June 04
South Africa: City of Tshwane Tables R50bn Budget Aimed At Improving Finances - Amid EFF Disruption [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The indebted City of Tshwane has tabled its R50.6-billion budget aimed at turning its financial position around and improving the lives of its more than four million residents. Read more »
South Africa: Steinhoff and Access to Information - What's At Stake? [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Do Steinhoff's private interests trump the public interest in knowing exactly what happened in South Africa's biggest corporate fraud? That's the question at the heart of our case… Read more »
South Africa: Which Political Coalitions Will Make the Most Logical Sense for South Africa? [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The clock is ticking. The ANC has less than two weeks to form some kind of coalition to govern South Africa. We look at which parties make the best logical matches. Read more »
South Africa: The Second Coming - Comedians Rush to Respond to South Africa's New Political Reality [analysis]
Daily Maverick
For the past 30 years, South Africa's political reality hasn't reflected the level of nuance and messiness that comes out through its comedy. We had a Ruling Party, with two… Read more »
South Africa: White Maize Supplies Remain a Critical Upside Risk to South Africa's Food Price Inflation [analysis]
Daily Maverick
When viewed annually, the white maize harvest is down by 25%, with yellow maize down by 13% from the 2022/23 season. The expected harvest of 13.3 million tonnes is down by 19% from… Read more »
South Africa: Stun Grenades Thrown At Farm Women Outside Parliament
GroundUp
200 women were marching to call for a ban of pesticides Read more »
South Africa: Bid to Save Legendary Lovedale Press
GroundUp
The 200-year-old Eastern Cape press is in a shambles, but there is a plan Read more »
South Africa: Sacci Welcomes Outcome of the 2024 Elections
SAnews.gov.za
The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) has welcomed the outcome of the 2024 National and Provincial Elections held last week. Read more »
South Africa: King Misuzulu Kazwelithini Applauds Credible Elections
SAnews.gov.za
King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has applauded the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) for ensuring that the elections were free, fair and credible. Read more »
South Africa: All Grades of Fuel Decrease for June
SAnews.gov.za
Consumers are expected to feel some relief this month as the price of all grades of fuel are expected to fall. Read more »
South Africa: GDP Decreases By 0.1%
SAnews.gov.za
The results of the Gross domestic product (GDP) by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) show a decrease of 0.1% in the first quarter of 2024. Read more »
South Africa: KZN Government Responds to Communities Affected By Inclement Weather
SAnews.gov.za
The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government has responded to several incidents caused by heavy rains accompanied by strong winds and hailstorms that battered parts of the province,… Read more »
South Africa: Health Sector Comes Together to Track Progress in Confronting TB
SAnews.gov.za
As part of ongoing efforts to reduce new Tuberculosis (TB) infections and deaths, the country is hosting the 8th SA TB Conference in Durban. Read more »
South Africa: Parliament, Provincial Legislatures Lists to Be Handed Over to Chief Justice Zondo
SAnews.gov.za
Chief Justice Raymond Zondo is expected to receive the name lists of Members of the National Assembly and Provincial Legislatures on Thursday. Read more »
South Africa: Operation Shanela Nets 537 Suspects in the Eastern Cape
SAnews.gov.za
Over 500 suspects were netted in Operation Shanela operations in the Eastern Cape last week. Read more »
South Africa: Boksburg Families Refuse to Move to Serviced Sites
GroundUp
Give us houses, Ekurhuleni municipality told Read more »
South Africa: Rouge Shares Inspiring Love Story - 'He Was Worth the Wait'
Fame Frenzy
Congolese-South African rapper Rouge may have tied the knot with Ginger Mac in December last year, but the two are still very much in the honeymoon period. Read more »
South Africa: J Molley Breaks His Silence Following Troubling X Posts
Fame Frenzy
Local rapper J Molley had fans so worried about his mental health following a series of distressing posts on X (formerly Twitter) last week, that many begged those closest to him… Read more »
South Africa: Divergent Policy Positions May Hinder Potential ANC-DA Coalition Talks to Form a National Govt [analysis]
Daily Maverick
With coalition talks officially in full swing, the ANC will have to find a suitable partner with which to form a national government. However, the possibility of the party working… Read more »
South Africa: Hail, Flooding, Snow, a Possible Tornado, Heavy Rainfall and High Winds Hit SA [analysis]
Daily Maverick
In the past 24 hours, South Africa has witnessed a possible tornado north of Durban, hail in Umhlanga, snow in the Northern Cape and heavy rains and strong winds in the Western and… Read more »
South Africa: Sundays River Canal to Be Closed for Rehabilitation Work
SAnews.gov.za
Water users in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality have been informed of the upcoming three-month shutdown of parts of the Lower Sundays River Canal for urgent… Read more »
Southern Africa: South Africa's President Urges Unity As ANC Support Plunges
Daily Trust
President Cyril Ramaphosa called on South Africa's political parties to work together for the good of the country as final results from last week's election confirmed his African… Read more »
Senegal/South Africa: Banyana Steal the Show in Second International Friendly Against Senegal
SAFA
This after opening the scoring with a beautiful free kick by Amogelang Motau in the 13th minute of the match. Noxolo Cesane doubled the Sasol sponsored teams lead in the 43rd… Read more »
June 03
South Africa: Environmental Activists Win Against Shell in Appeal Court
GroundUp
Shell still has one more shot at seismic exploration authorisation Read more »
South Africa: Ruling Party ANC to Start Closely Watched Coalition Talks
VOA
Talks to form South Africa's first national coalition government are expected to begin this week after the governing ANC party lost its majority for the first time. Read more »