April 22
South Africa: Why Capitec's Latest Results Signal a Much Bigger Threat to SA's Banks
Capitec's strong annual results show a bank still growing fast, but the deeper story is how it is building a broader ecosystem across payments, insurance, mobile and business… Read more »
South Africa: Justice Without Fanfare - The Life of Former KZN High Court Judge President Achmat Jappie
On a path that also took him through the Labour Appeal Court and Constitutional Court, Jappie remained unshowy and 'down to earth', remembered for being serious in argument and… Read more »
South Africa: Power Struggle - Former Scorpions Boss Tells of Turf War Over TRC Prosecutions
Geophrey Ledwaba denies halting Truth and Reconciliation Commission prosecutions, asserting his compliance with National Prosecution Authority policies amid allegations of… Read more »
South Africa: Wild Coast's Amampondo Want Greater Part in Preservation and Management of Ancestral Lands
South Africa's newly minted Ramsar wetland on the Wild Coast shows that the notion of development is contested territory. The story of a Pondoland fisherman shows that while the… Read more »
South Africa: Unaccountable 00046 - Eric Wood At the Centre of a Stalled Reckoning Over Transnet Billions
Eric Wood is emblematic of the one step forward, two steps back path to accountability for State Capture in SA. Wood - former director of Regiments and Trillian - was arrested and… Read more »
South Africa: Why Earning More Is Not Enough to Fix South Africans' Financial Stress
South Africans are under financial pressure, but many are responding with a new kind of discipline: cutting extras, paying down debt, boosting emergency savings and trying to take… Read more »
April 21
South Africa: Khampepe Commission Hears How Advocate Questioned Conflicting Views On Prosecuting Chikane's Poisoners
Testifying at the Khampepe Commission on 21 April, advocate Mthunzi Mhaga recalled how he questioned differing versions of whether Reverend Frank Chikane wanted those who attempted… Read more »
South Africa: Leave It to Ramaphosa, Says Masemola of His Future Amid R360m Tender Charges
National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola told journalists at the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Tuesday: "I know that I am not guilty, I am not wrong." He faces four charges in… Read more »
April 20
South Africa: No Water At Ramaphosa's Soweto Family Home and Surrounds for Nearly a Week
For nearly seven days, taps in Chiawelo, Protea, and parts of Dlamini ran dry - an inconvenience reaching even President Cyril Ramaphosa's Soweto family home. Joburg Water said it… Read more »
April 15
South Africa: How the Education Department Plans to Keep Pregnant Learners in School
The Department of Basic Education is seeking to permanently end the quiet expulsion of pregnant learners. Draft regulations propose an ironclad academic safety net and mandatory… Read more »
South Africa: NHI Is Not the Distraction - Piecemeal Solutions Cannot Resolve Urgent Health System Issues
Achieving universal health coverage can never be realised through piecemeal reforms that tinker at the margins of a fundamentally unequal system. Incremental fixes may address… Read more »
South Africa: Ramaphosa Taps Fishing Buddy Roelf Meyer As U.S. Ambassador
Meyer's negotiating nous and affable personality make him the perfect choice. Read more »
April 13
South Africa: Ramaphosa Has an Ambassador to the US, but Mum's the Word
SA has finally selected an ambassador to the US, but is working on the formalities. Read more »
Africa: Speaking Truth to Power - Why the Catholic Church Won't Be Silenced By Trump
SA's Cardinal Brislin slams the US president's attacks on Pope Leo XIV, insisting the papacy is not political theatre. Read more »
South Africa: NPA Finally Pursues Justice for Life Esidimeni Victims After Nine Years of Delays
After nearly a decade of painful delays and institutional resistance, the National Prosecuting Authority has decided to prosecute those implicated in the deaths of at least 141… Read more »
South Africa: Burst of Floral Life Is a Beautiful Bonus of Devastating Overberg Wildfires
Rarely seen, endangered fire-dependent species of flowers are blooming in the Western Cape's Overberg region in the wake of wildfires, and botanists and citizen scientists are… Read more »
South Africa: Diesel Fuel Pricing Mechanism Is Finally Earmarked for an Overhaul
An unexpected result of the attacks on Iran is that the long-awaited discussion about how fuel is priced in South Africa has begun. Read more »
Africa: How War Weaponises Environmental Destruction and the Case for Legal Accountability
This is the second article examining the environmental cost of modern warfare. The first article in the series explored war as a powerful, compressed engine of pollution. Here we… Read more »
South Africa: 'Wasn't Me' - the Viljoens Deny Us Shoplifting Charges, While Still in Ice Custody
South African couple Melany and Peet Viljoen were arrested in America about a month ago for alleged shoplifting. They have now both pleaded not guilty, but remain in US immigration… Read more »
South Africa: University of Fort Hare Turmoil Deepens As Vice-Chancellor Is Suspended Amid Siu Investigation
University of Fort Hare Vice-Chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu has been suspended as the SIU investigates serious corruption and maladministration claims at the university… Read more »
April 12
South Africa: Can the Democratic Alliance Transform Fear Into Hope Before 2029 Elections?
Fear of crime and corruption has emerged, along with unemployment, water provision and local government infrastructure failure, as the biggest factors in turning South Africans off… Read more »
South Africa: Geordin Hill-Lewis Lays Out 4-Point Plan As He Becomes DA Federal Leader At 39
'We must connect with the millions of people who have not yet voted for us,' the new federal leader said. Read more »
South Africa: SA's Farm Machinery Slowdown Masks a More Resilient Agricultural Picture
The war in the Middle East and concerns about fuel prices have, to an extent, negatively affected the sector, but it's not all bad news for South African agricultural production Read more »
South Africa: KZN Shifts Ithala From Crisis to Cleanup As Payouts Progress and Accountability Loom
The KwaZulu-Natal government is attempting a careful narrative pivot on Ithala -- from crisis containment to institutional reset. Read more »
South Africa: URC Focus Shifts to Lions and Sharks, SA's Perennial Underachievers
After four underwhelming seasons in Europe, these two teams must fight for respect in the final phase of the United Rugby Championship. Read more »
