Five Newsworthy Things in SA 12th January 2024:

News in South Africa 12th January: 1. SA to pay back R28 billion: Nations in Sub-Saharan Africa have been locked out of international debt markets for 22 months now, and investors are increasingly betting the drought will soon end as countries seek funding for a slew of principal payments coming due this year and next. […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 3rd May 2023:

News in South Africa 3rd May: 1. South Africa closer to a failed state: South Africa is coming closer to being a failed state, with national and local governments unable to provide many basic services outlined in the Constitution.  This is the view of Lumkile Mondi, a senior lecturer at the School of Economics and […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 21st September 2022:

News in South Africa 21st September: 1. Eskom to burn R17bn in diesel: As part of Eskom’s updated assumptions for its tariff application for next year, the utility has said it plans to use R16.8 billion of diesel in its next financial year, which starts in April. This is a substantial increase from the amount […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 5th September 2022:

News in South Africa 5th September: 1. Fuel price decrease: The Road Freight Association is one of several industries that have welcomed this week’s expected fuel price drop. After months of unbearable price hikes, the Central Energy Fund’s latest data predicts that 95-octane petrol is expected to decrease by around R2.35c. For Gauteng residents, this […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 12th February 2021:

News in South Africa 12th February: 1. SONA falls flat but TERS reinitiated: Opposition parties have described President Cyril Ramaphosa’s fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona) as out of touch and out of ideas. Ramaphosa delivered little in the way of new plans in his address, focusing rather on reporting back on progress. For […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 4th February 2021:

News in South Africa 4th February: 1. 3.1 Million vaccines from Covax: South Africa is expected to get another 3.1 million doses of the Coronavirus vaccine in the first half of this year. COVAX has announced that around 2.8-billion jabs from AstraZeneca and 117,000 from Pfizer should be made available to South Africa. That is if the vaccines are […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 13th January 2021:

News in South Africa 13th January: 1. Anti-vaxxers spread unfounded fears: Fake news about the coronavirus has become a problem on social media. Professor, Salim Abdool Karim, Chairperson of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19, says people need to stop fearmongering around the vaccine. He says while no one will be forced to take it, […]

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