August 25
South Africa: Businessman Seeks Bail in Trafficking Case - South African News Briefs - August 25, 2026
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South Africa: Fired for Being Foreign - How Employers Gave in to March and March Threats
GroundUp
The Casual Workers Advice Office has recorded a sharp rise in reports of xenophobic labour practices in Gauteng Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Anti-Immigrant Violence Slows SDG Goals, Rips Apart Africans' Free Movement Call
IPS
The xenophobic protests against Malawians, Nigerians, Zimbabweans, and other Africans in South Africa not only created a humanitarian crisis but also jeopardised the achievement of… Read more »
South Africa: Saulsville Children Play Among Sewage and Rubbish As Public Parks Deteriorate
Health-e
Children in Saulsville, west of Pretoria continue to use public parks where residents say sewage, illegal dumping and deteriorating infrastructure have made the spaces unsafe. Read more »
South Africa: IDAC's Failures Demand Reform, Not Abolition [analysis]
ISS
South Africa needs IDAC's specialist anti-corruption capability, but the institution must be repaired and strengthened. Read more »
South Africa: Readers' Donations Get Church Band Going Again
GroundUp
Instruments worth R100,000 were stolen from the Samora Machel band and sold for scrap Read more »
South Africa: Embattled NFP Leader Battles Says Party Isn't Ready for Elections
Scrolla
Mbali Shinga, whose expulsion from the NFP is being contested in court, says the party is not ready for the 4 November elections due to infighting. Over eight NFP councillors in… Read more »
South Africa: Courts and Commissions - Five Big Court Battles Gripping South Africa
Scrolla
Lawyer Charlotte Tibana and her metro police officer husband face fraud and money laundering charges involving more than R4-million from three deceased estates. The Steve Biko… Read more »
South Africa: Swimming SA Bosses Suspended Over Fake Document Claims
Scrolla
President Alan Fritz and CEO Shaun Adriaanse have been provisionally suspended over possible World Aquatics Integrity Code violations. They are banned from holding aquatics… Read more »
South Africa: Peanut Butter Tax Takes Aim At Cheaper Foreign Brands
Scrolla
South Africa now charges a 20% tax on imported peanut butter, mostly from India, to help protect local peanut butter makers. Groundnut industry leader Adri Botha says locally… Read more »
South Africa: Student Opens Her Home So Parents Can Apply for School Online
Scrolla
Myeni started helping in Tsakane in 2025 after a neighbour did not know she had to create an online profile. She has helped 13 parents in 2025 and 30 more in 2026, with former… Read more »
Africa: Miss World South Africa Romanda Hombir Wins 2026 Miss World Africa H2h Challenge
Leadership
Miss World South Africa, Romanda Hombir, has won the 2026 Miss World Africa Head-to-Head Challenge. Read more »
South Africa: Veteran Editor Gerald Shaw Dies [opinion]
allAfrica
The name of Gerald Shaw, a former deputy editor of South Africa’s Cape Times newspaper, is not widely known outside the country’s journalistic circles. Yet he played a… Read more »
August 24
South Africa: World's Largest Research Funder Lifts Ban On South Africa
GroundUp
Many clinical trials were halted, and many researchers were retrenched when the NIH stopped funding Read more »
South Africa: Cape Town Taxi Violence Sparks Talks - South African News Briefs - August 24, 2026
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South Africa: Approved in the Dark - - the Hidden Environmental Toll of SA's Data Centre Boom
Daily Maverick
As South Africa's data centre boom accelerates, civil society groups are petitioning the SAHRC for strict regulation and transparency before unmonitored facilities strain local… Read more »
South Africa: Gauteng Receives New Lenacapavir Stock
SAnews.gov.za
The Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) has received an additional 28 593 Lenacapavir initiation packs as the province moves to expand access to the six-monthly, long-acting HIV… Read more »
South Africa: The First Generic Weight Loss Drug Hit South Africa In August - With Many Expected To Follow. Will It Be Enough To Kill The Black Market?
Bhekisisa
The first generic weight loss drug hit SA in August — with many expected to follow. Will it be enough to kill the black market? Read more »
South Africa: DA Minister and Mayor Collaborate to Up Home Affairs Capacity in Cape Town [press release]
DA
The opening of a new Home Affairs office at the Cape Town Civic Centre by Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Leon Schreiber, and Cape Town Executive Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis demonstrates… Read more »
South Africa: Police Say Tete Murder Suspects Include 'Masterminds' Behind the Killing
Scrolla
Eastern Cape Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Vuyisile Ncata says suspects in custody include the killers and the masterminds behind Zolani Tete's murder. Ncata said… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's R1.9 Trillion Infrastructure Pipeline Signals Country At Work
SAnews.gov.za
South Africa is stepping up the pace of infrastructure delivery, with 81 Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) comprising 263 individual projects, with an estimated combined value… Read more »
South Africa: Home Affairs Opens Modern Office At Cape Town Civic Centre
SAnews.gov.za
Home Affairs Minister, Dr Leon Schreiber, officially opened a new modern Home Affairs office at the Cape Town Civic Centre on Monday. Read more »
South Africa: Ethekwini Urged to Strengthen Response to Water Challenges
SAnews.gov.za
The Department of Water and Sanitation has called on eThekwini Municipality to strengthen its response and accelerate efforts to address persistent water and sanitation challenges… Read more »
South Africa: Sassa Grant Reviews Strand Vulnerable South Africans in Systemic Chaos
Daily Maverick
A sweeping grant review process by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa), aimed at tackling fraud, is leaving some vulnerable South Africans with legitimate claims to… Read more »
South Africa: Questions Mount Over Matlala's Reluctance to Discuss Relationship With Sibiya
Daily Maverick
Serious questions are emerging from Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala's evidence about his relationship with suspended deputy police chief Shadrack Sibiya, which he was reluctant to discuss. Read more »
