South African News
IEC urges public to weigh in on e-voting in South Africa
By: Sashnee Moodley 26th August 2025 The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is urging South Africans to take part in the public consultation process around the possible... →
Local elections to take place between November and January – IEC awaits date from Minister 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 26th August 2025 Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Velenkosini Hlabisa will announce a date for the next Local Government Elections (LGE)... →
Warning that qualifying criteria for private grid procurement could sideline domestic industry
By: Terence Creamer 26th August 2025 Concern continues to be raised over the technical and financial criteria being used to prequalify bidders for South Africa’s inaugural independent... →
Master Drilling’s novel developments are set to move needle for South African mining
By: Martin Creamer 26th August 2025 Three major developments, which are poised to move the needle for South African mining, were outlined to Mining Weekly by the Johannesburg Stock... →
Cape Town expects to have up to 2.9m more people by 2050, many of them older
By: Irma Venter 26th August 2025 The 2022 national census indicated that Cape Town had a population of 4.8-million people. According to the city’s newly published 2050 draft... →
Creecy outlines vision of regionally integrated logistics network in Africa
By: Marleny Arnoldi 26th August 2025 In an opening address delivered by Transport Minister Barbara Creecy at the fourteenth SARA International Rail Conference, on August 26, she said... →
Schreiber says Home Affairs moving at 'light speed’ under GNU
By: Thabi Shomolekae 26th August 2025 Home Affairs Minister Dr Leon Schreiber said on Tuesday that his department is moving at “light speed” to take a department that has long been... →
RFA welcomes opening of the freight rail network to private companies
By: Marleny Arnoldi 26th August 2025 The Road Freight Association (RFA) has welcomed the outcome of the Train Operating Company (TOC) slot allocation process, saying it marks a... →
