June 24
South Africa: Ten Killed, 24 Injured in Accident On R42 in Mpumalanga
SAnews.gov.za
Ten people have died in a collision involving a minibus taxi and a bus truck on the R42 Road near Delmas. Read more »
Africa: U.S.-Africa Trade Desk Secures $56 Million South African Table Grape Deal [press release]
Prosper Africa
Prosper Africa is proud to announce the United States - Africa Trade Desk (USATD)'s first $56M trade deal for 700 containers (1,260,000 crates) of South African-grown table grapes… Read more »
Kenya: Malema Backs Anti-Finance Demos, Slams IMF, World Bank
Capital FM
South Africa's outspoken politician and leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Julius Malema, has expressed support for Kenya's anti-Finance Bill 2024 protests. Read more »
South Africa: R800K Counterfeit Bust at Lebombo Border Post - South African News Briefs - June 24, 2024
allAfrica
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South Africa: 24-Year-Old Arrested After Horror Crash Kills Six As Bmw Ploughs Into Pedestrians
Daily Maverick
In what the spokesperson for the Eastern Cape Department of Transport Unathi Binqose described as the worst accident recorded in the province in many years, a 24-year-old man… Read more »
South Africa: Premier Apologises for Gauteng Government's Non-Profit Funding Crisis
GroundUp
About 300 representatives from organisations across the province travelled to Johannesburg to meet social development officials and the Premier Read more »
South Africa: Gauteng Government Buys Newspaper Space to Praise MEC
GroundUp
MEC Mbali Hlophe won't say how much the province spent on the advertorials Read more »
South Africa: Glen Game Farm Worker Mauled to Death By a Lioness [press release]
SAPS
A game farm worker was mauled to death by a lioness while fixing the fence and installing a gate. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans in South Africa On Exemption Permits Safe for Now After Concourt Rules in Their Favour
New Zimbabwe
THE Constitutional Court last week dismissed an application by the Minister of Home Affairs for leave to appeal a June 2023 Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, judgment which held that… Read more »
South Africa: Agency Welcomes Efforts to Fight Cross-Border Crimes
SAnews.gov.za
The Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA) has welcomed the recent 53-year conviction of cross-border vehicle hijacker and smuggler, Sipho Mhlanga. Read more »
South Africa: Minnie Dlamini Has Had Enough of those Nkateko Mabaso Cheating Rumours
Fame Frenzy
Minnie Dlamini often finds herself trending on social media, and not always for positive reasons. During the weekend, the TV personality was forced to respond to rumours of… Read more »
South Africa: Charlamagne Still In His Feels Over Tyla Refusing to Answer the "Coloured" Question
Fame Frenzy
Americans are still talking about that interview with Tyla and Charlamagne that happened a few weeks back on The Breakfast Club. Read more »
South Africa: More Than 1000 Arrested During Operation Shanela in the Free State [press release]
SAPS
Police in the Free State Province, together with other government departments and other security clusters, managed to arrest 1 058 suspects for various crimes, including wanted… Read more »
South Africa: Parliament Begins Setting Up Internal Structures
SAnews.gov.za
With the election of the Presiding Officers and the inauguration of the new President done and dusted, the seventh Parliament will now shift focus to establishing internal… Read more »
South Africa: Every Effort Must Be Made to Ensure the GNU Succeeds
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa says every effort must be made to ensure that the Government of National Unity (GNU) remains true to its founding spirit of collaboration in good faith to… Read more »
South Africa: Cosatu Statement On the Second Central Executive Committee Meeting [press release]
COSATU
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) held its second Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting of the year from 18 to 20 June. Read more »
South Africa: Cosatu Not Consulted About Government of National Unity - 'That Train Had Long Left' [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Tripartite Alliance member Cosatu has voiced its opposition to the DA's policies and emphasised the importance of maintaining labour rights. Read more »
South Africa: Operation Phakisa Yields Success in Coastal Areas of the Namakwa District [press release]
SAPS
- The multi-disciplinary operation known as Operation Phakisa was executed between Thursday, 20 June 2024 and Sunday, 23 June 2024 in Port Nolloth, Kleinsee, Groenrivier, Alexander… Read more »
South Africa: Operation Shanela Kukula Leads to Arrest of Over 400 Suspects [press release]
SAPS
- In a significant victory against crime in Limpopo Province, the South African Police Service's weekly Operation Kukula, resulted in the arrest of 462 suspects involved in various… Read more »
South Africa: Three Police Officers Apprehended for Corruption and Defeating the Ends of Justice Appeared Before Court [press release]
SAPS
- Three Police officers stationed at Seshego Police Station made their initial court appearance at Seshego Magistrate's Court on the 24 June 2024, facing charges of corruption and… Read more »
South Africa: Seventh Parliament Set Up Internal Structures for Start of New Parliamentary Term [document]
Parliament of South Africa
Following the election of the Presiding Officers and the inauguration of the new President, the focus of the 7th Parliament will now shift to establishing internal structures… Read more »
June 23
South Africa: Trump and Zuma - - Authoritarianism, Nationalism and Inflammatory Populism [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Jacob Zuma, whose imprisonment in 2021 set off riots resulting in more than 350 deaths, bears obvious similarities to Donald Trump, whose election loss precipitated the 6 January… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Art World, a Key Force in the Fight Against Apartheid
RFI
In the spring of 1994, apartheid ended in South Africa with the election of the African National Congress under Nelson Mandela's leadership. RFI interviews key activists three… Read more »
South Africa: Joburg's 'Ninja School' Is Producing Security Professionals and Building Leaders
Daily Maverick
The Security Mastery Academy in the Johannesburg CBD teaches security industry skills and personal growth. Read more »
South Africa: Better Angels Prevailed - Now SA's Politicians Must Make the GNU Work [analysis]
Daily Maverick
While the 2024 elections could never top the first democratic polls 30 years ago, there is a distinct 'post-1994 feeling' to the new reality facing South Africa. Read more »