Five Newsworthy Things in SA 21st December 2023:

News in South Africa 21st December: 1. Festive road fiasco: South Africa’s roads are hazardous, more so over the festive season when dangers multiply with more motorists reported to be driving under the influence. In one week alone, the Western Cape recorded a more than 300% increase in drunken driving arrests, with other provinces echoing […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 5th December 2023:

News in South Africa 5th December: 1. Load shedding causing mass unemployment: Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said over 800,000 South Africans stand to lose their jobs due to load-shedding. The Minister recently spoke to Eskom employees at Medupi Power Station, which recently experienced several breakdowns that plunged the company into elevated load-shedding levels. “When Medupi coughs, […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 29th November 2023:

News in South Africa 29th November: 1. No support after bird flu outbreak: Government’s promises to assist the local poultry industry following the avian flu outbreak earlier this year have yet to materialise. The outbreak led to the culling of millions of birds, which caused a reduction of 30% in the production of hatching eggs. […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 23rd May 2023:

News in South Africa 23rd May: 1. Critical nursing shortage: South Africa is facing a critical shortage of nurses as private hospitals are restricted from training more of caregivers, according to the country’s largest private healthcare network. Although most South African hospitals have their own nursing colleges, only designated universities can issue professional nursing qualifications. […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 14th March 2023:

News in South Africa 14th March: 1. Economy battered: According to Stats SA gross domestic product (GDP), the broadest measure of economic activity, declined by 1.3% from the third to the fourth quarter, adjusted for inflation and seasonality. This was much worse than expected and is a big number in absolute terms. It does not take a […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 25th January 2023:

News in South Africa 25th January: 1. R1.2trn needed for food import costs: Farmers in Africa will need as much as $65 billion (nearly R1.2 trillion) in loans annually to produce enough food to curb imports and cushion their economies from external shocks. The continent imports over 100 million metric tons of cereals at an […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 21st November 2022:

News in South Africa 21st November: 1. R200bn in infrastructure projects underway: SA’s infrastructure backlog appears to be getting some of the attention it needs. Some 48 strategic infrastructure projects worth R193.4 billion are currently under construction, and projects worth R87.4 billion in the procurement phase, according to Infrastructure SA (ISA), which was established by […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 28th September 2022:

News in South Africa 28th September: 1. Matric exams and load shedding: The KwaZulu Natal Education Department is raising concern over the impact that continual load shedding could have on students’ preparation for matric exams. Speaking to reporters, the MEC for the department, Kwazi Mthethwa, said that at some point this year, the national minister was engaged […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 5th August 2022:

News in South Africa 5th August: 1. Stage 2 loadshedding continues: A major delay in restarting Eskom’s Koeberg unit 2 is largely to blame for load shedding rearing its ugly head again, just 11 days after it was suspended. Energy expert Chris Yelland notes that the failure to synchronise the unit to the grid is […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 4th August 2022:

News in South Africa 4th August: 1. Loadshedding at Stage 4: Power utility Eskom says that load shedding will increase to stage 4 on Thursday (4 August) between 16:00-24:00, due to the continued shortage of generation capacity. “Due to a shortage of generation capacity, coupled with the higher demand due to the colder weather, stage […]

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