July 01
South Africa: MPs to Undergo Induction
SAnews.gov.za
Following their swearing in ceremony last month, new Members of Parliament in the seventh administration are set to undergo an induction programme that will get underway tomorrow. Read more »
June 30
South Africa: Meet South Africa's New Cabinet
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa has today, Sunday 30 June 2024, announced the new members of the National Executive for the seventh administration, which is inclusive of all the parties… Read more »
South Africa: Government of National Unity Bodes Well for Reducing Our Staggeringly High Youth Unemployment Rate [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The current national unemployment rate for youth aged 15-34 years stands at a staggering 45.5%. Nearly half of our largely youthful population across South Africa are not realising… Read more »
South Africa: Political Interference, Corruption and Nepotism Rife At TVET Colleges, Study Reveals
Daily Maverick
A study of TVET colleges has made several recommendations, including tightening the appointment and vetting processes of council members and capping members' fees. Read more »
South Africa: How Cops Are Dismantling the Firm's 'Gang Empire' and Developing a Mega Court Case [analysis]
Daily Maverick
What started in 2023 with the arrests of The Firm gang boss accused Ralph Stanfield and his wife Nicole Johnson has developed into a widespread police takedown with at least 17… Read more »
South Africa: Non-Profits Pull Together to Alleviate Hunger in Tornado-Ravaged KZN Community
Daily Maverick
A tornado has left hunger and desperation in its wake as institutions try to aid tornado victims on the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphin Coast. Read more »
South Africa: Why Liberation Movements Fail When They Come to Power [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Decreased support for the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa's elections on 29 May was expected. But a decline from 57% to 40% marked a turning point in the country's… Read more »
South Africa: In Giyani, HIV/Aids Patients Are Giving Up Their Meds Because of Their Inability to Pay for Transport or Food [analysis]
Daily Maverick
People living with HIV in Giyani, rural Limpopo, are defaulting on life-saving medications because they do not have the money to travel to the clinic or cannot afford the healthy… Read more »
South Africa: Cyril Ramaphosa - - the Right President At the Right Time? [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Ramaphosa was always destined to become President, and had he succeeded Nelson Mandela in 1999 he would have been one of our great presidents. However, 19 years later South Africa… Read more »
South Africa: KFC Under Fire After Worker Gets Warning for Not Meeting R2 Charity Donation Targets [analysis]
Daily Maverick
A union has demanded that the fast-food franchise stop degrading its staff after the incident involving the R2 Add Hope targets, a customer-based donation that goes to nonprofits. Read more »
South Africa: The Defence of Journalism and Journalists Is a Social Justice Issue [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Journalism may be as old as the hills, as the saying goes, but in the 2020s it is facing an existential crisis. If journalism is made de facto extinct, left to thrive only in small… Read more »
South Africa: Changes in Rural Social Relations During Covid-19 a Key Driver of Political Populism [analysis]
Daily Maverick
In rural areas there has been a shift towards cultural sentiment or populism post-Covid -- a return to customary practices and cultural identities has been a key feature of… Read more »
South Africa: Mpumalanga Residents Consider Rates Boycott to Protest Against Endless Water Problems
Daily Maverick
Residents of Ermelo and surrounding towns have been let down by the Msukaligwa municipality, which has largely ignored a court order to halt pollution from the local wastewater… Read more »
South Africa: Paul Mashatile Appointed As Deputy President
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Paul Mashatile as Deputy President of South Africa in the seventh administration. Read more »
South Africa: 'Unprecedented' Government of National Unity to Roll Up Its Sleeves
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially announced his new cabinet and South Africa is now firmly into the seventh administration - led by what the President has termed an… Read more »
South Africa: DA Announces National Executive Members As Part of the GNU [press release]
DA
After almost a month of intensive negotiations, the Democratic Alliance (DA) is proud to announce that we have agreed to a deal to be part of the Government of National Unity (GNU)… Read more »
South Africa: UWC 'Disengages' From Israeli Academic Institutions in Support of Palestine
Daily Maverick
A motion to disengage academic relations with Israeli institutions has been endorsed by the University of the Western Cape, the university announced on Friday, 28 June. Read more »
South Africa: Tears of Gratitude As SA Harvest Brings Much-Needed Food to Nelson Mandela Bay [analysis]
Daily Maverick
After devastating floods in Kariega earlier this month, thousands of people were displaced, shelters were overrun and families lost precious possessions as robbers looted their… Read more »
June 29
South Africa: Heartbreak for Proteas As India Claim Victory in Gripping T20 World Cup Final [analysis]
Daily Maverick
South Africa suffered a seven-run loss to India in the final of the T20 World Cup on Saturday. India 176-7 (Virat Kohli 76, Anrich Nortje 2-26); South Africa 169-8 (Heinrich… Read more »
June 28
South Africa: Government of National Unity Negotiations Stuck on Cabinet Positions
allAfrica
South Africa's lauded Government of National Unity is deadlocked as the two parties with the most votes are unable to agree on Cabinet appointments. The Cabinet was expected to be… Read more »
South Africa: DA to Continue Talks With ANC Amid Dispute Over Cabinet Posts
Daily Maverick
The DA's Federal Executive will continue negotiations with the ANC about the composition of the government of national unity despite major differences over the allocation of… Read more »
South Africa: South African President Ramaphosa Did Not Snub Nigerian President Tinubu. Ignore Out-of-Context Video From Ramaphosa's Inauguration
Africa Check
South African president Ramaphosa did not snub Nigerian president Tinubu. Ignore out-of-context video from Ramaphosa's inauguration Read more »
South Africa: Ordinary White South Africans and Apartheid - Bound to a Racist System They Helped Prop Up [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
In South Africa, apartheid was a divisive political system entrenched by a white minority who regarded other ethnic groups as inferior, creating townships on the outskirts of… Read more »
South Africa: Experts Appointed to Address eThekwini Challenges - South African News Briefs - June 28, 2024
allAfrica
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South Africa: Nersa Approves Applications for Electricity Tariffs
SAnews.gov.za
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) has completed considering the approving of all 178 licenced electricity distributors' tariff applications for the 2024/25… Read more »