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Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:43:13 GMT
No National Fuel Shortage Despite Diesel Limits - South African News Briefs - March 30, 2026
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Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:48:09 GMT
Ramaphosa Orders Ministers to Ease Pain of April Fuel Price Increase
[Scrolla] Iran shut a key oil shipping route, sending global fuel prices climbing and pushing up food costs for South Africans. President Cyril Ramaphosa says he and Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana are both losing sleep over the coming April fuel...

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:36:14 GMT
Orange Farm Reflects a Bigger Problem of Rising Obesity Among South African Adolescents
[Health-e] Health workers in Orange Farm, south of Johannesburg, say poor diets, little exercise and unsafe play spaces are putting adolescents at risk in a country already burdened by high obesity rates.

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:40:18 GMT
Candidate Attorneys Caught Cheating in Admission Applications
[GroundUp] One forged documents including exam results, and another lied about being the paid sole director of a company while doing articles

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:19:56 GMT
BMA to Deal Decisively With Wrongdoers
[SAnews.gov.za] Ahead of the Easter Holiday period, the Border Management Authority (BMA) has issued a stern warning to travellers and officials that any involvement in illegal activities will be detected and met with decisive consequences.

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:17:41 GMT
Severe Thunderstorms Expected for Parts of South Africa
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a Yellow Level 4 Warning for severe thunderstorms that are expected in Mpumalanga, Limpopo, and KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday.

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:17:41 GMT
Ramaphosa Says Corruption Fight Shows Progress but Problems Remain
[Scrolla] President Cyril Ramaphosa says new investigations into police corruption must help clean up crime fighting systems and rebuild public trust in the security services.· Police minister Senzo Mchunu denies claims of links to crime network...

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:15:43 GMT
Nairobi City Thunder Strikes to Silence Joburg Giants At Home in Bal Kalahari Conference
[Capital FM] Pretoria, South Africa -- Kenyan champions Nairobi City Thunder bounced back in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) Kalahari Conference to silence home team Johannesburg Giants 71-65 in the presence of their fans at a packed SunBet Arena ...

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:50:26 GMT
South Africa's New Parental Leave Policy Is Designed for Equality - but It Could Do Better
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa introduced a new amendment to the parental leave policy in October 2025. The aim was to provide equitable rights for all parents. Noreth Muller-Kluits, a disability researcher and social worker by training, exam...

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:52:27 GMT
JSE Lists AI-Focused Active Etf to Expand Access to Global Tech
[Daba Finance] The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has listed an actively managed exchange-traded fund focused on artificial intelligence, giving local investors access to global companies in the sector.

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:48:10 GMT
Most Gauteng School Workers Not Checked for Sex Offences
[Scrolla] The Gauteng Department of Education has cleared only 11% of its 86,367 employees against the National Register for Sex Offenders. Michael Waters of the DA says children are at risk because most Gauteng school workers have not been properl...

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:26:57 GMT
France Denies Excluding South Africa From G7 Summit Under Pressure From U.S.
[RFI] French officials have denied claims by Ramaphosa's presidential office that it has excluded South Africa from the list of invitees to the G7 leaders' summit in June in Paris due to pressure from Washington, saying Kenya has been invited instead...

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:12:58 GMT
All of Africa Today - March 27, 2026
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Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:26:35 GMT
France Rescinds South Africa's G7 Summit Invitation
[allAfrica] South Africa has said that it had been excluded from the upcoming G7 summit in France after initially being invited.

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:10:11 GMT
Bheki Cele Refuses to Comment On Arrest of 12 Officers He Appointed
[Scrolla] Twelve top police officers were arrested this week over a R360-million South African Police Service tender. Cele is keeping quiet on the arrests because he is accused of still running the police through officers he appointed.

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:41:06 GMT
Court Warns Government - Stop Vigilantes Blocking Clinic Access
[GroundUp] The Department of Health and other government respondents have failed to comply with a court order to stop anti-immigrant vigilantes screening patients

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:40:48 GMT
Postbank to Resume Black Card Rollout in April
[GroundUp] Postbank will resume the rollout of its black cards from mid-April, continuing efforts to replace South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) gold cards.

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:39:57 GMT
South Africa Says France Withdrew G7 Invitation Due to Us Pressure
[Premium Times] The invitation was issued during last year's G20 summit in Johannesburg.

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:07:36 GMT
South African Truckers Cross the Border to Save On Fuel
[Scrolla] Botswana currently charges about R19.27 a litre for petrol, far cheaper than South Africa's expected April inland price of R25.92. Road Freight Association CEO Gavin Kelly said refuelling in Botswana is legal if drivers stick to their veh...

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 05:33:35 GMT
Explosion Leaves Roodepoort Without Power - South African News Briefs - March 27, 2026
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Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:38:18 GMT
Upstreaming Offers SA a Smarter Response to Organised Crime and Corruption
[ISS] As justice systems worldwide grapple with tech-driven financial crime, disruption and early intervention are becoming vital prevention tools.

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:00:49 GMT
Mining Company Linked to Zimbabwean President Is Destroying Famous Landmarks
[GroundUp] Chenxi Investments has been fined but continues stripping vegetation and polluting rivers

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:44:37 GMT
'Nothing Should Get in Your Way'
[UCT] The University of Cape Town's (UCT) Moeletsi Tladi - a Vice-Chancellor's Blue Carpet Scholarship recipient in 2023 - is looking forward to his graduation on 28 March. After being a top matric achiever in 2022, he is sharing lessons from his tim...

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:43:47 GMT
South Africa's Law of Taxation - the Landmark Endumeni Case
[UCT] "The need to seek clarity about guiding principles for law reform, and to develop legal theory for its application, is what is needed to invigorate reform discussions of the international tax regime. This, as we grapple with uncertainty and rap...

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:42:50 GMT
UCT Spin-Out Company Shortlisted for Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
[UCT] A trailblazing idea that involves turning human urine into high-quality, sustainable fertiliser - a concept that contributes massively to the rapidly evolving field of urine treatment - has been developed into a fully-fledged University of Cape...

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:41:18 GMT
Delivering Change - Maverickids Vol 5 Lands in Paarl East
[Daily Maverick] Bright, busy, full of questions and possibilities - the first MavericKids Activity Book drop-off of 2026 has taken place, at Magnolia Primary in Paarl East.

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:55:57 GMT
How Dagga Decriminalisation Changed Criminal Convictions
[GroundUp] Drug-related crimes have plummeted since a 2018 ConCourt ruling

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:53:31 GMT
Team Profile - Know Your Nairobi City Thunder Team At Bal 6 in Pretoria
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- As Kenyan champions Nairobi City Thunder prepares to take it into the court in the sixth edition of the premier continental showpiece Basketball Africa League (BAL), here is a profile of the team that will do duty in the tip-o...

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:08:30 GMT
North-West Small-Scale Farmers Fear Being Left Behind in Foot-and-Mouth Vaccine Rollout
[Health-e] Small scale farmers in Tsetse village outside Mahikeng in the North-West say they fear being left behind as the government rolls out foot-and-mouth disease vaccines around the country.

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:07:45 GMT
Eastern Cape Government Hub Gutted By Fire
[GroundUp] Vital government records and archives are feared to have been destroyed

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