June 13
South Africa: X Users Upset by Skomota Question in School Exam Paper - 'We Can't Teach Learners TikTok Trends'
Fame Frenzy
A school exam paper using controversial singer and dancer Skomota as a case study has left many X users (previously Twitter) stunned. Read more »
Africa: Mpox Outbreak in South Africa [press release]
Africa CDC
On 13 May 2024, the Government of South Africa announced an outbreak of Mpox following the confirmation of a case from Gauteng province with no travel history to countries with an… Read more »
South Africa: Health Department Reports Second MPox Death - Here's What You Need to Know [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The health department said the 38-year-old patient had HIV and tested positive for mpox after presenting with extensive lesions, oral ulcers, muscle pain and a sore throat. Read more »
South Africa: Transnet Could Stage One of the Greatest Turnarounds in Business History [analysis]
Daily Maverick
There are early indications that state-owned transport group Transnet might report a turnaround in the performance of its freight rail and port operations. It could reverse its… Read more »
South Africa: Lebowakgomo Police Investigate a Business Robbery Case At Seleteng [press release]
SAPS
Lebowakgomo police seek information that can assist in the arrest of three armed suspects following a business robbery wherein an undisclosed amount of cash, cigarettes and other… Read more »
June 12
South Africa: One Mpox Patient Passes Away, While Four Are Still in Recovery
SAnews.gov.za
Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla has announced that one of the five Mpox patients in South Africa passed away on Monday at Tembisa Hospital in Gauteng. Read more »
South Africa: Alexandra Residents Protests Over Prolonged Power Cuts - South African News Briefs - June 12, 2024
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South Africa: Twelve Life Terms, Plus 75 Years in Prison for Serial Rapist
SAnews.gov.za
Bhekithemba Fanozi Nxumalo has been sentenced to 12 terms of life imprisonment and an additional 75 years in jail in the Mtubatuba High Court for a string of rapes. Read more »
South Africa: Police Launch Investigation Following Death of Murder Suspect in Hospital
SAPS
The Police in Thohoyandou are investigating an inquest case, after a 37-year-old male suspect died in hospital, on Tuesday, 11 June 2024 at around 08:00. Read more »
South Africa: A 20-Year-Old Foreign National Arrested for Possession of Illicit Cigarettes in Makhado Remanded in Police Custody
SAPS
A 20-year-old Zimbabwean national arrested in connection with possession of illicit cigarettes in Makhado residential area under Vhembe District was remanded in custody when he… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Biggest Arts Festival Turns 50 - We Assess Its Impact [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The National Arts Festival was established in 1974 in Grahamstown (now Makhanda) in South Africa's Eastern Cape province. Each year, in winter, the rural town transforms into a… Read more »
South Africa: Things Don't Fall Apart - the Centre Starts to Hold As GNU Takes Shape [analysis]
Daily Maverick
With a centre of consensus that is broadly social democratic, if conservative-populist on some of their respective policy planks, South Africa can fashion a craft to set sail into… Read more »
South Africa: Gift of the Givers' Imtiaz Sooliman Calls On ANC to Consider Palestine Cause in Coalition Decisions [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The ongoing court case against the Israeli state cannot be stopped, thus the ANC needs to consider this when making coalition decisions, says Gift of the Givers founder Dr Imtiaz… Read more »
South Africa: Cosatu Urges Workers to Guard Against Mpox [press release]
COSATU
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) warns workers to be cautious after Minister of Health, Joe Phaahla, announced the outbreak of Mpox disease in the country. Read more »
South Africa: New Law Proposed to Stop SLAPP Suits
GroundUp
The Centre for Applied Legal Studies and Right2Protest hope legislators will adopt it to protect journalists and activists Read more »
South Africa: These Durban Families Will Have to Wait Until Next Year for a Reliable Water Supply
GroundUp
City of eThekwini says the water crisis in parts of the city will only be fully resolved in 2025 Read more »
South Africa: Graves Across Nelson Mandela Bay Ruined By Storm
GroundUp
"These are our families and this is causing new pain" Read more »
South Africa: Transnet Says World Bank Report Giving South Africa Abysmal Ports Ranking Marred By 'Factual Errors' [analysis]
Daily Maverick
State-run logistics company Transnet has come out swinging after a World Bank report ranked the South African ports it runs the worst-performing in the world. Read more »
South Africa: Electoral Court Dismisses Expelled MK Party Founder Jabulani Khumalo's Bid for Leadership [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Jabulani Khumalo has lost yet another bid to secure his political future. Read more »
South Africa: Criminalisation of Medical Errors - What Are the Issues?
spotlight
The South African Medical Association has for years raised concerns about the criminalisation of medical errors, stressing that current legal practices may undermine patient safety… Read more »
South Africa: Three Foreign Nationals to Appear in Court for the Murder of a Fellow Citizen [press release]
SAPS
The Ficksburg police have charged three foreign nationals with the alleged murder of their fellow citizen after the discovery of his body at a certain farm. The deceased person was… Read more »
South Africa: Trim South Africa's Cabinet to Build Capacity and Boost Productivity, Urges Think-Tank [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The Centre for Development and Enterprise, a think-tank, believes that a smaller Cabinet of 20 ministers would be 'more agile, more collegial, and more able to maintain a degree of… Read more »
South Africa: First Endangered Cape Vulture Chick Hatches in Captivity in the Eastern Cape [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Staff at vulture conservation organisation Vulpro at Shamwari Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape were celebrating the hatching of an endangered Cape Vulture chick this week - the… Read more »
South Africa: The Inaugural National Assembly Sitting - MK May Be Missing in Action, but the Show Goes On [analysis]
Daily Maverick
All that's needed on Friday when the National Assembly meets for the first time is that a Speaker and a President are elected. That's it. And so, politicians can buy some more time… Read more »
South Africa: Inkatha to Join Government of National Unity - It's 'The Will of the People' [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The latest breakthrough in talks between political parties sees the IFP confirming it will be part of the government of national unity. Read more »