June 10
South Africa: Venomous Sea Snakes Suffering From 'Cold Shock' Wash Up On SA Beaches
Daily Maverick
Rare venomous yellow-bellied sea snakes have been washing up on Eastern Cape and Garden Route beaches, prompting marine experts to caution against touching these deadly creatures… Read more »
Namibia: New Era Loses Defamation Suit
New Era
The Windhoek High Court has ordered New Era Publication Corporation and its daily publication, New Era, to publish a retraction and apology, and pay N$50 000 to Namibian Police… Read more »
Zimbabwe: SA Elections - ANC Needs to Remodel Its Relevance
The Herald
Richard Runyararo Mahomva Read more »
Zimbabwe: Ariston's Mitigatory Measures Pay Off As Tea Production Surges to 1 830 Tonnes
The Herald
Listed agriculture concern Ariston Holdings Limited tea production for the half year to March 31, 2024 surged by 14 percent to 1 830 tonnes compared to 1 599 tonnes recorded during… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Police Push for Mandatory Jail Term for Drug Offenders
The Herald
Senior Reporter Read more »
Southern Africa: China Pledges More Support for Zimbabwe
The Herald
CHINA will continue to add new dimensions to its comprehensive strategic partnership and cooperation with Zimbabwe to assist the latter achieve its targets under the National… Read more »
Southern Africa: Zimbabwe Close to Joining Brics
The Herald
Kudakwashe Mugari in ST PETERSBURG and Rumbidzai Zinyuke in HARARE Read more »
Zimbabwe: New Campaign to Fight Child Marriages
The Herald
The National AIDS Council (NAC) has launched the "Not in-my-village" campaign to tackle teen pregnancies and child marriages using indigenous knowledge and traditional systems. Read more »
Zimbabwe: IMF Welcomes SA's Gains in Inflation Fight
The Herald
The International Monetary Fund welcomed the South African central bank's efforts to rein in consumer price growth, a spokeswoman for the Washington-based lender said Thursday. Read more »
Southern Africa: Zim Takes Part in Global Water Conference
The Herald
Mukudzei Chingwere in DUSHANBE, Tajikistan. Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Political Impasse Threatens Progress and Unity As Parties Look to Form Gnu [analysis]
Daily Maverick
South Africa stands at a crossroads. While forming a government of national unity or coalition government may seem like a solution, the potential for inefficiency and internal… Read more »
Zambia: Zambia's Insistence On GMO-Free Maize Imports Will Hurt Consumers' Pockets [analysis]
Daily Maverick
With Africa struggling to meet its annual food needs, using technology and genetically modified seeds should be explored to boost production. Read more »
South Africa: Now the Election Dust Is Settling, Let's Get Back to Critical Basics of Equal Education [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The progress in transforming our education system has been stifled for too long at the expense of our children. It is time to press incoming leaders to eradicate pit latrines and… Read more »
South Africa: ANC in Minority - Trying to Understand the Path(s) Ahead for South Africa [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Why have the ANC and its allies fallen apart or become a shadow of themselves, hardly able to put a coherent idea across? What has it been in post-apartheid South Africa, possibly… Read more »
South Africa: Look Left, Look Right - What Does 'Progressive' Mean in the Coalition Talks? [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Why are the MK party and the Patriotic Alliance being described as 'progressive' or 'left' -- when many of their policies are far right? Read more »
South Africa: First National Assembly Sitting Is On Friday - With or Without MK Party MPs [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Amid boycott talk from the MK party, Parliament is not blinking -- and preparations for the first sitting of the National Assembly on Friday are going ahead. Read more »
South Africa: Abysmal Ranking of Transnet Ports Underscores Long Haul to Fix Key Logistics Operations and Infrastructure [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The ports in Cape Town and Ngqura (in the Eastern Cape) were the world's worst performing and least competitive in 2023, ranking 405th and 404th, respectively. A total of 405 ports… Read more »
South Africa: Sorry, Comrades, the South African Electorate Doesn't Particularly Like Communists [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Populist rhetoric by revolutionary Marxist-Leninists can get you bums on seats in a stadium, but not very many on the seats of Parliament, as the electorate has shown. Read more »
South Africa: After the Bell - Why the MK Party's Political Plans Have a Low Probability of Legal Success [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Last week, I wrote about some of the legal and political aspects of SA's election impasse that were not being considered. I got some really interesting responses, many from legal… Read more »
South Africa: NGO Lodges South Africa's First 'Greenwashing' Advertising Complaint With Watchdog Against TotalEnergies [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Greenpeace defines greenwashing as 'a PR tactic used to make a company or product appear environmentally friendly, without meaningfully reducing its environmental impact'. Read more »
South Africa: SONA Disruptions - Parliament Had Every Right to Eject EFF MPs, Court Finds [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The Western Cape High Court has found that the Economic Freedom Fighters has no right to reject the authority of parliamentary rules nor disrupt parliamentary proceedings. Read more »
South Africa: Load Reduction Hits Joburg to Prevent 'Total Grid Collapse' [analysis]
Daily Maverick
It's not load shedding, but it has the same effect. Load reduction is back in Johannesburg, with City Power saying it's critical to prevent dire consequences for its power systems… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Will Attend Ukraine's Peace Summit This Weekend, but Not Ramaphosa [analysis]
Daily Maverick
President Cyril Ramaphosa is trying to form a government but National Security Adviser Sydney Mufumadi and director-general of international relations Zane Dangor will travel to… Read more »
South Africa: Police 'Hope for Quick Arrests' After Three Children Die in Khayelitsha Barber Shop Shooting [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Four people, including three children, were killed in a shooting in Khayelitsha at the weekend. The police have yet to make any arrests. Read more »
South Africa: Democracy 2024 (Day Seven) - 12 Days to Reshape a Country* [opinion]
Daily Maverick
The centre holds as enough parties give a national unity government the thumbs-up. Read more »