South Africa news

News for readers in South Africa, in one-minute summaries with a link to the original reporting.

Karooooo Subscription Growth Accelerates
Karooooo's subscription revenue growth hits 23% globally as long-term investors see unit economics benefits.
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South Africa Skittles Australia for 99 in Second Test
South Africa skittles Australia for 99 on day four of second Test, forcing follow-on.
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South Africa Prepares for Possible AGOA Loss
South Africa plans for US trade loss under AGOA as president warns of job devastation.
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South Africa: Midlands Municipality Recovers Millions in Electricity Revenue
South Africa's uMngeni municipality recovers R900,000 monthly from smart meters after years of electricity losses.
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South Africa pushes for climate adaptation funds at COP31
As extreme weather batters the country, South Africa demands tripled adaptation finance and loss and damage support at November's UN climate talks.
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ANC-DA coalition will survive elections and grow stronger
Despite campaign tensions, the maths and longer-term interests of South Africa's ruling parties make their coalition likely to endure and deepen.
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South Africa Diaspora in US Explained
156,094 South Africans live in US, 0.3% of immigrants.
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The long journeys cancer patients make for treatment
Cancer patients across southern Africa travel hundreds of kilometres to Bloemfontein for specialist care, staying in a care home while undergoing treatment far from their families.
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Researcher killed in Airbnb as Grindr gang attacks surge
Steven Gruzd's murder points to a criminal trend targeting men through dating apps, with cases rising across South Africa since 2023.
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Joburg's pool crisis deepens as heat wave hits
Only 20 of 57 municipal pools open a month into summer, with delays blamed on maintenance, staffing and compliance failures.
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Watch SABC+ outside South Africa with a VPN
SABC+ is geo-restricted outside South Africa, but a VPN like NordVPN lets you stream the platform's free local content and sports from anywhere.
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India's ODI Series Sweep Over Zimbabwe: Key Learnings
India's 3-0 ODI sweep of Zimbabwe reveals fielding flaws and Harmanpreet's form boost ahead of South Africa tour.
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South Africa bids to host 2036 or 2040 Olympics
South Africa names Durban as its preferred host city for the Olympic Games, but governance turmoil at Sascoc raises questions about readiness.
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Watch, The pipeline between US white supremacists and the SA right
Monica Huggett linked US white supremacists to South Africa’s farm murder movement 14 years before Ernst Roets’ group.
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Paris Mashile, regulator who cut phone call costs
The engineer and activist who chaired South Africa's communications regulator fought to lower mobile charges and open markets to competition before his death at 77.
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Eight years on, South Africa's cannabis rules stay unclear
Parliament passed a law legalising personal cannabis use in 2018, but has never written the rules needed to make it work, leaving shops in legal limbo.
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Who Owns South Africa's Media?
South Africa's media landscape: Naspers, Canal+ and SABC dominate with press freedom ranking 21st globally.
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A bullet exposes war between SA's biggest biker clubs
A shooting in Pretoria has brought simmering tensions between MAC's and the Crusaders into the open, with social media videos now fuelling accusations of propaganda and violence.
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Masemola cleared to return as police chief
South Africa's suspended police commissioner is reinstated after charges are withdrawn, but evidence of flawed investigations into senior officers raises wider accountability questions.
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South Africa ATM White Labelling Pilot
South Africa's central bank plans to white-label 30,000 ATMs by January 2027.
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Cummins' gamble backfires as Australia fights back on day one
Pat Cummins chose to bowl in Cape Town and watched South Africa pile on runs, but his bowlers staged a dramatic afternoon fightback to limit the damage.
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South Africa vs Australia Test Series Decider
Australia's Test careers hang in the balance as South Africa crush them in Cape Town.
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Stanfield and Johnson face organised crime trial
Cape Town gang boss Ralph Stanfield and his wife Nicole Johnson enter the Western Cape High Court this week for a major racketeering trial, but their history of acquittals and withdrawn charges suggests prosecutors face an uphill battle.
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El Niño drought threatens to deepen southern Africa's poverty
An expected El Niño drought, rising costs and shrinking humanitarian aid could worsen food insecurity and poverty across southern Africa in 2027.
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