: South Africa's Just Transition Must Also Be a Health Transition
Cleaner air, healthier communities and new economic opportunities are not secondary benefits of climate policy. They are central outcomes of a transition designed to protect people… Read more »
March 17
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 »
