June 02
South Africa: SAHRC Gives 2024 Elections the Thumbs Up
SAnews.gov.za
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has endorsed the 2024 National and Provincial Elections as having been free and fair. Read more »
South Africa: Ninety Arrested Over the Course of 2024 Elections
SAnews.gov.za
Ninety people were arrested over the three days of elections earlier this week, National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola said on Sunday. Read more »
South Africa: IEC Declares SA's Watershed May 29 Polls 'Free and Fair' As No Outright Winner Emerges [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The African National Congress, which has held the majority rule since 1994 and is Africa's oldest liberation movement, has faced a historic defeat in South Africa's 2024 general… Read more »
South Africa: Seven Confirmed Dead After Nelson Mandela Bay Downpours, With More Rain Expected [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Seven people are confirmed to have died during a devastating flood in the Kariega (Uitenhage) area following heavy rains in Nelson Mandela Bay on Saturday. About 1,100 people were… Read more »
South Africa: Elections & Crises - Political Twists Abound in a Year of Destiny for Many Nations [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The US political free-for-all includes court trials and political battles; South Africa wrestles with a new political reality; and in several other nations, citizens judge the… Read more »
South Africa: Coalition Governments At Provincial Level Set to Provide Another Challenge for NHI Takeoff [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The National Health Insurance Act takes away the autonomy of provincial governments to execute healthcare service delivery initiatives and shifts it to the national government.… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Governing ANC Humbled After Historic Vote
VOA
The final results of a tumultuous South African election are expected to be declared late Sunday, though what is already evident is that the governing party has lost its majority… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Heads for Coalition Talks After ANC Loses 30-Year Majority
RFI
South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) is preparing to enter talks with other parties to share power for the first time, after losing its three-decade majority in a… Read more »
South Africa: More Than 100 Cases of Electoral Act Violations Reported Over Voting Days - National Police Commissioner [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure says it is not yet alarmed by the MK party's calls for a revote, but said it would be 'very interested' if anyone puts… Read more »
June 01
South Africa: All We Do is Win! Spinners Beat Succession to Clinch Best Foreign TV Series at Shanghai TV Festival's Magnolia Awards
Fame Frenzy
South African TV series Spinners has come out on top after beating Succession for the coveted Best Foreign TV Series award at the 29th Shanghai TV Festival's… Read more »
South Africa: Uncertain Times for South Africa's Foreign Policy As Country Heads for Coalition Government [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
After South Africa's 29 May election, the African National Congress has lost the electoral majority it held for 30 years, but remains the party with the highest number of seats in… Read more »
May 31
South Africa: Race Still Divides South Africa - Study Shows Little Transformation in New Suburbs in Country's Economic Hub [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
As South Africa reflects on 30 years of democracy, it's important to ask whether its cities have changed for the better when it comes to racial mixing. Read more »
South Africa: ANC Set to Lose Majority for First Time Since Mandela - the Era of Government By a Single Party Is At an End [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
South Africa's election on May 29 was an endurance test for the public. Queues snaked around polling stations, with voters standing in line for up to six or seven hours. Some only… Read more »
South Africa: In Search of a Polling Station Without a Long, Winding Queue in Mid-Afternoon Jozi [analysis]
African Arguments
In Soweto, they voted early; by mid-afternoon, most polling stations were deserted. Not so elsewhere in southern Johannesburg where middle-class, middle-aged voters bet on empty… Read more »
May 24
South Africa: Cosatu Statement On the Pending Retirement From Cabinet of the Minister for Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC), Ebrahim Patel. [press release]
COSATU
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) thanks Minister Patel, a proud son of the trade union movement, for his service not only to workers in his 3 terms as Minister,… Read more »
South Africa: Sactwu Is Tremendously Proud of Ebrahim Patel [press release]
COSATU
The COSATU-affiliated Southern African Clothing & Textile Workers Union is tremendously proud of out-going Trade, Industry & Competition Minister, Ebrahim Patel. Read more »
May 19
Seychelles: 'Garden of Eden' - Seychelles' Atelier Alis Exhibition Launched in Cape Town
Seychelles News Agency
An artist couple hailing from Seychelles and Mauritius, Laurent Alis and Sasha Alis, have launched their collection 'Garden of Eden' in Cape Town, South Africa, at the Young Blood… Read more »