Headline News
Cape Town Mayor to run for leadership of DA 
By: Bloomberg 27th February 2026 Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said he’ll stand for election as leader of the Democratic Alliance, South Africa’s second-biggest political... →
EFF lays criminal charge against Paul O’Sullivan
By: Thabi Shomolekae 27th February 2026 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on Friday laid a criminal charge against forensic analyst Paul O’Sullivan for allegedly contravening the... →
Presidency assumes control of Iran naval inquiry from Defence Department
By: Sashnee Moodley 27th February 2026 The probe into Iran’s participation in the BRICS Plus naval exercises, held in South Africa in January, is being relocated from the Ministry of... →
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Opinions
FUL February 2026 Newsletter – Major events relating to the judiciary and the rule of law
Updated 7 hours ago This briefing note seeks to provide a short overview of significant events in the preceding month, relating to Freedom Under Law’s work on the... →
Trading spaces
27th February 2026 Electricity trading in South Africa, as Etana Energy CEO Evan Rice explained recently, is at once active and in transition. Just how active, is... →
Africa’s militaries have always relied on imported weapons: why a shift to homegrown defence is now under way
26th February 2026 Africa’s militaries are built on imported power. Foreign countries such as China, Russia, the United States, Turkey and France dominate Africa’s... →
South Africa’s carbon tax should stay: climate scientists explain why
25th February 2026 The South African minister of electricity and energy, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, is proposing to suspend the country’s carbon tax after experiencing... →
Recommendations
Air Liquide invests R100m in Wits – South Africa Hydrogen Localisation Initiative
By: Tasneem Bulbulia Updated 6 hours ago Gas solutions provider Air Liquide South Africa, the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and nonprofit the Localisation Support Fund (LSF) on... →
Budget Speech 2026 / 2027: Tax Overview
26th February 2026 On 25 February 2026, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered his fifth Budget Speech and his second under the Government of National Unity.... →
Bowmans Budget Speech commentary
26th February 2026 According to the Chinese zodiac, we have just entered the year of the ‘Fire Horse’, which is associated with rapid change, passion and ambition.... →
WHO water, sanitation, hygiene and waste strategy 2026-2035
24th February 2026 Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) still drive at least 1.4-million preventable deaths each year, while climate shocks, outbreaks,... →
Statements
Presidential Panel into Will for Peace must lead to strong consequences and the start of a turnaround for the SANDF
Updated 7 hours ago The Democratic Alliance welcomes President Ramaphosa’s decision to institute a panel of inquiry, led by Justice B.M. Ngoepe, into the command... →
Eastern Cape Government outlines measures to contain Foot-and-Mouth disease outbreak
27th February 2026 The Eastern Cape Department of Agriculture MEC, Ms Nonceba Kontsiwe, has welcomed the intervention of the Eastern Cape Provincial Government... →
DA welcomes intense rollout of Foot and Mouth vaccines, as Minister Steenhuisen oversees jabs in KZN today
27th February 2026 The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the intensifying rollout of vaccines to combat the spread of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) which has sprayed... →
Home Affairs recognises Khoi-San traditional names on official documents
27th February 2026 The Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Leon Schreiber, today proudly handed over the first Smart ID produced by the Department of Home Affairs and... →
Press Offices
Cyber Breach? How you respond determines liability
27th February 2026 A data breach is no longer, in itself, the event that exposes a business to the greatest legal risk. Under South Africa’s Protection of Personal... →
Sars wins at the Constitutional Court — then changes the rules: The medtronic interest relief saga
27th February 2026 In a striking twist of tax policy, the 25 February 2026 Budget Speech announced a proposed legislative amendment that appears to directly... →
Budget 2026: VAT wasn’t raised. It was re‑engineered for a modern South Africa.
26th February 2026 While much of the early reaction to Budget 2026 focused on the withdrawal of R20-billion in previously anticipated tax increases and welcome... →
Is any agreement capable of enforcement under the Labour Relations Act?
26th February 2026 Under section 158(1)(c) of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 (LRA), the Labour Court has jurisdiction to, inter alia, make an arbitration award... →
