April 02
South Africa: Broken Streetlights Have Led to a Spike in Crime in This Cape Town Suburb
GroundUp
But the City says repairs are difficult because of safety risks in Tafelsig Read more »
April 01
South Africa: Cape Town Fire Displaces Over 700 in Informal Settlements - South African News Briefs - April 1, 2024
allAfrica
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South Africa: McJunior Wins Big Brother Mzansi Season 4
Big Brother Mzansi
This season Biggie rounded up 23 lively characters under one roof to give us the wildest season yet, and McJunior walks out as the season's champ. Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Laws Aren't Geared to Protecting Against Climate Change - Judges Are Trying to Fill the Gap [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
South Africa has plenty of environmental laws but none that specifically oblige government officials to consider the risks and impacts of climate change when they approve new… Read more »
South Africa: Fort Hare Murders - Ex-SAPS Member, 14 Suspended University Workers Arrested [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The latest development brings the number of those arrested to 25, for the murders and attempted murder that are believed to be linked to a tender corruption syndicate. Read more »
South Africa: Markus Jooste, the Shadow Magician Who Couldn't Look Into the Mirror [analysis]
Daily Maverick
It should have been apparent early on that Jooste might have been a magician, but he was unapologetically a shadow magician, only interested in his own enrichment. Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Multiple Water Crises Cannot Be Resolved By Technical Solutions Alone [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Sixty-four percent of the country's sewage and wastewater treatment plants are at 'high or critical' risk of dumping untreated water into rivers and the environment. Read more »
South Africa: Thohoyandou Police Launch Manhunt for Husband Following Fatal Shooting of Wife [press release]
SAPS
Thohoyandou Police have launched a massive manhunt following the tragic murder of a 45-year-old woman by her husband during a church service sermon at Makonde Shadani village on… Read more »
March 31
South Africa: Stingray Sand 'Sculpture' On South Africa's Coast May Be Oldest Example of Humans Creating an Image of Another Creature [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
South Africa's Cape south coast offers many hints about how our human ancestors lived some 35,000 to 400,000 years ago during the Pleistocene epoch. These clues are captured in the… Read more »
South Africa: Zimbabwean Migration to South Africa - How Technology Helps Keep Families Together [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Political instability and economic decline in Zimbabwe have accelerated migration to South Africa in the last two decades. Because of the overriding socio-economic focus of the… Read more »
South Africa: High Density Disruptive Operation Vala Umgodi Continues to Squeeze Criminal Activities to Zero Over Easter Weekend in Limpopo [press release]
SAPS
The High Density Disruptive Operation Vala Umgodi has made commendable breakthrough after arresting a total number of eighty-five suspects over the Easter weekend within the five… Read more »
March 29
South Africa: Former President Zuma Involved in Car Crash
Vanguard
South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma has been involved in a car crash overnight after a vehicle transporting him was hit by a drunk driver, police said on Friday. Read more »
Botswana: Limpopo Bus Accident - South Africa's Interpol Office Confirms All 46 Passengers Were Botswana Citizens - Search for More Bodies Underway [press release]
SAPS
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March 28
South Africa: Former President Jacob Zuma Barred From Running in Election
DW
The former president has been expelled from the ruling ANC and has been campaigning for the newly formed MK party. An MK spokesman said the party will appeal the decision made by… Read more »
South Africa: Girl, 8, Thought to Be Sole Survivor After Bus Goes Over Cliff
DW
A bus went over a cliff in South Africa's northern province of Limpopo. South Africa's transport minister expressed condolences to the families of the victims. Read more »
South Africa: 45 Dead As Bus Carrying Easter Worshippers Falls Off Bridge
Vanguard
A bus on Thursday plunged off a bridge into a ravine and caught fire in South Africa, killing 45 of the 46 people said to be headed for an Easter conference. Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Energy Crisis Is Driving a 'Solar Boom', but There's a Downside [analysis]
African Arguments
The privately-led quintupling of rooftop solar in 2 years takes some pressure off the grid but, without planning, risks deepening energy apartheid. Read more »
South Africa: Damning Report On 'State of Disrepair' of Many Police Stations
GroundUp
The committee recommended that SAPS finds a way to be less dependent on Public Works Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's New Energy Plan Needs a Mix of Nuclear, Gas, Renewables and Coal - Expert [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
South Africa's economy has been hard hit by 15 years of loadshedding (rolling blackouts). The country's coal-fired power plants have a maintenance backlog and frequently experience… Read more »
South Africa: Protected Products - What Makes Lamb From South Africa's Karoo and France's Mont Saint-Michel So Special [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
A meal or food shopping experience can be more interesting and enjoyable when you know more about a particular product, like what region it came from and the culture that shaped… Read more »
South Africa: Government Officially Scraps Disastrous E-Toll System [analysis]
Daily Maverick
It's finally official. Gauteng motorists can now breathe a sigh of relief following the government's official announcement and gazetting of its decision to scrap the disastrous… Read more »
South Africa: Focus On Children, Urges President of SA Society of Psychiatrists
spotlight
There are serious gaps in psychiatry regarding treatment, prevention and care for children and adolescents in South Africa. Offering solutions, Dr Anusha Lachman tells Spotlight… Read more »
South Africa: Legal Setback for Prasa Whistleblower
GroundUp
Fired head of legal Martha Ngoye's reinstatement overturned on appeal Read more »
South Africa: Police Van Knocks Over Woman, Breaks Her Pelvis, Shoots Rubber Bullets At Crowd and Drives Off
GroundUp
Nolwazi Tokhwe from Capricorn is being treated in hospital. She also has a fractured spine and injured right arm. Read more »
South Africa: New CEO Promises Brighter Future for State's Media Development Agency
GroundUp
But the MDDA's last clean audit was in 2020/21 and the board chair, flagged by the Nugent Commission, is still in office Read more »