April 04
South Africa/Nigeria: Banyana Prepare for High Stakes Olympic Showdown Against Nigeria
SAFA
Coach Desiree Ellis' charges have set their sights on qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, but they must first get past the Super Falcons of Nigeria over the two legs of… Read more »
South Africa: Reflections On the Intersection of Gendered Violence and Corruption in an Election Year
Daily Maverick
As South Africa prepares for the elections on 29 May, and political parties rally behind their manifestos full of promises of change, it is important for us as the citizenry to… Read more »
Africa: Standard Chartered, Old Mutual Fintech Arms to Launch UAE Wealth Management Platform
Daily Maverick
The new wealth platform will be headquartered in the UAE, the Middle East's financial hub, providing access to advanced budgeting, savings and investment solutions for users in the… Read more »
South Africa: 'Rule With Absolute Fear' - Organised Crime Kingpins Target Witnesses, Detectives to Deter Investigations
Daily Maverick
The assassination of witnesses, lawyers and detectives means people are increasingly afraid to speak out about organised crime. In Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay, police are still trying… Read more »
South Africa: SA Reserve Bank Is Exorcising the Spectre of Stagflation
Daily Maverick
The South African Reserve Bank is unlikely to cut interest rates in the near future. Read more »
South Africa: Criminal Complaint Lodged Against Benjamin Rattle, a South African Serving in the Israeli Military
GroundUp
Rattle's social media posts appear to show him standing in front of destroyed buildings and rubble in Gaza Read more »
South Africa: Pit Toilet Eradication Deadline Missed By Limpopo Education Department
GroundUp
But department says it's 80% of the way there Read more »
South Africa: President Ramaphosa Pays Tribue to Tony Heard
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to distinguished journalist, acclaimed editor, and former special adviser in the Presidency, Tony Heard. Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Kaizer Chiefs Footballer Luke Fleurs Shot Dead
Vanguard
South African footballer Luke Fleurs was shot dead by robbers in Johannesburg in the latest incident to shock the crime-ridden nation, police and his club said on Thursday. Read more »
South Africa: Safa Saddened By the Passing of Kaizer Chiefs Player Luke Fleurs
SAFA
Chiefs confirmed that the 24-year-old Fleurs tragically lost his life on Wednesday night, 3 April 2024, during a hijacking in Johannesburg. Read more »
South Africa: Elections 2024 - What the Major Political Parties Say About Public Transport
GroundUp
We sent questions to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi Read more »
South Africa: No Showers, No Food, No Electricity - the Forgotten Men of Molyneaux Municipal Shelter in Durban
GroundUp
More than 200 people still live in tented shelter set up during Covid lockdown Read more »
South Africa: Revealed - - One in Six SA Political Party Leaders Has a Shady Past [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Nine of the candidates topping political party lists to contest next month's general elections have a chequered past. They include a State Capture kingpin and an ANC veteran booted… Read more »
South Africa: Markus Jooste's Steinhoff Was a Horrific, High-Profile Example of Corporate Capture [opinion]
Daily Maverick
Steinhoff is corporate South Africa's handmaid to State Capture. They share the same DNA -- people who knew better and could have done something chose silence. Read more »
South Africa: Carnavon FCs Detectives Secure Two Separate Statutory Rape [press release]
SAPS
Detectives attached to the Carnarvon Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) unit recently secured two separate statutory rape convictions. Read more »
South Africa: 'If We Can Just Stop Taxi Violence' - Ricardo Mackenzie Reflects On His First Year As Western Cape Mobility MEC [analysis]
Daily Maverick
It's been just over a year since the Western Cape Department of Mobility was launched, with MEC Ricardo Mackenzie in charge. During this time, the province has undergone a… Read more »
South Africa: Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula Should Be 'Applauded' for Resigning, Says Ramaphosa [analysis]
Daily Maverick
President Cyril Ramaphosa has commended the former National Assembly Speaker's decision to resign from her position. Mapisa-Nqakula was granted R50,000 bail on Thursday after being… Read more »
South Africa: As Democracy Wanes Across the Globe, Election Observers Play a Pivotal Role [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Election observation serves as a cornerstone of democratic governance, promoting transparency, accountability and public confidence in electoral processes worldwide. Read more »
South Africa: All Systems Go for Eskom Transmission Arm to Become a Separate Company [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The unbundling of ailing state-run power utility Eskom into three entities has passed a major threshold. The National Transmission Company of South Africa has achieved all the… Read more »
Africa: Cheaper Down the Road - Total Cost of E-Buses Beats Diesel in the Long Run in South Africa - Study [analysis]
Daily Maverick
A new report finds that a transition from diesel to battery-powered electric buses in South Africa's main cities can be justified purely on a financial basis, in most… Read more »
South Africa: Gauteng Commuters Cheer Prasa's Long-Awaited Reopening of Key Rail Lines [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Almost four years after the destruction of the country's rail infrastructure, Prasa has been on a steady recovery path that has seen more crucial rail lines reopen. In Gauteng, 13… Read more »
South Africa: Diversifying and Investing Offshore Can Help Protect Investments [analysis]
Daily Maverick
There will be times when the local market will do better than the US and times when the rand will strengthen against the dollar, so do not just chase last year's winner. Read more »
South Africa: Unravelling Fast Fashion - The Ugly Reality of Environmental and Worker Exploitation Behind the Glam [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Fast fashion comes at a cost - incurred mostly in the Global South - of enormously negative environmental and social impacts being embedded throughout its life cycle. Read more »
South Africa: Breakthrough for Early Learning As Education Department Embraces Non-Formal Venues
Daily Maverick
The new strategy projects the need for 115,000 new early learning venues for 2.9 million 3-5-year-olds by 2030, but it acknowledges that these children must be reached now in… Read more »
April 03
South Africa: South Africa Among Top Air Polluters On the Continent, NGO Report Finds [analysis]
Daily Maverick
A Greenpeace report says South Africa is home to six of the world's 10 largest nitrogen dioxide emission hotspots and nine of Africa's 10 largest nitrogen dioxide point sources. Read more »