June 18
South Africa: Traffic Department Employee Nabbed for Fraud [press release]
SAPS
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South Africa: Brutal and Disarming - Moffie Urges Us to Question Authority [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Kai Luke Brümmer shines in the stage version of the critically acclaimed film and autobiography Moffie, which tackles toxic masculinity and homophobia in the story of a gay… Read more »
South Africa: Low Scoring Affair On the Opening Day of 2024 ABC Motsepe National Playoffs
SAFA
Group B and C went top of their groups by beating their opponents by one goal each, leaving the tournament wide open. While Group A offered a scintillating ending to the match… Read more »
South Africa: Motsoaledi Welcomes 18-Year Sentence of Pakistani National Linked to Passport-Related Crimes
SAnews.gov.za
The Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has welcomed the sentencing of a Pakistani national, Arfan Ahmed, who was convicted of corruption and bribing Home Affairs… Read more »
South Africa: Make Mzansi Proud! Bryoni Govender Jets Off to Poland for Miss Supranational 2024
Fame Frenzy
Miss SA 2023 runner-up Bryoni Govender has packed her bags and is ready to report for duty at Miss Supranational 2024. The beauty contest takes place in Sącz, Poland, on July 6. Read more »
June 17
Africa: Global South Countries Break With West On Ukraine Summit Final Declaration
People's Dispatch
None of the BRICS member states signed the final joint communique which talked about respect for Ukraine's territorial integrity. Many affirmed that there cannot be any serious… Read more »
South Africa: Western Cape Records First Mpox Case - South African News Briefs - June 17, 2024
allAfrica
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South Africa: Zuma's MK Party to Join Opposition Alliance
DW
Former South African President Jacob Zuma's MK party says it wants to coordinate efforts against the unity government led by the African National Congress (ANC), claiming a May… Read more »
Africa: Newspapers in South Africa - - Chronicle of a Death Foretold [opinion]
Daily Maverick
With reports of the likely closure of a number of print newspapers in South Africa, what does it say about the state of our crumbling news industry and shrinking newsrooms? Read more »
Africa: Tinubu to Attend Ramaphosa's Inauguration in South Africa
Premium Times
President Tinubu will return to Nigeria after the ceremony. Read more »
South Africa: At a Critical Crossroads - Unpacking SA's New Biodiversity Strategy [analysis]
Daily Maverick
A draft government environmental management plan has been welcomed as steps in the right direction, but viewed with some scepticism for its shortfalls. Will our biodiversity… Read more »
South Africa: 'Go Back to SA' - UK and U.S. Tell Eskom and Asbestos Corruption Accused They're Extraditable [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Michael Lomas is wanted in South Africa for a case involving R745-million Eskom fraud, while Moroadi Cholota is wanted for a R255-million Free State asbestos corruption matter.… Read more »
South Africa: Jozi Turns On the Lights On the Nelson Mandela Bridge for a Brighter Future [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The lighting on the iconic Nelson Mandela Bridge has been upgraded as part of a city cleanup initiative. Read more »
South Africa: Jacob Zuma Streaming Himself Playing Roblox Is No Way to Engage the Youth [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Did anyone see that pre-election TikTok video of Juju with the kittens? What about the one with Mmusi singing in the shower? No? Me neither. When it comes to social media, I think… Read more »
South Africa: DA Leader Steenhuisen Has Nothing to Lose in a Country Set Back Three Decades [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Over the past week, again, the minority-white people, descendants and legatees of European colonialism and settler colonialism, were presented as indispensable and claimed that… Read more »
South Africa: Multidisciplinary Team Arrests Suspects for Murder, House Robbery, Kidnapping and Possession of Suspected Stolen Goods [press release]
SAPS
A multi-disciplinary team consisting of the Swartruggens and Bojanala Sub-District 2 Detectives Task Team, Rustenburg Crime Intelligence, Rustenburg Public Order Police (POP) and… Read more »
South Africa: Operation Shanela Continues to Stamp the Authority of the State in the Northern Cape [press release]
SAPS
The week long Operation Shanela actions secured the arrest of 242 perpetrators across the Northern Cape. Read more »
South Africa: Gauteng Police Offers R100 000 Reward for Information That Could Lead to the Arrest of Soshanguve Murder Suspect [press release]
SAPS
The police in Gauteng are offering a reward of R100 000.00 to any person who can assist the police with information that can lead to the arrest and successful conviction of Dennis… Read more »
South Africa: All Eyes On Who Ramaphosa Will Elect in His New Cabinet
Namibian
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, re-elected for a second term after his weakened ANC lost its outright majority, will announce an "inclusive" cabinet, the party said… Read more »
South Africa: Sugarcane Growers Stand By Claims of Job Losses Linked to Sugar Tax [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The South African Canegrowers Association is questioning a report on job losses in the sector, which suggests the sugar tax has not caused a significant decline in employment. Read more »
South Africa: Glyn Hall - The Unbeatable Fastness of Being [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Glyn Hall has spent three decades building up South Africa's most successful motorsport team and export. Last month, in parallel with Red Bull's design guru, Adrian Newey, Hall… Read more »
June 16
South Africa: The Sound of Struggle - South Africa's Lasting Legacy of Cultural Resistance
RFI
Thirty years after the end of apartheid in South Africa, the cultural resistance artists waged against white minority rule continues to inspire new generations of creators. Read more »
South Africa: World's Oldest Termite Mounds Discovered in South Africa [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The landscape along the Buffels River in South Africa's Namaqualand region is dotted with thousands of sandy mounds that occupy about 20% of the surface area. These heuweltjies, as… Read more »
South Africa: Mahwelereng Police Launch a Search for a Murder Suspect of a 21-Year-Old Male At a Tavern [press release]
SAPS
The South African Police Service in Mahwelereng have launched a search for a 25-year-old male suspect who allegedly brutally murdered a 21-year-old male victim at a local tavern on… Read more »
South Africa: Joe Gqabi District Commissioner Leads Her Members in Operation Shanela [press release]
SAPS
Joe Gqabi District Commissioner Maj Gen Lindelwa Vellem together with her senior officers and members painted the town of Ugie blue adding more boots on the ground during Shanela… Read more »