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Wed, 07 Dec 2022 07:45:06 GMT
GDP Growth Up 1.6% - South African News Briefs - December 7, 2022
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Wed, 07 Dec 2022 04:27:18 GMT
What Does a Wounded Ruling Party Mean for South Africa's Prospects?
[ISS] Amidst debates about presidential impeachment, the main question is how far ANC support will fall in the 2024 elections.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:06:06 GMT
Sex Workers Welcome Government's Decriminalisation Plans
[GroundUp] "Many sex workers have died and this bill will save many lives"

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:43:15 GMT
Diesel Prices Decrease, Increase for Petrol Consumers
[SAnews.gov.za] There will be relief for some consumers from tomorrow when the price of all grades of diesel and illuminating paraffin decrease.

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 04:27:26 GMT
Music Streaming in South Africa - New Survey Reveals Musicians Get a Raw Deal
[The Conversation Africa] Musicians worldwide have been placing their tracks with global streaming platforms such as Spotify for many years. South African musicians, however, have reported only sparse earnings from streaming music online.

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 04:27:08 GMT
Pandemic Policies in South Africa - a Model of Neocolonial State Capture
[African Arguments] The huge Covid death toll - by far the worst in Africa - occurred not in spite of Western biomedical practices but because of them, argues a new book from the African Arguments series, published by Hurst.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:10:50 GMT
New Full-Time Lotteries Boss to Be Appointed Early Next Year
[GroundUp] GroundUp has learned that Jodi Scholtz will take over as Commissioner of the National Lotteries Commission

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:08:44 GMT
Information Regulator Bares Its Teeth in Music Royalties Investigation
[GroundUp] The South African music industry lacks transparency and accountability, says regulator

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:06:53 GMT
This Taxi Rank Cost More Than R275-Million. but Nearly a Decade Later It's Still Closed
[GroundUp] Thohoyandou taxi owners and businesses want the rank to start operating

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:46:20 GMT
GDP Rises By 1.6 Percent
[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa's gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 1.6% between July and September, Deputy Director General for Economic Statistics, Joe de Beer, announced on Tuesday.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:37:01 GMT
Mineral Resources and Energy Announces Adjustment of Fuel Prices
[Govt of SA] Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mr Gwede Mantashe, announces adjustment of fuel prices effective from the 7th of December 2022

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:20:37 GMT
Phala Phala Debate Postponed
[Scrolla] As President Cyril Ramaphosa fights for his political survival amid the blazing Phala Phala flames Parliament pushed the debate of the Section 89 panel report to next Tuesday.

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 04:40:46 GMT
South Africa's President Asks Court to Overturn Report Recommending Impeachment Inquiry
[VOA] Cape Town, South Africa -- South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa is asking the country's Constitutional Court to overturn a parliamentary report that says he may have broken the law and could lead to his removal from office.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 08:26:11 GMT
Deputy President Named In R35 Billion Land Scam - South African News Briefs - December 6, 2022
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Tue, 06 Dec 2022 09:01:21 GMT
Square Kilometre Array Observatory Construction Begins in Northern Cape
[SAnews.gov.za] Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Blade Nzimande, unveiled on Monday the kick-start of the on-site construction of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) telescopes infrastructure in Carnarvon, Northern Cape.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 08:58:30 GMT
National Assembly Postpones Debate On Section 89 Panel Report
[SAnews.gov.za] The National Assembly Programming Committee (NAPC) has postponed to next week Tuesday the debate on the Section 89 Panel Report, which looks into the robbery at the Phala Phala game farm.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 04:27:56 GMT
Parliament Delays Vote On Ramaphosa Report By a Week
[Daily Maverick] MPs will only vote next week on the Section 89 independent panel recommendation that President Cyril Ramaphosa has a case to answer for possible impeachment over serious violations of the Constitution, according to a unanimous decisi...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 15:29:48 GMT
Some in Free State Only Given ARVs for Two Weeks At a Time
[spotlight] Both health minister Dr Joe Phaahla and health authorities in the Free State last week denied claims from activists that there are shortages of antiretroviral medicines at health facilities in the province. Authorities did however confirm...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 04:19:21 GMT
Ruling Party's National Executive Committee Backs Ramaphosa
[Scrolla] President Cyril Ramaphosa was thrown a lifeline by the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) after the party's highest decision-making body rejected the Section 89 panel report.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:20:48 GMT
South Africa's New National Artificial Intelligence Institute Can Help Transform Our Economy
[Daily Maverick] The new institute will include projects such as AI for the mining industry, the construction of a large government data cloud, AI for motor industry infrastructure enhancements, modernising public services, digital farming and AI-enh...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:37:37 GMT
How President Ramaphosa's Plan to Fix South Africa's Rail Network Has Derailed
[Daily Maverick] The much-vaunted plan, which involves allowing private sector players to independently run trains and invest in Transnet's infrastructure, has bombed. And the state-owned enterprise is to blame.

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 15:39:16 GMT
Falling Through the Cracks - How SA's Healthcare System Is Failing the LGBTQI Community
[UCT] The theme for World Aids Day 2022 is "Equalise", and yet a Health and Advocacy Day for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) community showed that while good work is being done, everything from prejudice and paper...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 08:20:22 GMT
No New Release Date for Chris Hani's Killer Janusz Walus - South African News Briefs - December 5, 2022
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Mon, 05 Dec 2022 05:18:54 GMT
Ramaphosa Impeachment - Ruling Party Leadership Rejects Report
[Scrolla] A meeting of the top leadership of the ANC has decided to support President Cyril Ramaphosa and reject the report of the Section 89 Panel.

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 05:56:18 GMT
What It Will Take to Prevent South Africa's Gender-Based Violence
[ISS] South Africa can break its cycles of violence by investing in supporting children and caregivers.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 04:26:28 GMT
NEC's Decision to Quash Phala Phala Panel Report Proves the ANC Is (Still) the Only Game in Town
[Daily Maverick] The ANC's supremacy allows the party to retain all of the power without giving up any to other parties. And it means that any decisions about President Cyril Ramaphosa's future will come only from within the ANC.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 04:25:14 GMT
Crime Directorate Secures Nearly 70 Statements On Ramaphosa Farm Theft
[Daily Maverick] The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation said it had taken dozens of statements so far in connection with the burglary at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm in 2020.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 04:16:26 GMT
Ramaphosa Challenges Allegations of Corruption
[DW] South Africa's embattled leader Cyril Ramaphosa is seeking to annul a bombshell report in court after calls for his removal grew louder. His ANC party has vowed to back him on any potential impeachment proceedings.

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 16:03:37 GMT
Pretoria Train Stations Brought Back to Life After Years of Closure
[GroundUp] PRASA says 400 stations were vandalised during the Covid lockdown

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 15:34:01 GMT
No, South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa Has Not Resigned
[Africa Check] IN SHORT: A scandal over stolen money at the private farm of South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has raised the spectre of his resignation. But he has not left office, as a social media post claims.



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