June 04
South Africa: Former Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula Back in Court - South African News Briefs - June 04, 2024
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South Africa: Shell SA Ponders Next Move After Dismissal of Oil Exploration Appeal
Namibian
Shell South Africa is considering its next moves regarding continued investment in offshore exploration for oil after the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) yesterday dismissed its… Read more »
South Africa: Why Musicians Die in Poverty - South African Study Reveals Battle to Make Ends Meet [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Benefits and appeals were recently launched to support the medical costs of veteran South African guitarist Madala Kunene. It's not the first time such initiatives have been… Read more »
South Africa: Governance Scenarios in South Africa - Growth Vs Stability? [analysis]
ISS
Two possible national coalitions (ANC-DA-IFP or ANC-MK) are a choice between economic growth and stability, with KZN as the sacrificial lamb. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Two Zimbabwe Nationals Arrested At Beitbridge Border Post, Accused of Smuggling Explosives Into SA
New Zimbabwe
Two male suspects from Zimbabwe, between the ages of 32 and 42, were arrested in the early hours of today at the Beitbridge Border Post in Limpopo, accused of attempting to smuggle… Read more »
South Africa: More Than 450 Employees At Sibanye's Kroondal Pgm Mine On Second Day of Wildcat Underground Strike [analysis]
Daily Maverick
More than 450 employees at Sibanye-Stillwater's Kroondal platinum mine in North West embarked on a wildcat strike on Monday, with more than 200 underground at the Kwezi shaft and… Read more »
South Africa: Bad Policies Have Shrunk South Africa's Economy [press release]
DA
After having barely skirted a technical recession the previous quarter, Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) have today confirmed that our economy has reentered decline during the… Read more »
South Africa: Cosatu Discouraged By Latest GDP Figures [press release]
COSATU
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is disappointed by the decrease in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first quarter of this year. Whilst the level of growth we… Read more »
South Africa: Deadly Storm Creates Havoc From Gqeberha to Tongaat
GroundUp
At least nine people killed by severe weather affecting almost half the country Read more »
South Africa: Public Protector Releases Damning Report On the Handling of Gender-Based Violence Complaints
GroundUp
Report says the departments of Justice, Police and Social Development are falling short Read more »
South Africa: Catholic Bishops Laud 'Free and Fair Elections,' Urge Party Leaders to Put Ideologies Aside for Common Good of Country in Coalition Talks
CISA
The Catholic bishops of South Africa have declared the May 29 General elections free and fair and commended the electoral body, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), for… Read more »
South Africa: Revised Norms and Standards for Water Tariffs
SAnews.gov.za
The Department of Water and Sanitation has announced the revised Norms and Standards for tariff setting that provides framework on water tariffs for service providers. Read more »
South Africa: Research Into Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Receives $92m
SAnews.gov.za
The National Research Foundation (NRF) has welcomed the announcement of a $92 million investment into the International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation… Read more »
South Africa: Fast-Tracking Clean Technologies Lowers Energy Prices - International Energy Agency [analysis]
Daily Maverick
A new analysis by the International Energy Agency has dispelled as a misconception that an accelerated energy transition will make energy more expensive. It has found affordable… Read more »
South Africa: Court Orders Gayton Mckenzie to Hand Over Documents for Corruption Probe [analysis]
Daily Maverick
A court has ordered Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie to submit documents for an investigation into aspects of his Central Karoo Municipality mayorship, including the… Read more »
South Africa: Fuel Price Decrease Comes Just in Time for School Holidays [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Petrol, diesel, paraffin and LP gas are all cheaper this month as winter sets in. Read more »
South Africa: In the Best Interest of South Africa, the ANC Should Form a Government of National Unity With the DA and IFP [analysis]
Daily Maverick
A constitutionalist entity like the ANC can hardly get into bed with an entity like the MK party, which is a constitutional wrecking ball. Read more »
South Africa: Bring On an ANC-DA-IFP Coalition - Keep Out the Right-Wing Ranting of EFF and Mk [opinion]
Daily Maverick
South Africa desperately needs infrastructure delivery. The DA's proven ability to deliver -- at least for their own constituency -- might inspire them to do so in the poorest… Read more »
South Africa: If We Want to Recover South Africa, We Need to Study the Western Cape and the City of Cape Town [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The ANC in its malgovernance has put the future of the South African state under stress. We are faced with a situation where the state itself may collapse. And while the DA, the… Read more »
South Africa: Jacob Zuma and MK's Trumpian Playbook Vs the Institutions of SA's Constitutional Democracy [analysis]
Daily Maverick
On Thursday, Chief Justice Raymond Zondo will hand over political parties' lists of MPs to the Secretary to Parliament, and those of MPLs to the provincial judge presidents. It's… Read more »
South Africa: Minister Ebrahim Patel Was Right About Some Things, If Not All [analysis]
Daily Maverick
While his ideas were sound, it can be argued that his way of applying economic principles -- through dogged negotiations and a tendency towards micromanagement -- could have been… Read more »
South Africa: Two Men Criminally Charged for Trying to Violently Force the Closure of Mthatha Airport [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Two men who were part of a group trying to forcefully close the Mthatha Airport during last week's violent taxi strike appeared in court on Monday. They were charged with attempted… Read more »
South Africa: KZN Tornado Death Toll Rises to 11 As Relief Efforts Continue [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Communities and relief organisations are providing hot meals, shelter and medical assistance to hundreds of people displaced by the two tornados that tore through KwaZulu-Natal on… Read more »
South Africa: After the Bell - Fiscal Dysfunctionality, Not Austerity, Got the ANC Into This Jam [analysis]
Daily Maverick
One of the many problems with SA's political crisis is that it is generating a false narrative about the relationship between economics and politics. Clearly, SA's economy is in… Read more »
South Africa: KZN Tornado Terror - the Day a 'Snake in the Sky' Smashed Into Tongaat [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Residents of Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, have described the terror they felt as a tornado tore through the area on Monday, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Read more »