South Africa: Hunger Crisis - - Rights Group Calls for State Action As 23 Percent of South Africans Struggle to Access Food

The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa has launched a report that unpacks the cause of South Africa's food poverty crisis and looks at legal frameworks to strengthen… Read more »

South Africa: Chief Rabbi Goldstein Abuses Legal and Religious Concepts in Attack On Ramaphosa

As the son of a German Jewish refugee whose entire family was murdered in Auschwitz and Riga, I appreciate the importance of Raphael Lemkin's precise definition of genocide. Using… Read more »

South Africa: Judgment Against Hlophe Is an Important Step to Protect the Integrity of SA's Legal System

The judgment asserts the centrality of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to the legitimacy of the judiciary and the need to ensure that members of the JSC are suitably… Read more »

South Africa: Gaps in the Safety Net - Breaking Down State and Societal Protections for Children

South Africa's child protection system is supposed to be a safety net for young people in danger. But when you listen to the people working in the sector, you hear the same story… Read more »

South Africa: Gauteng Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak At World's Largest Feedlot Is a Red Meat Flag

The bottom line is that if FMD can occur at this operation, no South African cattle farm or feedlot is safe. But there is no need to rush out to stock up your freezer. Read more »

South Africa: EFF Vs Fuel Levy Increase - - Court Challenge Tests Legality of Fiscal Decisions

The EFF has filed an urgent court bid to block Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's fuel levy hike, arguing it is irrational, economically harmful and unlawfully implemented. This… Read more »

South Africa: Gayton Mckenzie Should Be Relieved of His Cabinet Position

The reality is that Gayton McKenzie has no place in government and his clownishly dangerous comments must be met with sanction. Read more »

South Africa: 'Winkgate' Is Manufactured Social Media Outrage That Will Add More Fuel to the SA-Ireland Rugby Rivalry

The Sharks beat Ireland's Munster in the United Rugby Championship quarterfinals through a penalty shootout -- but the result was almost overshadowed by an on-field wink. Read more »

South Africa: SA Food System 'Is Not Broken' - - There Is a Lack of Will to Ensure Food Security

On World Hunger Day, Gauteng MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development Vuyiswa Ramokgopa was among the keynote speakers at the Union Against Hunger (UAH) community meeting in… Read more »

South Africa: New Report Reveals Cost-of-Living Crisis Deepening for South Africa's Poor

From 2011 to 2023 the cost of living in South Africa has nearly doubled. This was revealed in the Trend in the Cost of Living in South Africa report, released on Friday, 16 May… Read more »

Kenya: From Gourds to Satellites - A Maasai-Inspired Model for Reweaving Kenya's Rangelands

How an 'inside-out' conservation strategy is integrating traditional pastoralist practices with modern conservation tools to sustain biodiversity across working landscapes. Read more »

South Africa: Young South Africans School the Market - JSE Investment Challenge April Winners Announced

Every year, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Investment Challenge puts South Africa's sharpest young minds to the test - and every year, a crop of winners rises to the top. The… Read more »

South Africa: Collapsing Buildings and Lapses in Safety Bedevil the SA Construction Sector

The effects of a building collapse can be devastating, leading to loss of life, injuries, property damage and significant economic and social disruption. Read more »

South Africa: Daybreak Foods - Chicken Producer Hopes Business Rescue Will Hatch a Turnaround

Creditors and almost 3,000 employees may finally see some resolution as the first business rescue meetings for beleaguered chicken producer, Daybreak Foods, kick off next week. Read more »

South Africa: No One Can Live Like This, Say Ramaphosa Informal Settlement Residents Amid Growing Sanitation Crisis

Residents of Ramaphosa informal settlement in Emfuleni are living through a deepening sanitation crisis, with portable toilets teeming with maggots, water taps running dry, and… Read more »

South Africa: Rhetoric Vs Reality - - Trump Touts Himself As Peacemaker, but Actions Against SA Suggest Otherwise

Trump's rhetoric suggests a leader keen on global recognition as a problem solver, but his method of being confrontational, racially selective and domestically performative may… Read more »

South Africa: SA's New Mining Cadastre to Go Live in June in Western Cape Test Drive

The new mining cadastre will do its test drive in the Western Cape and then take the N2 to the Eastern Cape before it shifts into nationwide gear. Read more »

South Africa: Minister to Remove Wrecks From Small SA Harbours After Outcry By Fishers

Remove your wrecks or we will and charge you, Dion George tells boat owners. Read more »

South Africa: From Shoplifting to Watered-Down Formula - Desperate New Moms and SA's Malnutrition Crisis

New mothers struggling to make ends meet dilute baby formula with water, and new moms are more likely to suffer from acute malnutrition than when they were pregnant, results from… Read more »

South Africa: Ramaphosa Gets Braaied and Fed to Trump's Maga At the US-SA Boerewors Summit

Cringe diplomacy reigns as timid South African delegation stumbles into Trump's made-for-TV unreality show. Read more »

Africa: Africa's Depth and Diversity On Display - - Inside This Year's RMB Latitudes Art Fair

This weekend, Shepstone Gardens will be transformed, its grounds a living gallery for one of Africa's most exciting art fairs. Read more »

South Africa: Explainer - Malatsi Clarifies B-Bbee Policy Direction

Communications Minister Solly Malatsi has clarified the new policy direction with a new filing and full statement. Read more »

South Africa: Oval Office Drama Notwithstanding, the Door to the White House Has Been Opened for SA

Behind the scenes, in the Cabinet Room, it was a different universe. Laughter, jokes and a cordial environment prevailed. Even Elon Musk behaved like a normal human being. Read more »

Africa: Trump's Oval Office Drama - Unpacking the Misleading Claims About South Africa's 'White Genocide'

US President Donald Trump dramatically ambushed President Cyril Ramaphosa with a multimedia presentation in the Oval Office encompassing Julius Malema, the MK party and farm… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzanian Police Dump 'Severely Tortured' Activist On Border As State Slides Back Into Authoritarianism

Something is rotten in the state of Tanzania. Despite promising to walk back the worst of former president John Magufuli's autocratic tendencies, following his death from Covid-19… Read more »