106 articles tagged with “South Africa”
A suspended police commissioner's testimony, coalition government instability, and mounting social crises reveal the deepening fractures in South Africa's institutional fabric, as the country grapples with accountability failures across multiple fronts.
Four South African nationals who were recruited to fight for Russian forces in Ukraine have returned home following diplomatic intervention by President Cyril Ramaphosa, raising concerns about foreign recruitment practices targeting vulnerable citizens.
As severe thunderstorms bearing heavy downpours and hail threaten South Africa's nine provinces, rescue teams in California continue searching for nine skiers missing after a Lake Tahoe avalanche, highlighting the mounting challenges of extreme weather events across continents.
A carbon monoxide leak in Nigeria, an explosion in Plateau State killing over 30, and a mud rush trapping five miners in South Africa have reignited calls for stricter enforcement of mining safety protocols across the continent.
South Africa's citrus industry, a major export earner, faces mounting pressure as inadequate logistics infrastructure threatens to constrain growth despite surging global demand for the country's oranges, lemons, and grapefruit.
As corruption allegations swirl at the Madlanga Commission, former police official Sibiya has defended the controversial directive to disband the PKTT unit, claiming Police Commissioner Masemola knew the elite team was never meant to be permanent.
Unemployed residents in Springs, east of Johannesburg, have descended on scarred mining land in a desperate bid for economic survival, reviving the informal gold extraction that has long haunted South Africa's mineral-rich communities.
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has launched nationwide consultations on a constitutional amendment that would extend presidential terms from five to seven years, as governance challenges ripple across Southern Africa.
From airport digitization to telecom tower ownership and stablecoin adoption, South African companies are driving continental digital transformation with billion-dollar investments and homegrown innovation.
Economic commentary from leading analysts highlights Trump administration's growth strategy, South African governance challenges, and strategic importance of the Cape region for US interests, signaling shifts in African market dynamics.
Ekurhuleni escalates disciplinary action against senior officials implicated in corruption probes, while civil society groups in Mangaung point to nepotism and political interference as root causes of sustained service delivery failures.
Nigeria's House of Representatives has directed the Accountant-General and Auditor-General to produce four years of federal accounts while investigating N9.8 billion in GIFMIS payments, as South Africa's Special Investigating Unit secures arrests in a separate R75 million water tanker procurement scandal.
South Africa's health department is rolling out electronic medical records across eight provinces while Zimbabwe launches an ambitious five-year health strategy, signaling a regional shift toward technology-enabled healthcare delivery.
Authorities across Africa are responding to multiple high-profile sexual assault allegations, from viral social media testimonies to formal rape trials involving religious leaders, raising questions about institutional responses to gender-based violence.
South Africa recorded a 0.5 percentage point decline in unemployment to 31.4% in Q4 2025, while Britain's jobless rate climbed to its highest level in over a decade outside the pandemic period, highlighting divergent labour market trajectories across major economies.