June 16
South Africa: Zimbabwean Mother's Deadly Ordeal Highlights Migrant Healthcare Crisis After SA Hospital Demands Upfront Payment
She was a Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holder, and she died early in the morning at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, delayed and in great discomfort as an emergency patient forced to pay… Read more »
South Africa: Judge Orders Department of Defence to Explain Ongoing 'Secrecy' of Cradock Four Documentation
Former acting Secretary of Defence Dr Thobekile Gamede faces contempt charges after failing to declassify crucial documents related to the 1985 murders of anti-apartheid activists… Read more »
South Africa: Ramaphosa Says He'll 'Suffer Irreparable Harm' If Impeachment Process Continues Before Court Review
As the EFF and ATM prepare to oppose President Cyril Ramaphosa's urgent bid to halt Parliament's Phala Phala impeachment inquiry, the President insists he had 'no option' but to… Read more »
South Africa: 'Children Lost Five Months of Learning' - Western Cape Parents Demand Urgent Learner Placement
Singing struggle songs and carrying placards demanding education for their children, more than 200 parents, learners and community activists marched from the Western Cape… Read more »
South Africa: The Ghosts of 1976 - - Today, SA's Young People Are Waging a Different Battle
Young South Africans face socioeconomic challenges marked by high unemployment, ineffective education, and rising social tensions, necessitating urgent systemic change to ensure a… Read more »
South Africa: What Is 'Clean Eating' and How Can It Affect Wellbeing?
While clean eating encourages nutritious habits, it can spiral into obsession, risking both physical and mental well-being, especially fuelled by social media. Read more »
South Africa: At a School Where the Uprising Was Born, a New Generation Reckons With 1976
Fifty years after apartheid police opened fire on students outside Phefeni Junior Secondary School, a new generation of Soweto learners gathered to reflect on the state of… Read more »
South Africa: The Arts Shaped SA's Revolution By Giving a Voice to the People
The black consciousness movement and the art that erupted from its politics helped to channel the energies that brought on the 1976 uprisings, which then inspired a new wave of… Read more »
South Africa: Murphy Morobe's Remarkable Journey From 16 June to Today
The former 1976 student movement leader became a voice for change and education. Read more »
South Africa: How Cold Cases Helped a Detective Ensure a Serial Rapist Will Never Walk Free
When a 13-year-old was raped on a rural road, she didn't beg for herself -- she begged her attacker to let her younger cousins go. Six years later, a detective going through cold… Read more »
June 15
South Africa: Government Must Act Ahead of 30 June Mob Deadline and Assert Rule of Law
As the anti-foreigner 30 June deadline draws closer, the state can't afford to hesitate -- there needs to be lawful action. Read more »
South Africa: 'What We Fought for in 1976 Is At Risk of Vanishing' - Khusta Jack
The veteran student activist warns that those in power today are steadily dismantling the achievements of the liberation struggle. Read more »
South Africa: Foreigners First, NGOs Next - the Buried Demand Inside a Viral Constitutional Campaign
South Africans for Constitutional Reform has presented itself as a campaign to put citizens ahead of foreigners - but one of its most significant aims may be a little-noticed… Read more »
South Africa: Curtailment, Conflicts of Interest and Cash Flow - Eskom's Tightening Grip On Renewable Energy Producers
Eskom is, in effect, setting and refereeing the rules of a game in which it is also the largest player, with a direct commercial interest in the result. Read more »
South Africa: The Doctors and Nurses On the Front Line of the Soweto Uprising
Fifty years later, 16 June 1976 is seen as a hinge moment in SA's history. We delve into that day as news reached Baragwanath Hospital and staff began to grasp what was unfolding… Read more »
South Africa: What the Youth Are Marching for in Our 32-Year-Old Democracy
The class of 1976 had made it very clear what motivated their protest and what they were fighting for. On the 50th anniversary of the uprising, young people in a very different… Read more »
South Africa: Social Agency Team5pm Opens Johannesburg Office to Launch Innovation Hub
Team5pm, a social agency and part of global social-first group SAMY (1,200+ employees worldwide), opens a new office in Johannesburg in June 2026, expanding its South African… Read more »
South Africa: Constellations - the Fragile Calculus of Human Emotions
Actors Mwenya Kabwe and Mark Elderkind are both fantastic in Nick Payne's multidimensional, yet beautifully simple two-hander about the infinite choices we make in an infinite… Read more »
Ghana: Ghana Gold Gambit - Resource Nationalism or State Capture?
Supporters of the government argue that Ghana is simply doing what many resource-rich countries have long sought to do -- ensure that a greater share of mineral wealth remains in… Read more »
June 14
Africa: Records Tumble As Kusche Stuns Field and Steyn Claims Historic Fifth Comrades Title
South African athletes triumphed in the Comrades as George Kusche won the 'up run' in record time, while Gerda Steyn secured a historic fifth title, breaking her own record, again. Read more »
South Africa: Government Defends Tough Migration Crackdown Amid Increasing Anti-Foreigner Sentiment
A total of 2,745 foreign nationals have been repatriated to their home countries since President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled plans to deal with illegal immigration. This number is… Read more »
South Africa: Activist Matthews Mabelane 'Probably Thrown Off Roof' of John Vorster Square, Inquest Told
Matthews 'Mojo' Mabelane died in police custody 49 years ago, and a reopened inquest into his death reveals that the Security Branch's version of events on the day doesn't add up. Read more »
South Africa: Global Airline Execs Believe in SAA - With a Few Caveats
A trip to IATA's annual general meeting in Rio de Janeiro reveals that South African Airways still gets a lot of love in the global aviation community, but the government's… Read more »
South Africa: Phala Phala Case Rests On Circumstantial Evidence, Says Defence As Trial Nears End
The defence says the State's case against the three accused in the Phala Phala robbery remains circumstantial, arguing that months of evidence have failed to directly place them… Read more »
South Africa: Julius Malema's New Mountain to Climb
As corruption claims intensify, in the run-up to the November polls the EFF leader will grapple with public scepticism while trying to reclaim his political momentum. Read more »
