June 14
South Africa: Accused Persons Get Life Sentences Each for the Brutal of Murder Kagiso Mongale [press release]
SAPS
The Provincial Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena and the Director of Public Prosecution, Dr Rachel Makhari welcomed life sentences handed down to three accused… Read more »
South Africa: Letlhabile Police Request Community Assistance in Locating Missing Man - Elliott Jiyane (54) [press release]
SAPS
The police in Letlhabile request the community's assistance in locating 54-year-old Mr Elliott Jiyane, who went missing from Boikhuco Old age home in Letlhabile, outside Brits. In… Read more »
South Africa: Lessons From South African Elections
Daily Trust
South Africans went to the polls with much expectations riding both on the conduct of the elections and the outcome. In the build up to the elections there were indications that a… Read more »
June 13
South Africa: Coalition Talks Intensify as Parties Reveal GNU Positions
allAfrica
South Africa is moving closer to a new era of collaborative governance as political parties unveil their positions on the African National Congress' (ANC) proposed Government of… Read more »
South Africa: National Disaster for 3 Provinces After Severe Weather
allAfrica
The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) department declared a national disaster for areas affected by severe weather in KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, and the… Read more »
South Africa: Searching for a Female Partner for the World's 'Loneliest' Plant [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
"Surely this is the most solitary organism in the world," wrote palaeontologist Richard Fortey in his book about the evolution of life. Read more »
Africa: June 16 Uprising - How a Massacre in South Africa Led to Africa's Boycott of the 1976 Olympics [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
As the world prepares for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, can we maintain faith in the nonpolitical ethos of the event? The Montreal Olympics Games in 1976 stands out, among others,… Read more »
South Africa: Jacob Zuma - South Africans Have Five Theories About Why He's Still Popular [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
A number of theories are being touted in South Africa about why and how former president Jacob Zuma retains his appeal as a leader. And why the party he formed - uMkhonto we Sizwe… Read more »
South Africa: 'A Mockery of Equity' - Experts Warn of Electric Vehicles Infrastructure Apartheid in South Africa [analysis]
African Arguments
Without decisive policies, the uneven benefits of electric vehicles may make the world's most unequal country even more unequal. Read more »
South Africa: Stellenbosch University to Shut Down Wilgenhof Residence - South African News Briefs - June 13, 2024
allAfrica
Stellenbosch University to Shut Down Wilgenhof Residence Read more »
South Africa: Operation Shanela Continues to Yield Success in Ekurhuleni District
SAPS
Two hundred and sixty nine (269) suspects were arrested for various crimes in Ekurhuleni District from Wednesday afternoon, 12 June 2024 until Thursday morning, 13 June 2024. Read more »
South Africa: Date Set for Presidential Inauguration
SAnews.gov.za
The Secretary to Parliament, Xolile George, has announced that the inauguration of the President-elect will be held in Pretoria on Wednesday next week. Read more »
South Africa: Alan Winde Cements Second Term As Western Cape Premier, Saying 'I Don't Take This Lightly' [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Alan Winde was elected Premier of the Western Cape on Thursday. Daylin Mitchell was re-elected as Speaker. Read more »
South Africa: Despite Rumours to the Contrary, Naledi Pandor Wants to Remain Foreign Minister, Insiders Say [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor has not made it back into Parliament -- so will President Cyril Ramaphosa expend precious political capital to keep her in the job? Read more »
South Africa: EFF's Nkululeko Dunga Gets Chop As Finance Mmc in Budget-Battered Ekurhuleni [analysis]
Daily Maverick
EFF regional leader Nkululeko Dunga has been axed as finance MMC in Ekurhuleni. This could signal an end to the ANC-EFF marriage which has succeeded in removing DA mayors in… Read more »
South Africa: Controversial Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba Tipped to Be Sworn in As Premier [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba is poised to ascend to the position of Premier of Limpopo, succeeding Stanley Mathabatha, amid a cloud of controversy and speculation, with the ANC… Read more »
South Africa: Civil Society and Eskom At Odds Over Proposal to Extend Koeberg's Life By 20 Years [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Civil society organisations have cried foul over Eskom's application to have Koeberg's operating licence extended for another 20 years - but the power utility insists that the… Read more »
South Africa: Strap Yourselves in, the Next Five Years Could Be a Wild Roller Coaster Ride [analysis]
Daily Maverick
This was a transition election that signals the beginning of the end for the current political establishment. And the space for a new, vibrant opposition could be about to become… Read more »
South Africa: Multi-Party Democracy Under the Rule of Law Has Finally Come of Age in South Africa [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Between 1994 and 29 May 2024, South Africa has not in fact been a multi-party democracy. It has been a dominant-party State in which the tripartite alliance has pursued its stated… Read more »
South Africa: National Arts Festival Battles to Get Much-Needed Lottery Funding [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The decision not to fund the country's longest-running arts festival was communicated a month before its start date. Read more »
South Africa: Over a Century of LGBTQI+ Struggle and Triumph in South Africa, From 1907 to 2024 [analysis]
Daily Maverick
It has taken more than a century of struggle to get South Africa to the point where it has the most progressive legislation on LGBTIQ+ rights in Africa, if not the world. But… Read more »
South Africa: 'No-Vote Party' Wins - Answering Your Post-Election Questions [analysis]
Daily Maverick
We know this is a confusing, possibly nail-biting time and we are committed to being your eyes and ears as we head into a future that holds both possibility and peril in almost… Read more »
South Africa: Rand Shows Resilience Before Inaugural National Assembly Sitting, Hoisted By Sound Economic Data [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The rand has rallied this week, spurred by hopes for the government of national unity and a spate of positive economic data. Winter may be upon us, but tentative economic green… Read more »
South Africa: Tough Questions for Political Parties (Part Three) - the ANC, Coalition Discussions, Economic Transformation [opinion]
Daily Maverick
Does the ANC intend to continue the government's conservative economic policy direction, or even worse, double down and move its economic policies rightwards? Read more »
South Africa: Blow for MK As NFP Backs Government of Provincial Unity in KZN [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The National Freedom Party has backed a government of provincial unity in KwaZulu-Natal, strengthening the IFP's bid to govern the province. Read more »