April 12
South Africa: Student Financial Aid Scheme Board Dissolved - South African News Briefs - April 12, 2024
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South Africa: Cape Town Welcomes Legend Abdullah Ibrahim for a Concert
SAnews.gov.za
Cape Town's Abdullah Ibrahim is set to perform at a sold-out concert at the City Hall tonight, 12 April 2024, after a five-year hiatus. Read more »
South Africa: Who Ends Up Paying If Energy Dept Cooks the Price of Nuclear Power?
SAFCEI
It has been just over two (2) weeks since the deadline for comments on the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy's (DMRE) draft 2023 Integrated Resource Plan… Read more »
South Africa: Alexkor Vs Creecy in Environment Court Battle
GroundUp
The state mining company is challenging an environmental compliance notice Read more »
South Africa: Media Statement - Members of the Public Can Now Directly Petition the National Assembly [document]
Parliament of South Africa
In a landmark move, the National Assembly (NA) has adopted a transformative amendment to the House's Rules and Guidelines for Petitions. This important amendment heralds a new era… Read more »
South Africa: Ramokgopa Visits Camden Power Station
SAnews.gov.za
Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, continued his visits to power stations with a stop at the Camden Power Station in Mpumalanga, on… Read more »
South Africa: Creecy Extends West Coast Rock Lobster Fishing Season
SAnews.gov.za
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has granted a short extension of the Nearshore West Coast Rock Lobster fishing season. Read more »
South Africa: Presidents Ramaphosa and Masisi Visit Limpopo Bus Crash Site
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the quick and compassionate local response to the bus crash which claimed the lives of 45 Botswana nationals is a testament of the warm and… Read more »
South Africa: Nzimande Dissolves NSFAS Board
SAnews.gov.za
Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Professor Blade Nzimande, has dissolved the board of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and placed it under… Read more »
South Africa: e-Tolls Officially Scraped
SAnews.gov.za
Government has officially switched off the gantries of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), popularly known as e- tolls. Read more »
South Africa: Cosatu Demands Urgent Action By the SAPS Following the Brutal Killing of a Worker in Rustenburg [press release]
COSATU
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is horrified by the brutal killing of Moeletsi Sedi, a young worker who was reported to have been brutally killed by pit bulls… Read more »
South Africa: Traders Accuse Border Officers of Beating Them and Burning Their Stalls
GroundUp
Lawyers for Human Rights accuse authorities of violating human rights Read more »
South Africa: Elections 2024 - What the Major Political Parties Say About Education
GroundUp
We sent questions to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi Read more »
South Africa: Stellenbosch University Senate Members Call for Ceasefire in Gaza
GroundUp
Thuli Madonsela is one of more than 100 signatories Read more »
South Africa: Life Imprisonment for Five Men Who Killed Limpopo Mayor Moses Maluleke
SAnews.gov.za
Limpopo Premier Stanley Chupu Mathabatha has welcomed the sentencing of five men, who murdered the Mayor of Collins Chabane Municipality, Moses Maluleke, in July last year. Read more »
April 11
South Africa: South African, Botswana Presidents to Visit Limpopo Bus Crash Site - South African News Briefs - April 11, 2024
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South Africa: 131 Schools in Nelson Mandela Bay Robbed, Mostly At Gunpoint, in Five Months
GroundUp
Many teachers are afraid to report for duty Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's First Election Was Saved By a Kenyan - the Fascinating Story of Washington Okumu, the Accidental Mediator [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
What's sometimes forgotten about the 26-29 April 1994 vote that installed the African National Congress (ANC) government in South Africa is that, until the last minute, it looked… Read more »
South Africa: After the Euphoria of Nelson Mandela's Election, What Happened Next? [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
It was a moment many South Africans never believed they'd live to see. On 10 May 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as president of a democratic South Africa, ending the deadly… Read more »
Ethiopia: Pretoria Accord Files Positive Progress Amidst Challenges
Ethiopian Herald
The brutal and devastating two-year war between the federal government of Ethiopia and the Tigray Liberation Front (TPLF) has concluded with the signing of an AU-brokered peace… Read more »
South Africa: 'Anti-Vax' Doctor's Disciplinary Inquiry Gets Underway
GroundUp
Shankara Chetty is accused of failing to act in the best interests of patients Read more »
South Africa: Stellenbosch University Senate Members Call for End to Israel's 'Brutal and Barbaric' Destruction in Gaza [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The following statement was submitted for discussion to the Stellenbosch University Senate. We are awaiting a special meeting of the Senate to further debate the matter. The… Read more »
April 10
South Africa: South Africa's Zuma Wins Court Bid to Run in May Election
RFI
A court in South Africa court has ruled that former president Jacob Zuma can stand in next month's general elections, overturning a decision by electoral authorities to bar him… Read more »
South Africa: Home Affairs Clarifies Misunderstanding On Visas
SAnews.gov.za
Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has moved to clarify a misunderstanding on the gazetted regulations recommendations on the Critical Skills and General Work Visas. Read more »
South Africa: What Happened to Nelson Mandela's South Africa? [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
When Nelson Mandela stood in front of the Union Buildings in Pretoria in May 1994 as South Africa's first democratically elected president, my country was brimming with optimism… Read more »