April 04
South Africa: Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula Should Be 'Applauded' for Resigning, Says Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa has commended the former National Assembly Speaker's decision to resign from her position. Mapisa-Nqakula was granted R50,000 bail on Thursday after being… Read more »
South Africa: As Democracy Wanes Across the Globe, Election Observers Play a Pivotal Role
Election observation serves as a cornerstone of democratic governance, promoting transparency, accountability and public confidence in electoral processes worldwide. Read more »
South Africa: All Systems Go for Eskom Transmission Arm to Become a Separate Company
The unbundling of ailing state-run power utility Eskom into three entities has passed a major threshold. The National Transmission Company of South Africa has achieved all the… Read more »
Africa: Cheaper Down the Road - Total Cost of E-Buses Beats Diesel in the Long Run in South Africa - Study
A new report finds that a transition from diesel to battery-powered electric buses in South Africa's main cities can be justified purely on a financial basis, in most… Read more »
South Africa: Gauteng Commuters Cheer Prasa's Long-Awaited Reopening of Key Rail Lines
Almost four years after the destruction of the country's rail infrastructure, Prasa has been on a steady recovery path that has seen more crucial rail lines reopen. In Gauteng, 13… Read more »
South Africa: Diversifying and Investing Offshore Can Help Protect Investments
There will be times when the local market will do better than the US and times when the rand will strengthen against the dollar, so do not just chase last year's winner. Read more »
South Africa: Unravelling Fast Fashion - The Ugly Reality of Environmental and Worker Exploitation Behind the Glam
Fast fashion comes at a cost - incurred mostly in the Global South - of enormously negative environmental and social impacts being embedded throughout its life cycle. Read more »
South Africa: Breakthrough for Early Learning As Education Department Embraces Non-Formal Venues
The new strategy projects the need for 115,000 new early learning venues for 2.9 million 3-5-year-olds by 2030, but it acknowledges that these children must be reached now in… Read more »
April 03
South Africa: South Africa Among Top Air Polluters On the Continent, NGO Report Finds
A Greenpeace report says South Africa is home to six of the world's 10 largest nitrogen dioxide emission hotspots and nine of Africa's 10 largest nitrogen dioxide point sources. Read more »
South Africa: Ramaphosa's Blinkered Story of Tintswalo Omits the Challenges Facing Our Nation
If leaders were truly invested in continuing with the service delivery goals of the country's democratic dispensation, they would publicly acknowledge the systemic flaws that make… Read more »
April 01
South Africa: Fort Hare Murders - Ex-SAPS Member, 14 Suspended University Workers Arrested
The latest development brings the number of those arrested to 25, for the murders and attempted murder that are believed to be linked to a tender corruption syndicate. Read more »
South Africa: Markus Jooste, the Shadow Magician Who Couldn't Look Into the Mirror
It should have been apparent early on that Jooste might have been a magician, but he was unapologetically a shadow magician, only interested in his own enrichment. Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Multiple Water Crises Cannot Be Resolved By Technical Solutions Alone
Sixty-four percent of the country's sewage and wastewater treatment plants are at 'high or critical' risk of dumping untreated water into rivers and the environment. Read more »
March 28
South Africa: Government Officially Scraps Disastrous E-Toll System
It's finally official. Gauteng motorists can now breathe a sigh of relief following the government's official announcement and gazetting of its decision to scrap the disastrous… Read more »
South Africa: Prasa Whistleblower Suffers Legal Setback in Fight for Reinstatement to State Entity
Fired head of legal Martha Ngoye's reinstatement has been overturned by the Labour Court of Appeal. Read more »
South Africa: Ramaphosa Cleared Again By Public Protector On Allegations of Misconduct
In the closing report into allegations stemming back to 2021, that President Cyril Ramaphosa personally invited a property development company to become part of the Mooikloof… Read more »
South Africa: Tony Heard's Final Wave - a Fighter for Social Justice and Media Freedom
Anthony Hazlitt Heard, who died on 27 March aged 86, was an indefatigable fighter for social justice and media freedom with an impish sense of humour and an innate human empathy. Read more »
South Africa: 28s Gang Boss Accused Ralph Stanfield's Legal Woes Escalate - Court Hears About Another Charge
Alleged 28 gang boss Ralph Stanfield, who together with his wife Nicole Johnson was arrested in a car theft case last year, has heard he may face yet another criminal charge --… Read more »
March 27
South Africa: EC Health Department to Start New Financial Year With R4.8-Billion in Unpaid Bills
The Eastern Cape Department of Health owes suppliers in the province an estimated R4.8-billion as its financial position remains precarious at best despite upbeat claims by the… Read more »
South Africa: Thabo Mbeki's Claim That 'We Never Interfered' in Prosecuting Trc Cases Ignores the Facts
Former president Thabo Mbeki has denied his government ever interfered in the prosecution of cases referred to the NPA by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. History says… Read more »
South Africa: Ramaphosa and Creecy Defend Controversial 'Biodiversity Business' Plan
At the Biodiversity Economy and Investment Indaba in Johannesburg this week, Environment Minister Barbara Creecy and President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted the benefits of their… Read more »
South Africa: Bounty 'Of R3m to Take Out' Attorney William Booth, Kinnear Trial Told
A State witness in the trial of those accused of killing the Anti-Gang Unit's Charl Kinnear has admitted to killing tow truck driver Richard Joseph, allegedly to send a message… Read more »
South Africa: High Stakes - Will 2024 Be the Year of the Democrat, the Autocrat or the Authoritarian Democrat?
This has been described as 'the year of elections' and as 'the ultimate election year'. But this does not mean it will be the year of democracy. On the contrary, it may well become… Read more »
March 26
South Africa: SA's 2024 Elections Party Lists - The Bad, the Weird and the Ugly
On Monday, the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) made its party lists open to the public, revealing the 14,662 candidates nominated by political parties to fill the seats in the… Read more »
South Africa: Komati Power Station - The Cautionary Tale of the Just Energy Transition and Lessons to Be Learnt
Members of the Presidential Climate Commission have repeatedly pointed out that the many mistakes in the project to decommission the Komati Power Station should never have been… Read more »