March 05
Zimbabwe: U.S. Imposes New Sanctions On Zimbabwe Leaders for 'Human Rights Abuse'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and some of his inner circle remain sanctioned by the US, which has also paused its participation in talks to clear Zimbabwe's international debts. Read more »
South Africa: Five Key Takeaways From the Knysna Service Delivery Diagnostic Report
A breakdown in communication between residents and council, high staff vacancies and interference from councillors were key issues raised in a provincial government's diagnostic… Read more »
Africa: Malicious Actors - Five Ways to Detect Coordinated Electoral Disinformation Campaigns
Find out how to identify the digital deceptions used to derail electoral integrity as African countries prepare for crucial polls. Read more »
South Africa: Education and Health Take Biggest Slice of R165bn Gauteng Budget, but Social Development Spending Cut
Finance MEC Jacob Mamabolo tabled the final Gauteng budget of the sixth administration on Tuesday. Opposition parties criticised it as electioneering. Read more »
South Africa: Concerns Raised As Another Livestock Carrier Set to Traverse Cape of Good Hope
The livestock carrier MV Bahijah, carrying 16,000 animals, will travel to the Port of Haifa in Israel via the Cape of Good Hope. While it's not expected to dock in South Africa,… Read more »
South Africa: Vulnerable Populations Laughed At, Judged and Denied Services in SA Public Health Facilities
The third edition of the Ritshidze 'State of Healthcare for Key Populations' report highlights how key populations continue to face abuse, humiliation and denial of services when… Read more »
March 04
South Africa: Cape Town Cracks Down On Construction Mafias, but Violence and Extortion Persist
In 2024, gangs of extortionists have persisted in destabilising construction projects, but the metro says efforts to clamp down are seeing results. Read more »
South Africa: Domestic Four-Day Series a Welcome Display of South Africa's Depth of Talent
Seemingly out of nowhere, Delano Potgieter put up his hand for the Lions in the four-day cricket series final to guide his side to victory. Read more »
South Africa: If Zuma's Mk Makes an Impact in Mpumalanga and Gauteng, ANC-IFP-DA Coalition Will Be Necessary
Last year's Ipsos poll suggests that the former president's Lazarus moment with the uMkhonto Wesizwe party adds to the African National Congress's woes, but is not the cause of… Read more »
South Africa: Showdown Looms Over ANC's Poll Lists After Chief Justice Zondo Enters the Fray
A battle in the ANC over whether to give an election thumbs-down to cadres implicated in corruption and misconduct is likely to come to a head on Monday, 4 March. Read more »
March 03
Congo-Kinshasa: After Mortar Fire Tragedy, Two SANDF Soldiers Deployed in DRC Die in Apparent Murder-Suicide
Just two weeks after two South African soldiers were killed by mortar fire in the Democratic Republic of Congo, two more SA soldiers died in an apparent murder-suicide in the… Read more »
South Africa: We Are Privileged to Live in a Flourishing, Messy, Raucous Democracy - Don't Squander Your Vote
Relatively unusual in Africa and large swathes of the world, we are free to choose whom we want to represent us, free to associate with whom we want, and to believe and say what we… Read more »
South Africa: Where Have Protest Songs Gone in This New Time of Struggle?
Throughout the history of struggle, song has been what generations of indentured and persecuted peoples have turned to as a salve that soothes a weary spirit, coaxing it to fight… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Apartheid Destruction of Zimbabwe's Air Force - 1982 Thornhill Mystery Solved
A South African government memorandum, squirrelled away by a former apartheid operative, has revealed the answer to a 42-year-old mystery: who was behind the devastating 1982… Read more »
South Africa: At the Exporters' Forum, Gas Touted As Cleanest Energy Source in Transition to Sustainable Fuels
At their summit in Algiers, leaders of gas-exporting countries asserted their sovereignty over their reserves and their determination to promote the resource as affordable,… Read more »
March 01
South Africa: Student Caught in Crossfire Is One of Three Dead in Braamfontein Shooting
Three people died and another was wounded in a shooting in the centre of Braamfontein on Thursday afternoon. The incident, which killed two taxi owners and a student, is said to be… Read more »
South Africa: Change Ends Now - Roger Jardine's New Political Party Won't Contest May 29 Polls
The political party, launched in December 2023, is out of the 2024 election race before it's even started. The move follows a decision by the Constitutional Court not to hear a… Read more »
South Africa: ANC and DA Are the Big Losers and Rise Mzansi the Big Winner As Political Party Funding Game Heats Up
As the elections approach, the money being poured into SA politics is increasing - with the major beneficiaries being some of the political newcomers. Read more »
South Africa: ANC to Finalise Election Lists At Weekend NEC Meeting As IEC Deadline Looms
The ANC will be finalising its provincial legislature and Parliament lists this weekend ahead of the IEC's cut-off date on Friday, 8 March. The party has faced intense criticism… Read more »
February 29
South Africa: 'Toxic' Medical Waste Dumped Along Wild Coast Had Labels 'Deliberately Removed'
Health investigators have found that medical waste that was dumped along the Eastern Cape's Wild Coast had labels and other identifiers like batch numbers 'deliberately removed'.… Read more »
South Africa: Exclusive - - AMCU Says New Labour Party Registered, Invites 'Progressive Forces', Including Other Unions, to Join
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union says it has registered a new Labour Party with the Electoral Commission of South Africa to contest the 2024 national and… Read more »
South Africa: Zuma's Mk Party Takes Votes From ANC, EFF in Mpumalanga Debut On Back of Strong KZN Showing
The ANC retained Ward 4 in eMbalenhle near Secunda in the Govan Mbeki municipality. Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto Wesizwe party took votes away from the ANC and the EFF to finish in second… Read more »
South Africa: From Zuma to Tom Moyane's Nephew, the Mk Party Is Awash With Controversy
Over the past few days, more information has emerged about the policies and personalities of some of those involved in uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK), the party known mainly because of its… Read more »
February 28
South Africa: All You Need to Know About Michelle Phillips, Transnet's Eighth CEO in 23 Years
Michelle Phillips has the big job of arresting the perennial decline of Transnet's freight rail and port operations, which is undermining the recovery and growth of SA's economy. Read more »
South Africa: 'Ears to the Ground' Will Help Monitor Possible Wc Gang Violence On Election Day - IEC
The Western Cape is known as SA's gangsterism capital and some residents fear that shifts in political alignments could stoke violence. The IEC in the province has security… Read more »