June 03
South Africa: New Drakensberg Nature Reserve Will Protect Ancient Rock Art, Wildlife, Livelihoods, Grasslands and Water [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
South Africa's Drakensberg mountains have a new 6,500 hectare nature reserve. The new Northern Drakensberg Nature Reserve is working with communities and will preserve ancient rock… Read more »
South Africa: Zuma's Boycott of Election Results Forces ANC to Consider Coalition With Malema
RFI
As South African President Cyril Ramaphosa urges unity and open dialogue about the upcoming coalition, former President Jacob Zuma boycotted the results ceremony. Despite finishing… Read more »
South Africa: Misinformation Campaigns Attempt to Undermine Election Integrity
allAfrica
The South African general elections generated more than one million online mentions between May 24 and 31, tripling the previous bi-weekly average, according to the Centre for… Read more »
South Africa: Nelson Mandela Bay Floods Displace Over 1,000 - South African News Briefs - June 03, 2024
allAfrica
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South Africa: ANC Eyes Potential Coalition Partners
DW
Informal talks between South African party bigwigs are underway in an effort to form a governing alliance following last week's election. DW asked ordinary South Africans who they… Read more »
South Africa: ANC Suffers Major Loss in Landmark Elections, Now Prepares for Coalition Talks
People's Dispatch
The ANC suffered a heavy blow in the parliamentary election in South Africa for the first time in 30 years. The uMkhonto weSizwe party has emerged as the third-largest party in the… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Landmark Elections [blog]
CFR
As South Africa concludes a set of historic national elections, questions remain on how its democracy will fare in response to a new set of challenges. Read more »
South Africa: Supreme Court of Appeal Dismisses Shell's Appeal but Extends Shell a Lifeline [press release]
Greenpeace
The Supreme Court of Appeal today dismissed an appeal by Shell, Impact Africa and the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy of the Makhanda High Court judgment which set aside… Read more »
South Africa: Zuma Stole Malema's Thunder, Steenhuisen Sees Black, Zibi Steps Into a Cesspool [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The biggest surprise of the election is that the EFF failed to breach the 20% mark that I envisaged; that MK did as well as they have, and that coloured politics is a thing -… Read more »
South Africa: Shell's Wild Coast Exploration Appeal Dismissed, but Rights Renewal Still Feasible [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Organisations opposing Shell's oil and gas exploration off the Wild Coast were partly disappointed by a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling on Monday. It upheld the urgent interdict… Read more »
South Africa: Cool Heads and Political Maturity Are Needed As We Enter This Volatile Period [analysis]
Daily Maverick
With the ANC now holding only 159 of the 400 seats in the National Assembly, and assuming that the 87 DA MPs will not support a presidential candidate put forward by the EFF or MK,… Read more »
South Africa: TB Kills 148 South Africans Daily - Here's What We Need to Do Better to Eliminate It [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Is there hope that we will be able to eliminate TB in South Africa? Thousands of scientists, researchers, academics, policymakers/government officials and members of civil society… Read more »
South Africa: After the Bell - the Rand Has Been Relatively Stable This Year, but Post-Election Horse-Trading Looms [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The rand's ultimate course for the rest of 2024 will largely hinge on the government that emerges from the horse-trading that takes place in the coming days. Read more »
South Africa: Eskom's Barring of White 'African' Jobseeker Is Unfair Discrimination [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The Labour Court has found that Eskom's not shortlisting a white candidate did not qualify as an affirmative action measure under the Employment Equity Act. Read more »
South Africa: How Zuma's MK Party Ruthlessly Outmanoeuvred the ANC in KZN [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The MK party's rise in just six months from nowhere to winning the most votes in KZN in last week's general elections is unprecedented in SA politics. This is how it went down. Read more »
South Africa: Business Urges Cool Heads and Pro-Reform Attitude As South Africa Embraces New Era of Coalitions [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Over the coming days, political parties will negotiate to form a coalition government. Business leaders have urged politicians to prioritise the 'interests of the entire country… Read more »
South Africa: An ANC-DA Alliance Is the Outcome Investors Want in South Africa. but the Parties See Risks in Partnership [analysis]
Chatham House
The ANC is creaking at the seams and wounded by the success of Jacob Zuma's MK. Alliance with the DA may be tricky to sell to party members. Read more »
South Africa: Coalition Govt Won't Fix Past Failures [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
To help save the planet, governments across the globe are choosing to adopt sustainable policies and encourage (or coerce) the private sector to do likewise. Given the climate… Read more »
South Africa: ANC Loses Absolute Majority - 'South Africa Enters Uncharted Territories'
Agenzia Fides
The Commission for "Justice and Peace" of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Southern Africa (which brings together the bishops of South Africa, Botswana and Eswatini) confirms… Read more »
South Africa: South African Elections Lauded for Transparency Despite Minor Glitches
263Chat
The Electoral Support Network of Southern Africa (ESN-SA) and the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) have jointly praised the 2024 South African elections for their… Read more »
South Africa: Plans Underway for Establishment of the Seventh Democratic Parliament
SAnews.gov.za
Following the successful 2024 National and Provincial Elections held last week Wednesday, plans for the establishment of the country's seventh democratic Parliament now get into… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Democracy Is 'Strong, Robust' - President Ramaphosa
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the 16 million citizens, who cast their vote in the National and Provincial Elections, are proof that South Africa's democracy is "strong and… Read more »
South Africa: Condolences for Eastern Cape Flood Victims
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended his condolences to the families who have lost loved ones due to severe flooding in the Eastern Cape. Read more »
South Africa: Elections 2024 - Low Voter Turnout Must Be Fixed
GroundUp
Glitches and slow queues need to be seen in light of IEC's budget cuts Read more »
South Africa: Seven Die in Floods in Nelson Mandela Bay Metro
GroundUp
Seven people died and more than a thousand people had to be evacuated to safety after flooding in Nelson Mandela Bay Metro on the weekend. Read more »