South African News
South Africa records 16% drop in rhino poaching last year 
By: Reuters 7th March 2025 South Africa recorded a roughly 16% drop in rhino poaching last year, with 420 animals killed for their horns versus 499 the previous year, the... →
African Rainbow Minerals declares R1bn-plus interim cash dividend 
By: Martin Creamer 7th March 2025 The board of African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has declared an interim dividend of R4.50 a share amounting to R1 011-million for the half-year of... →
South African health agency calls for coal-fired power station phase-out
By: Reuters 7th March 2025 An influential South African government agency recommended the country phase out coal-fired power stations on Thursday as it published a ten-year... →
New defence review needed to tackle widening SANDF funding and capacity gaps
By: Rebecca Campbell 7th March 2025 In late January, in fighting in the city of Goma and surrounding districts, in North Kivu province, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo... →
New online tool helps citizens hold parliamentarians accountable
By: Thabi Shomolekae 6th March 2025 A partnership between nonprofits the Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG), OpenUpSA, and the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse, has resulted in the... →
Vaal dam water levels near 100%
By: Natasha Odendaal 6th March 2025 The water level of the Vaal dam has reached 98.99%, with the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), in line with its flood management plan,... →
MKP, ATM join forces ahead of elections
By: Sashnee Moodley 6th March 2025 The uMkhonto weSizwe Party and the African Transformation Movement have agreed to work together, as parties prepare for the 2026 Local Government... →
Implementation of full package of HMI recommendations necessary to improve private healthcare system – UHAC
By: Sabrina Jardim 6th March 2025 The government’s proposal to implement only some recommendations of the five-year-old Health Market Inquiry (HMI) to address the high costs of... →
