South Africa: The SA Forensic Nurse Who Turns Evidence Into Justice Is About to Lose Her Job As GBV Soars

As funding dries up, one of South Africa's few forensic nurses faces losing her post. Read more »

South Africa: Big-Spending Steenhuisen Faces Scrutiny As DA Fallout Over Axed Dion George Continues

In the aftermath of Dion George's controversial axing as environment minister, questions are being asked about DA leader John Steenhuisen's alleged financial troubles. Read more »

South Africa: Women for Change Calls for National Shutdown Over GBV Ahead of G20 Summit

Social media has been turning purple in solidarity with the local nonprofit organisation Women for Change, which has called on women in South Africa to withdraw from the economy… Read more »

Africa: SA's Global Leadership to Be Tested As Africa's Economy Takes the G20 Centre Stage

South Africa's presidency of the G20 in 2025 arrives at a moment of critical transition. Global trade policy, finance mechanisms and climate commitments set in the G20 reverberate… Read more »

South Africa: Jacob Zuma Left Legacy of Patronage and Corruption That Haunts SA's Democracy

Jacob Zuma was his followers' Father Christmas, but instead of toys, he handed out contracts. And just like the bigots who romanticise apartheid, his supporters still yearn for his… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Opposition Crisis Is a Mirror of Power Misunderstood and Purpose Misplaced

Africa's democratic future will not be secured by louder protests or donor-funded theatrics; it will be built by opposition movements that master the mechanics of power. The… Read more »

South Africa: Chemical Evidence of Life Uncovered in SA Rocks 3.3bn Years Old

While there is fossil evidence of life older than 3.3bn years, this is the first time that its molecular chemical fingerprints have been detected through high-tech sleuthing. Read more »

South Africa: Can SA Maintain Its Climate Influence Without Its Environment Minister At COP30?

In the wake of Environment Minister Dion George's dismissal from office during COP30, for the first time South Africa is not being represented by a head of state at the annual… Read more »

South Africa: With Another Ministerial Change, Will Fishers' Voices Still Be Ignored?

Fishers fear yet another ministerial change will further delay the long-overdue review of the Marine Living Resources Act of 1998, a process intended to rectify historical… Read more »

South Africa: The Ethics Deficit - - SA's Corruption Crisis Is Moral Before It Is Legal

South Africa's corruption problem won't be solved by another inquiry or white paper. What we face is not a crisis of law, but of conscience -- a deep erosion of morality that… Read more »

South Africa: Echoes of Segregation - - the Quintile School System Is a Mechanism of Continued Oppression

The quintile classification system provides a legal framework allowing institutions to maintain privilege while appearing neutral. Read more »

Africa: Your Black Friday Safety Checklist

Many consumers are looking forward to this day - and so are scammers. Be prepared. Read more »

South Africa: Powerx, MMC and Green Batteries - 100 Percent Hydro Energy Secured for Mmc's High Purity Manganese Sulphate Project

POWERX, South Africa's first licensed, private electricity trader, has extended its partnership with Manganese Metal Company (MMC), securing the supply of 100% renewable… Read more »

South Africa: Limpopo Reserve Wants Something No One Else in South Africa Wants - Elephants

Elephants confined in fenced spaces are an ecological and economic challenge, but removing the species also has consequences. At a time when virtually no one in South Africa wants… Read more »

South Africa: After the Bell - Why Do I Fret About Hosting the G20?

The G20 is perhaps the easiest big event to host, and a chance to remind the rest of the world that we are still a player, even if we don't have a big breakthrough moment. Read more »

South Africa: Ageism in the Workplace Is Hopelessly Short-Sighted

Age is not just a number. It is a testament to a lifetime of learning, growth, and achievement. The over-60 workforce is not a relic of the past. It is a bridge to a wiser, more… Read more »

South Africa: Overberg Renosterveld Trust and Actor John Kani Honoured By WWF

A small Western Cape NGO, the Overberg Renosterveld Trust received the WWF Living Planet Award in recognition of its fight to save a critically endangered ecosystem, while the… Read more »

South Africa: A Clergyman's Daughter - Growing Up in a Religious Community in a Rapidly Changing SA

A Clergyman's Daughter is an intimate memoir by Hannah Botsis, chronicling life as a minister's daughter in post-apartheid South Africa. Read more »

South Africa: Essential Lessons From Joburg's Guides to Move Beyond the Headlines and Understand the City's Complex Character

What Johannesburg's guides can teach us about curiosity, action, and understanding in a city too easily dismissed as broken. Read more »

South Africa: Western Cape Calls for National Intervention While 'Children Are Being Stolen By Gangs, Drugs, Despair'

Children continue to die amid rife gangsterism in the Western Cape. While the list of young victims grows, children increasingly are the ones pulling the trigger. Read more »

Africa: As Leaders Pull Out of the G20, Who Can Capitalise On the Opportunity?

The upcoming G20 meeting in Johannesburg will be without the US government, and only a lower-level rep from Russia, but with the second-highest Chinese leader, although not Xi… Read more »

South Africa: Gauteng Hit By Level 9 Storm As Amnesty Report Highlights Increasing Flood Risks in SA

A Level 9 storm tore through Gauteng over the weekend, uprooting trees, flooding roads and plunging neighbourhoods into darkness. The deluge came in the wake of an Amnesty… Read more »

South Africa: US Makes Clear It Will Oppose a G20 Johannesburg Leaders' Declaration

The summit now seems to be headed for a weaker 'Chair's Statement'. The prospects of Leaders' Declaration were fading anyway, but dimmed considerably after the US spelt out its… Read more »

South Africa: US Tariff Retreat Offers Limited Relief for South Africa's Farmers

However, concern remains, since the recent modification only benefits a few agricultural industries and does not address the overall exposure of the sector to the US. Read more »

South Africa: Cultural Curator Nandi Dlepu Is Reimagining Joburg's Creative Landscape

Nandi Dlepu talks to us about her creative and nostalgic connection with Joburg's inner city and the many projects spawned by her limitless creativity. Read more »