June 18
South Africa: Yoco Empowers Small Businesses With Major Platform Update and First Ai Agent
Daily Maverick
More than 20 new products and features and a major rate cut go live today, alongside a first look at Yoco AI, the company's upcoming AI agent, marking Yoco's shift from payments… Read more »
South Africa: If Steenhuisen Goes, the Real Question Is Why the DA Drove the Decision
Daily Maverick
John Steenhuisen's future in the Cabinet may have more to do with voter management than ministerial performance. But whether he stays or goes, the Constitution makes one person… Read more »
Namibia: Namibia Doubles Down On Marine Resource Protection...
New Era
Namibia aims to increase the protection of its marine ecosystems from 1.7% to at least 11% by 2030. This is according to fisheries minister Inge Zaamwani. Read more »
South Africa: Kapp Leads Ruthless Proteas Bowling Display but Spin Remains SA's Achilles Heel
Daily Maverick
South Africa 127 for 8 (Annerie Dercksen 52, Fatima Sana 3-16) beat Pakistan 126 for 9 (Fatima Sana 55*, Marizanne Kapp 3-23) by two wickets. Read more »
June 17
Mozambique: Mozambique Police Accused of Using Spy Networks to Pursue Government Critics
RFI
Mozambique's criminal police are under growing scrutiny as political repression continues more than 18 months after disputed elections triggered unrest. Civil society groups… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Inflation Rises to Nearly Two-Year High
Daba Finance
South Africa's inflation rate rose to its highest level in almost 2 years in May, driven by higher energy prices linked to the US-Israeli war with Iran. Read more »
Africa: Money, Food and Survival - What Drives Paid Sex Among Young Mums in 3 African Countries [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Transactional sex, defined as the exchange of sex for money, food, or favours, is common among young people in Africa. Studies have reported that about 10% of those aged 15-24 have… Read more »
South Africa: Xenophobia in South Africa - State's Complicity With Gangs and Vigilantes Is Threatening Its Ability to Govern [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Marches, Mozambicans murdered, state-sponsored evacuations, a nationally televised presidential address. Anti-immigrant mobilisation has again drawn the world's attention to South… Read more »
South Africa: Old Video Falsely Linked to Xenophobic Attacks in South Africa Was Filmed Months Earlier in Another Province
Africa Check
Old video falsely linked to xenophobic attacks in South Africa was filmed months earlier in another province Read more »
Malawi: Police Fire Rubber Bullets As Women Board Buses Home and Men Are Taken to Lindela
Scrolla
Police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets at Malawian nationals at Sherwood Hall in Durban on Wednesday after men at the transit site refused to be moved to the Lindela… Read more »
Africa: South Africa Seek Response Against Czechia As Group a Battle Intensifies
CAF
South Africa will look to reignite their FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign when they take on Czechia in their second Group A fixture, with both sides eager to bounce back from… Read more »
Malawi: Malawi's Education Choices in the Wake of Aid Cuts [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Over a year has passed since the Donald Trump administration dismantled USAID, cutting more than 5,000 programmes and slashing US$40 billion in funding worldwide. Read more »
South Africa: Last Minute Deal Saves Tongaat From Liquidation
GroundUp
The IDC will extend funding to September Read more »
South Africa: Fuel Price Surge Pushes Consumer Price Inflation to 4.5 Percent in May
SAnews.gov.za
South Africa's consumer inflation rate rose to 4.5% in May 2026, up from 4.0% in April, marking the highest annual rate recorded since July 2024, when inflation stood at 4.6%. Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique's Estacio Valoi Faces 'Clear Intimidation' Over Environmental Reporting
CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Mozambican authorities to return the equipment of prominent investigative journalist Estacio Valoi and to end the intimidation of… Read more »
South Africa: Who Holds Acting Judges Accountable for Late Judgments?
GroundUp
The Legal Practice Council says it has taken action but it has not yet amended its code of conduct to reflect this Read more »
South Africa: Msunduzi Cannot Say How Much It Spent On This Vandalised Community Centre
GroundUp
The municipality failed to complete the project and left it to ruin Read more »
South Africa: How South Africa Birthed the Next Generation of Nicotine Addicts
Bhekisisa
The electronic cigarette industry arrived in the country with lots of hype and no regulation more than a decade ago. Today, the vape industry is thriving, with no guardrails in… Read more »
South Africa: Netflix's the Polygamist Confuses Culture With Sexual Deviance
Daily Maverick
The series fails to interrogate polygamy and instead mistakes sexual pathology for culture. There is a difference between interrogating culture and butchering it. The Polygamist… Read more »
South Africa: The Polygamist - Netflix 'Supernovella' Tops Madlanga Commission As National Conversation
Daily Maverick
Based on the novel by Sue Nyathi, the 22-episode Netflix 'supernovella' lifts the story of a polygamous marriage into the stratosphere with a stellar cast, brilliant photography,… Read more »
Africa: Rwanda, South Africa Move to Ease Visa Restrictions
New Times
Rwanda and South Africa have agreed to take steps toward easing travel restrictions and improving mobility between their citizens, including progress on visa normalisation and… Read more »
South Africa: Could the Roofs of Low Cost Houses Be South Africa's Secret Weapon Against Hunger? [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
South Africa's hunger crisis is no longer a distant warning. Millions of poor households are forced to choose between food, electricity, transport and water every month. The… Read more »
South Africa: Families Desperate for Help As Rehab Services Remain Out of Reach
Health-e
For the past year, Merriam Piliso has spent nearly R20 000 to keep her youngest daughter, Norah (24), in a drug rehabilitation facility on the outskirts of Seshego, in Polokwane. Read more »
South Africa: Unemployed Doctors Protest in Pietermaritzburg
GroundUp
They want hospitals to be able to recruit directly Read more »
South Africa: New R2 Coin Pays Tribute to the 1976 Youth Uprising
SAnews.gov.za
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has launched a new R2 commemorative circulation coin in honour of the June 1976 Youth Uprising in Soweto, at the Hector Pieterson Museum, in… Read more »
