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SA, Namibia to hold 4th Binational Commission in Pretoria 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 16th July 2026 President Cyril Ramaphosa and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah will co-chair the fourth session of the South Africa-Namibia Binational... →
Eskom Green says PFMA approval enables fundraising and partnerships
By: Terence Creamer 16th July 2026 Eskom Holdings reports that it has now secured the required approvals to establish Eskom Green as a wholly-owned renewables subsidiary that is able... →
Power outage hits Eikenhof booster station operations
By: Natasha Odendaal 16th July 2026 A widespread power outage following an explosion on the 11 kV power lines supplied from City Power’s Orlando switching station is impacting the... →
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Why we should count our chickens
16th July 2026 South Africa has 168 million chickens. What does their location tell us about food security and the resilience of this key agricultural sub-sector?... →
J’activists: the hybrid nature of conflict journalism in Sudan’s ‘silent war’
15th July 2026 Sudan’s ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces, increasingly viewed as a proxy war driven by competing... →
Ghana’s Tarkwa negotiations are testing Africa’s new mining bargain
14th July 2026 For decades, the bargain between states and mining companies was relatively predictable. Governments provided regulatory certainty, companies... →
What will it take for South Africa to outsmart Mandrax traffickers?
14th July 2026 The May seizure of over 700 kg of methaqualone, or Mandrax, was one of the largest at a South African border post in recent years. Acting on... →
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Ntshavheni raises concerns over Zuma’s India visit; briefs on immigration, Cabinet updates
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 3rd July 2026 Minister in The Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni on July 3 briefed media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held earlier this week, noting that... →
Johannesburg in Brief: Local Government White Paper
1st July 2026 In May 2026, CDE convened a discussion on the draft Local Government White Paper led by Pascal Moloi, convenor of the White Paper review process... →
City Under Siege, Children Under Fire: Rapid Support Forces' Crimes Against Humanity in North Darfur
1st July 2026 The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during its campaign to seize El Fasher in North Darfur state... →
Discrimination, Lack of Economic Autonomy and Violence Against Women in Cameroon
30th June 2026 For more than a decade, Cameroon’s government had publicly committed to halving violence against women by 2026, an ambitious and necessary goal in... →
Statements
DA Minister delivers 400,000 Smart ID milestone at bank branches
Updated 4 hours ago The rapid rollout at 300 bank branches of Smart ID applications in just over 4 months shows that DA Minister Leon Schreiber is delivering through a... →
Special Investigating Unit welcomes the dismissal of Mr Jacob Bandile Ngcobo over COVID-19 PPE corruption
Updated 5 hours ago The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the dismissal of Mpumalanga Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport official, Mr Jacob... →
DA KZN calls out MK Party for politicizing the Zulu Monarchy
Updated 7 hours ago The Democratic Alliance in KwaZulu-Natal is appalled that the uMkhonto weSizwe Party, which in the past openly supported removing King Misuzulu... →
DA sends Cachalia updated SAPS telephone audit report, requesting urgent meeting
16th July 2026 It is alarming that, despite exposing the shocking number of police stations that cannot be reached by telephone, the situation has worsened.... →
Press Offices
Kenya: Introduction of comprehensive gambling regulations to operationalise the Gambling Control Act, 2025
16th July 2026 Kenya has taken a significant step in implementing the Gambling Control Act, 2025 (Act). This follows the publication of the following subsidiary... →
Agonists and APIs: High Court Injects Clarity into Compounding Debate
16th July 2026 The practice of compounding (that is, the preparation, mixing, combining, packaging and labelling of a medicine by, amongst others, a pharmacist)... →
Probation is not a free pass: Why dismissal during probation still requires fairness, structure, and progressive discipline
16th July 2026 Many employers assume probation is a “trial period” where employment can be terminated with minimal procedure. That assumption is incorrect. During... →
Minority shareholders and disposals of “controlling interests”: The limits of Section 11 of the MPRDA
16th July 2026 Given that the Draft Mineral Resources Development Bill, 2025 is yet to be promulgated, there remains some uncertainty as to the interpretation of... →
