May 03
South Africa: South Africa's National Student Financial Aid Scheme Has Helped Millions but Is in Trouble - Here's Why [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The board of South Africa's National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has been dissolved by the country's higher education and training minister, Blade Nzimande, and the… Read more »
South Africa: Three Health Reforms the New South African Government Must Prioritise [analysis]
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To drum up support as South Africans head to the polls, President Cyril Ramaphosa reportedly vowed to "end the apartheid that remains in healthcare" when he hit the campaign trail.… Read more »
South Africa: Gauteng's Shelter System Is 'Broken' Because of State Incompetence
GroundUp
Several gender-based violence shelters in the province were forced to close because of uncertainty over their funding from the Department of Social Development Read more »
South Africa: 'Missing Joshlin Smith's DNA Found in Saldanha Bay' - South African News Briefs - May 3, 2024
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South Africa: Exciting Discovery of Honey Badger At UCT
UCT
Benjamin Wittenberg, a student at the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa (iCWild), made the exciting discovery of a honey badger just… Read more »
South Africa: What's the Job of a Company Chair? South Africa's Rules Aren't Clear and Need Fixing [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Historically, the chair of the board of directors filled a procedural and ceremonial role. This was a low bar focusing on the chair's role in meetings. Read more »
South Africa: South African Singing Sensation Tyla Reacts to Controversy on her Ethnicity
Fame Frenzy
She may only be 22, but Johannesburg-born Tyla Laura Seethal has the world at her feet. Read more »
South Africa: President Tells Ministers to Set Up Task Team On Use of Public Land for Housing
GroundUp
The State Land Disposal Act allows the President to fast track the use of public land Read more »
South Africa: Cassper Nyovest on his Decision to Finally Settle Down with Childhood Sweetheart
Fame Frenzy
Rapper Cassper Nyovest has had quite an interesting start to 2024. Read more »
May 02
South Africa: Nearly 5,000 Post Office Jobs at Risk - South African News Briefs - May 2, 2024
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South Africa: 'No Electricity, No Vote', Shout Angry Limpopo Villagers
GroundUp
Promise Maremeni is a dressmaker. But she is losing business because she has to use a manual sewing machine instead of an electric one, because her village has been without… Read more »
South Africa: Codeine Misuse - South Africa Set to Get New Guidelines
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In response to high levels of codeine abuse in South Africa, health authorities have been developing a plan to track the supply of the drug from manufacturers all the way to… Read more »
South Africa: South Africans Are Abandoning Smallholder Farming - History and Policy Can Help Explain Why [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
South African smallholders are abandoning farming. The decline in field cultivation is a problem, since many of these smallholder households struggle to make ends meet. If people… Read more »
South Africa: Great White Sharks Off South Africa's Coast Are Protected By Law, but Not in Practice. Why This Needs to Change [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
In less than eight years, white sharks in South Africa have all but disappeared from their historical hotspots in False Bay and Gansbaai, on the Western Cape coast. These areas… Read more »
South Africa: Mineworkers Disrupt Cosatu May Day Rally in Soweto
GroundUp
"What are we celebrating, when we are losing our jobs?" Read more »
South Africa: Elections 2024 - What the Major Political Parties Say About Water and Sanitation
GroundUp
We sent questions to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi Read more »
South Africa: Millions Owed to Scholar Transport Providers in Eastern Cape
GroundUp
Total shutdown avoided after transport department promises to pay by 15 May, but disruptions reported in some areas Read more »
Zimbabwe/South Africa: Free State Stadium to Host Bafana Vs Zimbabwe FIFA World Cup Clash
SAFA
SAFA acting CEO Dr Thulani Ngwenya confirmed that the South African senior men's national team will return to Bloemfontein for the first time since the 2010 FIFA World Cup. They… Read more »
South Africa: Workers Hold Vigil Outside Gauteng Health Department, Demanding Permanent Jobs
GroundUp
National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) says workers will protest daily Read more »
South Africa: Eskom Reaches Significant Milestone in Curbing Load Shedding
SAnews.gov.za
Minister in the Presidency for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says the end of load shedding is "within touching distance". Read more »
South Africa: Gauteng Social Development Head Departs Amid Corruption Allegations
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Matilda Gasela headed several forensic audits despite facing allegations herself Read more »
May 01
South Africa: ANC Veteran Disappointed Over State Capture Leaders on Party List - South African News Briefs - May 1, 2024
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South Africa: Village Activists Take Marikana Mining Company to Court
GroundUp
Tharisa Mines is trying to gag us, say Oridile Kgatea and Rodney Kotsedi Read more »
Africa: Apartheid Victims Demand Reparations
DW
Thirty years after the end of apartheid, dozens of South Africans have set up a protest camp outside the Constitutional Court. They are demanding reparations for human rights… Read more »
South Africa: All Systems Go for Registered Voters to Cast Ballots Abroad
SAnews.gov.za
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) says it is confident that all systems are in place for the shipment of voting materials to enable South African… Read more »