October 31, 2025
South Africa: Harsh Debt Reality for Young South Africans On World Savings Day
As South Africa marks World Savings Day today, new data shows that for many young people, saving is more about survival than wealth creation. High unemployment, wages that have… Read more »
October 30, 2025
South Africa: Meet Yumna Beukes- Guerrilla Gardener and Fearsome Joburg Aunty
Meet Mama Yumna Beukes, urban gardener and one of the champions of Jozi My Jozi's new creative campaign called Babize Bonke ('let them all come' in isiZulu) that invites people to… Read more »
Africa: Cast and International Guest Artist Announced for Cape Ballet Africa's Production of Maina Gielgud's Giselle At the Baxter
With the countdown on to the premiere of Maina Gielgud's Giselle at The Baxter, Cape Ballet Africa has announced the principal cast and international guest artist for the… Read more »
South Africa: The Zambezi - Tracing the History of Communities That Have Lived Along This African Artery
The Zambezi is the fourth-longest river in Africa, and one of the continent's principal arteries of movement, migration, conquest and commerce. In this new book, historian Malyn… Read more »
October 29, 2025
Tanzania: Tanzania - - From Leader of Frontline States to a Net Exporter of Authoritarianism
One would have expected Tanzania, as the de facto leader of the Frontline States, to defend the gains of the liberation struggle and to be a leader in democratic practices. But… Read more »
Tanzania: Crackdown On Popular Dissent in Tanzania As Sham Election Goes Ahead
Tanzania's election is a coronation, not a poll, amid brutal crackdown with troops in the streets, detained citizens and opposition leader Tundu Lissu on death row. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa/South Africa: Banyana Banyana Secure 2026 Wafcon Spot With Dramatic Victory Over DR Congo in Soweto.
As her contractual negotiations with the South African Football Association continue, coach Desiree Ellis was once again missing from the bench as Banyana Banyana sealed their… Read more »
South Africa: Fading Footprints - - Ancient South African Culture Found Hiding in Plain Sight
There are few books that quietly rearrange the way one sees a landscape. Fading Footprints is one of them. Read more »
South Africa: UN Special Rapporteur Says Israel's Gaza Genocide Fuelled By Western Support
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, says the US sanctions on her have been 'utterly impairing'. Read more »
October 28, 2025
Africa: SA's G20 Agenda Draws Broad Support - - but It Could Be Undone By Trump's Opposition
South Africa is pursuing an ambitious G20 agenda for the November Summit in Johannesburg -- an agenda which, say some, is overly ambitious. Read more »
South Africa: Minister Motsoaledi Relaunches SA TB Caucus, Reaffirms Commitment to Ending the Disease
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has relaunched the South African Tuberculosis Caucus, a platform for political leaders to advance the response to the disease in the country. This… Read more »
South Africa: The Deal - - SA Leadership and How It Fashioned a GNU Born 'With Forceps'
Veteran journalist and author Mandy Wiener's just-published, The Deal: Inside the Talks that Shaped South Africa's Future, captures the remarkable machinations behind the formation… Read more »
Tanzania: Tensions Rise in Zanzibar With Polls Expected to Be Fiercely Contested
Tanzania's mainland election is a done deal, but the ACT-Wazalendo opposition is giving the ruling CCM a real fight in Zanzibar. Read more »
South Africa: Midddle East Crisis - - 'Activists Are the Antibodies of a Healthy Society,' Says UN's Francesca Albanese
On the eve of giving the 2025 Nelson Mandela annual lecture, an interview with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian… Read more »
South Africa: PKTT Disbandment 'Surprised' Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale
When Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale appeared before Parliament in the ongoing police inquiry, an MP said he was 'sliding like a hot knife through butter' over his inability… Read more »
South Africa: Higher Education Crisis Exposes a Ministry Being Recaptured
Setas, meant to serve South African youth, have been hijacked by bureaucrats, cronies and politically connected networks. This must change urgently. Read more »
South Africa: 'My Job Is to Shoot' - - Guns Blaze in Westbury As Rival Gangs Battle for Turf
In Westbury, Johannesburg, the police arrived with promises following a shooting last week that left two teenagers dead and five injured. Residents have heard it all before. Read more »
South Africa: Proteas in Mental Battle to Rewrite Women's Cricket World Cup History in Face-Off Against England
South Africa will be aiming to reach the Cricket World Cup final for the first time when they face off against England in the Women's Cricket World Cup. Read more »
South Africa: Spate of Nelson Mandela Bay Kidnappings 'Could Be Linked to Single Mastermind'
As several kidnapping suspects await trial in Nelson Mandela Bay, law enforcement agencies are tapping into hi-tech resources to uncover potential links to a kidnapping syndicate. Read more »
South Africa: KZN Government On Shaky Ground After National Freedom Party Threatens to Quit Coalition
The National Freedom Party's single seat is all that stands between stability and collapse in KwaZulu-Natal's coalition government. Read more »
South Africa: NMB Speaker Cancels 'All Motions' As DA Calls for Decision On Deputy Mayor's Fate
The Democratic Alliance has claimed a 'blatant abuse of power' by Nelson Mandela Bay metro speaker Eugene Johnson after she cancelled the hearing of all motions in council, without… Read more »
Africa: If Threatened and Ignored Congo Basin Rainforests Vanish, 'Africa Is Not Viable'
Conservationists are trying to pull the Congo Basin's plight out of the shadows and into the light of scientific research. Conservationist Lee White says it is Africa's beating… Read more »
South Africa: Kolbe Slots in At Fullback As Boks Ramp Up Excitement Factor With Team to Face Japan
It's a testament to the Springboks' depth that they will field a team with 1,097 caps against Japan despite a debut for prop Zachary Porthen. Read more »
South Africa: Shoprite's Food Security Index Shows Hopeful Recovery Amid Ongoing Economic Challenges in SA
Shoprite's latest Food Security Index shows progress, but hunger in South Africa endures. Retailers cut prices and food rescue groups fight waste, yet without coherent policy the… Read more »
South Africa: After the Bell / Joburg and Informal Traders - The Never-Ending Story
The City's sensible policy to regulate traders is stymied by pilfering police, but there is also no incentive for businesses to register with the government, creating an… Read more »
