November 12
South Africa: Patients Lie On the Floor At Uitenhage Hospital
GroundUp
Health department acknowledges there is pressure on available beds Read more »
South Africa: Water Woes, Questions Over Governance Loom Before Matzikama Municipality By-Election
Daily Maverick
Next week, residents of Klawer will go to the polls in a by-election in the Matzikama Municipality. While campaigning is in full swing, the area is now gripped by an ongoing water… Read more »
South Africa: Constitutional Court Shutdown Over Water Cuts Is an Embarrassing Low-Point for Collapsing Joburg Metro [press release]
DA
It is a national embarrassment that the inability of the City of Johannesburg to supply water to its residents, business and public sector offices, has now led to the shutdown of… Read more »
South Africa: Where Are We in the Search for an HIV Cure?
spotlight
Highly effective treatments for HIV have existed since the mid-1990s. But while these treatments keep people healthy, we do not yet have a safe and scalable way to completely rid… Read more »
South Africa: A South African Politician Ends Up Homeless in Nthikeng Mohlele's Spicy New Novel - but Is It Any Good? [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Despite the flaws in the latest novel by South African writer Nthikeng Mohlele, there is something alluring about Revolutionaries' House. It is Mohlele's most political novel, and… Read more »
South Africa: How People in Namaqualand Are Keeping the Nama Language Alive
GroundUp
A radio station and a school teaching Nama hope to stop the language from going extinct Read more »
South Africa: Media Reminder - Na and NCOP to Hold Plenary Sittings to Discuss 16 Days of Activism and Infrastructure Development [document]
Parliament of South Africa
Parliament, Tuesday, 12 November 2024 - The National Assembly (NA) will hold a plenary session scheduled to start at 10:00. Among the items on the agenda from 10:00 to 13:00 is the… Read more »
South Africa: Attack Coach Tony Brown Happy With Progress While Ensuring the Boks Stay True to Their DNA
Daily Maverick
The Springboks' attack is still a work in progress, but Tony Brown is satisfied with headway after six months. Read more »
South Africa: COP29 Reaches Deal On Carbon Credit Rules, but Critics Brand It a 'False Solution'
Daily Maverick
The decision could pave the way for a global carbon market funding climate action in the Global South. However, it remains divisive, with activists warning it may be a 'false… Read more »
South Africa: FSCA Warns Public - Banxso's Licence Remains Suspended As Investigations Continue
Daily Maverick
The warning comes after the FSCA received allegations that Banxso has been contacting clients and advising them that it 'has been cleared', that its licence had been reinstated and… Read more »
South Africa: Banyana Coach Dr Ellis to Be Inducted Into the South African Hall of Fame
SAFA
The revered Women's Africa Cup of Nations-winning coach - who led the Sasol-sponsored South African senior women's national team to the continental title in 2022 in Morocco - will… Read more »
South Africa: Cosatu Welcomes the Drop in the Unemployment Rate [press release]
COSATU
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) welcomes the slight drop in the expanded unemployment rate from 42.6% in the second quarter to 41.9% in the third quarter of… Read more »
South Africa: Turner Adams's Tattooed Body Told More Than One Story
GroundUp
Former Lavender Hill gangster died on 29 October Read more »
November 11
South Africa: Gauteng Police to Raid Spaza Shops in Food Safety Crackdown - South African News Briefs - November 11, 2024
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South Africa: Mother of Three Dies in Cape Town Shack Fire
GroundUp
A fire has claimed the life of a mother of three, Sehlelo Ndlovu, in Marikana informal settlement in Philippi, Cape Town, over the weekend. A couple were also taken to hospital… Read more »
South Africa: Eldorado Park Residents Storm Out of City of Johannesburg Meeting
GroundUp
Dozens of residents of Eldorado Park and Kliptown stormed out of a planning meeting with City of Johannesburg officials at the weekend, demanding housing. Read more »
South Africa: Illegal Electricity Cables 'A Huge Risk' to Cape Town Hospital
GroundUp
Patients and staff at Khayelitsha Community Health Centre in Cape Town are at risk from electricity cables running to shacks nearby. Read more »
South Africa: Former Lottery Executive Fired After Disciplinary Hearing
GroundUp
A former National Lotteries Commission (NLC) chief operating officer, who faced internal charges involving two dodgy multimillion-rand lottery grants, has been summarily dismissed. Read more »
South Africa: Lebanese Community Protests Outside Israeli Embassy
GroundUp
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Israeli embassy in Pretoria on Saturday demanding that the South African government cut all diplomatic and economic ties with Israel. Read more »
South Africa: Blame for Deaths of Children From Spaza Shop Food Lies Squarely With Government
Daily Maverick
The loss of lives is a damning indictment of the government's repeated failures to implement adequate food safety regulations and enforce existing standards. Read more »
South Africa: Russian, South African Companies Join Forces On Nuclear Energy in Africa
Namibian
Russian company Rosatom and South African AllWeld Nuclear and Industrial are joining forces to promote the sustainable development of nuclear energy in Africa. Read more »
South Africa: Cosatu Is Deeply Concerned By Government's Withdrawal of the SABC Soc Ltd Bill From Parliament [press release]
COSATU
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is deeply concerned by the Minister for Communications and Digital Technologies, Mr. S. Malatsi's sudden withdrawal of the South… Read more »
South Africa: Gauteng Municipalities Owe Rand Water R7.3bn, Excluding Three Metros
Daily Maverick
Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina held an urgent meeting on Sunday with Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi and Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero to address severe water… Read more »
South Africa: Joburg's Water Restrictions Set to Tighten Further As Crisis Deepens
Daily Maverick
Office of the Chief Justice reveals Constitutional Court has been unable to sit because of unreliable water supply. This article is free to read.Sign up for free or sign in to… Read more »
South Africa: Thandiswa Returns With Sankofa [interview]
Afropop
Thandiswa Mazwai has lived the modern history of African music. In the early '90s, when she was still a teenager, she pioneered the emerging kwaito sound in South Africa, first… Read more »
