August 06, 2023
South Africa: The Netball World Cup Tournament Scores Plenty of Points - But Also Drops the Ball
Held in SA for the first time, the showcase event has been a noisy success on the court, but the thrilling action has been slightly marred by a couple of off-court issues. Read more »
South Africa: International Crime Syndicate Targets South Africans Using Smartphones
According to Statista, between 20 million and 22 million South Africans were using smartphones by January this year. As the use of smartphones with near-field communication has… Read more »
South Africa: Is the Killing of Media Photographers and Journalists Becoming a Trend?
If he cold-blooded murder of Isolezwe photographer Bongani Mbatha in KwaZulu-Natal is part of a trend to silence the journalist messengers in South Africa, then our country's… Read more »
South Africa: Startling Twists in Senzo Meyiwa's Murder Trial As No-Nonsense Former Soccer Player Judge Cracks the Whip
For almost nine years of long, slow court proceedings, soccer star Senzo Meyiwa was thought to have been killed by robbers. But new evidence - and a new judge - puts another slant… Read more »
August 04, 2023
South Africa: Taxi Industry and City of Cape Town Harden Their Stances Amid Strike Violence and Mayhem
As commuters across Cape Town scrambled to find a way home on Thursday after minibus taxi drivers withdrew their services, the taxi industry wants the national government to… Read more »
August 01, 2023
South Africa: Our Food Systems Are Broken - Now Is the Time for Deeper Change, UN Summit Hears
While how to achieve food systems transformation may not yet be clear to many countries, the fact that it needs to happen is - and the summit did succeed in setting several new… Read more »
South Africa: Stun Grenades, Tear Gas and Gridlock Hit Cape Town in Taxi Clash With Officials
The SAPS Public Order Policing unit was called in to assist City of Cape Town traffic officials in a standoff with taxi operators, which led to the firing of rubber bullets and… Read more »
July 31, 2023
South Africa: Proteas Suffer Third-Quarter Slaughter in Loss to Jamaica
South Africa's Netball World Cup challenge stuttered after they suffered a humbling 67-49 loss to fourth-ranked Jamaica. Read more »
July 30, 2023
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Plans Export of 'Surplus' Maize As Many Locals Struggle to Put Food On Table
Ahead of national polls on 23 August, the Zanu-PF government is crowing about a bumper grain harvest and the first grain exports in two decades. Yet some parts of the country are… Read more »
July 27, 2023
South Africa: Billions Blown As Eskom Burns Through Its Emergency-Use Diesel
Just shy of four months into its current financial year, Eskom has already blown R12.4bn on diesel to run its emergency generation fleet -- nearly half its budget for the entire… Read more »
South Africa: VIP Protection Unit Officers to Spend Weekend in Custody While Bail Application Continues
Deputy President Paul Mashatile's VIP Protection Unit members caught on camera assaulting motorists alongside a Johannesburg highway will spend the weekend in custody after their… Read more »
South Africa: VIP Protection Unit Members in Highway Assault Case Must Remove Masks - Magistrate
It's been more than three weeks since members of Deputy President Paul Mashatile's VIP protection unit were captured on video punching and kicking the four occupants of a car.… Read more »
South Africa: SA's Annual Factory Gate Prices Slow Significantly in June in Latest Sign Inflation Being Brought to Heel
South Africa's Producer Price Index slowed significantly to 4.8% in the year to June -- its slowest read since February 2021 -- from 7.3% in May. Price pressures remain, but they… Read more »
South Africa: Maiden Netball World Cup Host Status Offers Proteas Goal-Scoring Edge
South Africa don't head into the Netball World Cup as favourites but with a country's support, they can reach their lofty ambitions. Read more »
July 26, 2023
South Africa: Powerful U.S. Senator Tables Legislation to Scuttle South Africa's Hosting of AGOA Forum
US Senator Jim Risch has tabled legislation in Congress aimed at shifting this year's Agoa forum from South Africa to another country because of Pretoria's perceived closeness to… Read more »
South Africa: Springboks and SARU Won't Repeat Banyana Debacle As RWC Financial Incentives Are Settled
The Springboks' off-field financial expectations for Rugby World Cup 2023 were settled months ago, ensuring the squad will go to France with only rugby performances to worry about. Read more »
South Africa: Cholera Outbreak 'Represents Ears of Hippopotamus' of Wastewater Treatment Crisis
While an independent assessment by the Water Resource Commission can't identify the source of the recent cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, the investigation highlights a much… Read more »
Africa: Poor Turnout of African Leaders Expected At Putin's Summit
One of the big questions about the summit is whether any African leaders will urge Putin to rescind his decision of last week to pull out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Read more »
South Africa: Privatisation of SAA Passes Crucial Competition Hurdles
However, the introduction of private-sector investors in the ownership structure of the troubled airline still has a crucial obstacle. The deal could collapse if SAA's historical… Read more »
July 25, 2023
South Africa: Confidential Document Reveals Fears That AGOA Trade Pact Status Is Under Threat
In a confidential discussion note seen by Daily Maverick, South Africa admits its status as a beneficiary of the African Growth and Opportunity Act is under threat. Meanwhile,… Read more »
South Africa: Kumba CEO Rails At Transnet Inefficiencies After Interim Earnings Fall
Kumba Iron Ore has once again flagged the woes of state-run logistics company Transnet as it unveiled a fall in interim earnings, a decline mostly attributable to lower prices.… Read more »
Southern Africa: Digital Investment Scam Stretched From South Africa to Neighbouring Countries
An investment scam that promised to usher in the digital era for stokvels has claimed financial victims across South Africa and as far afield as Swaziland, Lesotho and Zimbabwe. Read more »
Eswatini: Thulani Maseko and the Declaration That Activists Suspect Rubbed Up the Swazi Monarchy the Wrong Way
In Eswatini, parliamentary elections are held every five years but there is no legislative framework enabling political parties to participate. By calling for the boycott and… Read more »
South Africa: Advocacy Group Makes Court Bid to Lift Veil of Secrecy Over Covid Vaccine Procurement
The Pretoria High Court has reserved judgment in the Health Justice Initiative's appeal against the government's refusal to make several documents relating to the procurement of… Read more »
South Africa: De Beers Records First Production From New South African Underground Mine
An extremely rare, almost seismic, event just occurred in the SA mining industry - the first production has been delivered from a new mine built by an old company. Read more »