South Africa: Taxi Strike Affects Service Delivery in Western Cape Municipalities

One of the effects of the now week-long taxi strike in the Western Cape is delays in service delivery. While some communities were already having service delivery issues, the… Read more »

South Africa: 'Maybe Today, I'll Slip Away...' Sugar Man Sixto Rodriguez Passes Away

Sixto Rodriguez, a huge star in South Africa in the 70s and again later with the release of a documentary in 2012, passed away at the age of 81. The official Rodriguez website… Read more »

South Africa: Western Cape Taxi Strike Extended for Two More Days Despite Santaco's August 9 End Date

The SA National Taxi Council originally said its strike in the Western Cape would end on 9 August. But on that day, the council failed to resolve its dispute with the City of Cape… Read more »

South Africa: Why Santaco Views Taxi Strike As More Than Just a Fight Against a New City of Cape Town By-Law

SA National Taxi Council members went on strike primarily in response to a new City of Cape Town by-law, which has led to large numbers of taxis being impounded. But the industry… Read more »

South Africa: Officials Play Blame Game Over Western Cape Taxi Strike As Commuters Suffer

On the sixth day of the Western Cape taxi strike, the word 'arrogance' was bandied about during two separate media briefings by national government officials on Tuesday. While… Read more »

South Africa: Garbage Piles Up in Cape Town Suburbs As Taxi Strike Drags On

Tuesday marked Day 6 of the taxi strike in the Western Cape. Daily Maverick visited the suburb of Observatory and found that residents were grappling with rubbish piling up and… Read more »

South Africa: Iran's President Will Probably Attend Brics Summit - Minister of International Relations

Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor has insisted that Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi's likely attendance at the BRICS Summit does not mean the group… Read more »

South Africa: Economic Fears Set in After Five Days of Western Cape Taxi Strike

Western Cape business owners are feeling the pinch as the taxi drivers' strike in the province continued for the fifth consecutive day on Monday. There are also concerns about the… Read more »

South Africa: Spur Sees Profits Soar Despite Multimillion-Rand Tax Bill

The group said it had achieved a strong trading performance for the 2023 financial year, with franchised restaurant sales increasing by 23% on the previous financial year. Read more »

South Africa: Taxi Strike Impact - Almost Half a Million Learners Blocked From Western Cape Schools

A matric learner at a taxi rank is told - 'We told you to stay home. Go back home and sleep!' She is among the 456,020 learners who were prevented from getting to school on Monday… Read more »

South Africa: Day 4 - Brace for Another Day of Western Cape Taxi Strike After Santaco-Government Talks Collapse

Western Cape commuters have again been left in limbo as talks to halt the ongoing taxi strike could not deliver any good news on Sunday. This comes after a weekend of sporadic… Read more »

Ghana: 'Game-Changer' Obuasi Mine in Ghana Now the Jewel in Anglogold's Crown, Says CEO

One theme that has been emerging in AngloGold Ashanti's results is the improbable recovery of its Obuasi mine in Ghana, which a few years ago was overrun by an army of illegal mine… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »