June 04
South Africa: Grounded - How Broken Roads and Broken Promises Keep Xhora Mouth Waiting for Ambulances
Daily Maverick
While a high court order has mandated the deployment of two ambulances to the remote Xhora Mouth area in Elliotdale, Eastern Cape, poor road infrastructure and stalled clinic… Read more »
South Africa: Life Support - KZN Education Gets a R2bn Fix That Won't Stop the Bleeding
Daily Maverick
An emergency R2bn advance brings temporary relief, but fails to fix deep financial issues caused by cumulative budget cuts and poor management. As cash-strapped schools face a… Read more »
South Africa: Hold My Vodka - Antarctica's Russian Ghost Ship Discovers Warp Drive
Daily Maverick
After uncovering Antarctic prospecting by Moscow's Akademik Alexander Karpinsky, Daily Maverick's probing questions may have prompted a bizarre and lightning-fast escape at 97… Read more »
South Africa: Karl Sander and Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi Remind Us That the Blue Line Holds Amid Corruption
Daily Maverick
When good cops break their silence it shows communities that professionalism still has a home in the South African Police Service. Read more »
South Africa: Crypto Assets and Exchange Control - A Critical Analysis of a Defining High Court Judgment
Daily Maverick
The high court judgment reset the legal definition of crypto when it held that cryptocurrency is both 'money' and 'capital'. South Africa now has conflicting high court authorities… Read more »
South Africa: Reforming SOEs Will Be a Critical Lever in SA's Future Development
Daily Maverick
The government is intensifying efforts to reform state-owned enterprises because it believes this will improve growth and restore public trust. Read more »
June 03
Africa: More Than 2,000 Malawians Are Trying to Leave South Africa
Scrolla
Malawi's government announced a formal voluntary repatriation on 2 June after vigilante attacks on African migrants spread across Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. … Read more »
Africa: African Integration Beyond Trade - When Africans Become Foreigners in Africa [guest column]
allAfrica
In my earlier piece in February, Beyond Preferences and Rhetoric: What Africa's 2025 Integration Moment Really Demanded I argued that Africa's long-term competitiveness would… Read more »
South Africa: Bosses Who Hire Undocumented Workers Could Soon Face Jail Not Just a Fine
Scrolla
Labour deputy minister Jomo Sibiya says employers are driving demand for undocumented workers and the law must now go after them directly. The Employment Services Amendment Bill… Read more »
South Africa: Israel Has Until 2029 to Answer South Africa's Genocide Case At World Court
Scrolla
South Africa has until November 2027 to respond to Israel's arguments at the ICJ, more than five years after the case was first launched in December 2023. Israel's next… Read more »
Kenya: President Ramaphosa to Host President of Kenya
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday host Kenyan President William Samoei Ruto on a State Visit to South Africa, with the two leaders expected to strengthen bilateral… Read more »
South Africa: Judgment Looms in Deadly Usindiso Fire Trial - South African News Briefs - June 3, 2026
allAfrica
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South Africa: Unpacking the HIV Jab That Could Dramatically Reduce New Infections
Daily Maverick
On 5 June 2026, an HIV prevention injection will for the first time become available at some of South Africa's public sector clinics. In this Spotlight special briefing, we pull… Read more »
South Africa: Rand Water Completes First Phase of Maintenance
SAnews.gov.za
Rand Water has successfully completed the first phase of its large-scale planned maintenance programme, with major pumping stations, including Mapleton and Eikenhof resuming… Read more »
South Africa: All You Need to Know About the Jab That Could Dramatically Reduce New HIV Infections in SA
spotlight
On June 5, 2026, an HIV prevention injection will for the first time become available at some of South Africa's public sector clinics. In this Spotlight special briefing, we pull… Read more »
South Africa: No Grievance Can Justify Xenophobic Attacks, Warns Top Cop
GroundUp
Violence is not activism, says Deputy National Police Commissioner Read more »
South Africa: Soweto Officials Accused of Fraudulently Selling Houses
GroundUp
A receptionist from the Pimville housing office faces fraud and corruption charges after a Hawks probe found officials forged title deeds Read more »
South Africa: The State Says Its Computer Systems Are Secure. We Looked. They're Not
GroundUp
SITA's internet services have more than 5,000 security flaws Read more »
South Africa: Kruger Killings - 'Relief' for Family As 2 Mozambicans Arrested, Extradition Process Kicks in
Daily Maverick
The arrests in connection with the murder of tourists Dina Marais and Ernst Marais in Kruger National Park has brought a measure of relief to their grieving family as they prepare… Read more »
South Africa: 'We Spoke Daily' - Accused Denies 80 Calls Were Linked to Phala Phala Plot
Daily Maverick
Alleged mastermind of the Phala Phala theft Imanuela David denied that more than 80 calls and messages with his co-accused were linked to the planning of the burglary, as the… Read more »
South Africa: 'Whistleblower Suspect Broke Silence' On R200m Port Shepstone Cocaine Theft - - Hawks Officer
Daily Maverick
Colonel Gavin Jacob has told the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that in February 2026, a suspect approached investigators with details about a R200m cocaine consignment stolen from… Read more »
South Africa: 'Violence Is Not Activism' - NatJoints Talks Tough On Anti-Foreigner Mobs After Xenophobic Unrest
Daily Maverick
SA's top law enforcement structure has issued the strongest rebuke yet by authorities to those inciting xenophobic violence across South Africa. Critics say that without arrests… Read more »
South Africa: Garden Route Braces for More Flooding As Second Major Storm Hits in a Month
Daily Maverick
A powerful storm system is sweeping across the Garden Route, bringing dangerous flooding, evacuations and road closures to multiple communities while striking a region still deep… Read more »
South Africa: Student Teachers in South Africa Face a Stressful Career - How to Prepare Them Better [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
South African teacher education qualifications are expected to comply with the Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications. But evidence points to gaps in teacher… Read more »
Africa: Tax Data Can Be Mined to Shape Better Policies. South Africa, Uganda and Zambia Show How [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Bilateral aid to Africa fell by nearly a quarter in 2025, the largest annual decline in the history of official development assistance. Meanwhile, sovereign debt interest payments… Read more »
