PRETORIA (Reuters) – South Africa entered recession in the second quarter for the first time since 2009, data showed on Tuesday, in a stinging blow to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s efforts to revive the economy after a decade of stagnation. Statistics South Africa said the economy contracted by 0.7 percent quarter-on-quarter, led by declines in the […]

Forgive the political tone – I am trying to keep it in check, but I fail… writes South African musician Albert Combrink. Dear Friends, I love you dearly. But I just CAN’T with all this negativity about South Africa all the time. When I look at the quality of your lives, and the quality of […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping offered another $60 billion in financing for Africa on Monday and said Chinese companies will be encouraged to invest no less than $10 billion over the next three years, but he also warned against “vanity projects”. Speaking at the opening of a major summit with African leaders, Xi […]

Carte Blanche looks into why the Democratic Alliance lost Nelson Mandela Bay and if this the beginning of the end for the rest of the DA-run municipalities? Also why Henri van Breda brutally attacked his family, the baboon killings in the Western Cape vineyards, and how Lewis Pugh swam a distance of 560kms in just 50 […]

PRETORIA (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund gave its full backing to South Africa’s land reform plan on Thursday, as long as the highly contentious process is transparent and based on the constitution. The Fund’s senior resident representative in South Africa – Montfort Mlachila – told Reuters that the reform must not damage farm output […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says today was a victory for “good governance and service delivery” in Tshwane, as the motion to remove Mayor Solly Msimanga failed (the ANC withdrew its motion of no confidence, and said it’s going to court)… but that it will request an urgent meeting with the Economic Freedom Fighters’ leaders. In […]

The civil rights organisation AfriForum has formally requested the National Police Commissioner, General Khehla Sitole, to investigate the claims made by a member of a notorious prison gang that Julius Malema, leader of the EFF, came to see them in prison to encourage the committing of farm murders. In a recorded interview between an agent […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) said on Tuesday an expropriation bill passed by parliament in 2016, enabling the state to make compulsory purchases of land to redress racial disparities in land ownership, has been withdrawn. The bill, which had not been signed into law, was withdrawn to allow an ongoing process […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s mainly white Solidarity union has given Sasol a 48-hour notice to strike over the energy giant’s plan to launch a share ownership scheme exclusively for black staff, the union said on Tuesday. Sasol plans to sell 25 % of its local operations to mainly qualifying black employees in a R21-billion […]

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Britain will use its international aid budget to boost its own interests while also seeking to deepen trade ties with Africa, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday, countering critics who say aid funds would be better spent at home. May, battling to unite her divided Conservative Party over her plan […]

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Britain supports South Africa’s land reform programme provided it is carried out legally, Prime Minister Theresa May said in Cape Town on Tuesday, adding that she would discuss the issue with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. “The UK has for some time now supported land reform. Land reform that is legal, […]

PRETORIA – South Africa has cancelled plans to add 9,600 megawatts (MW) of nuclear power by 2030 and will instead aim to add more capacity in natural gas, wind and other energy sources, the energy minister announced on Monday. Africa’s only nuclear power has an installed capacity of 1,860 MW but plans under the government […]

Dear (Some) White South Africans THERE IS NO WHITE GENOCIDE IN SOUTH AFRICA! There is only a race of people who believe the murders of ‘their people’ should be given more attention than the murders of other races. White people need to please understand that most black people don’t hate them; we just hate their […]

JOHANNESBURG  – Former South African deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas told an inquiry that business friends of ex-president Jacob Zuma threatened to kill him if he spoke about a meeting at which they offered him money and the post of finance minister. The public inquiry, which started on Monday and is being telecast live, is […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa has told the U.S. charge d’affaires of its disappointment over Washington’s “failure” to use diplomatic channels after President Donald Trump angered Pretoria with comments on its land policy. Trump said in a late-night tweet two days ago that he had asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to study South African “land […]

Catch the landmark 90-minute Carte Blanche 30th Birthday Broadcast on Sunday night in South Africa. Carte Blanche says it has given M-Net viewers the “right to see it all”; it has provided a voice to all South Africans; it has been a trustworthy authority on the state of affairs and a clear reflection of the world […]

Over half a million SA youth responded to the South African Police Service’s (SAPS’s) recruitment drive for the 2018/2019 Basic Police Learning Development Programme (BLDP) intake, which was launched in May this year. Applications closed on the 15th of June 2018… and by that date, 517 000 applications had been received from the 1 146 police […]

Agri SA announced on Thursday that organised agriculture will soon sign a declaration of intent on land reform in South Africa, which will help government to transform the sector. AgriSA President Dan Kriek said: “We are extending a hand of friendship… here to government, in saying we want to partner with you. We want to […]

South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) will today meet with the US Embassy to address the tweet from United States President Donald Trump on land expropriation and crime in South Africa… which the American leader referred to as “farm seizures” and “large scale killing of farmers”. While some people welcomed Trump’s tweet, […]

US President Donald Trump says he has ordered his Secretary of State – Mike Pompeo – to “closely study” the South African government’s land expropriation, as well as the “large scale killing” of farmers. Trump tweeted the news after watching a Fox News report, which was based on the City Press report a few days […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s state-owned Land Bank said on Monday a plan to allow the state to seize land without compensation could trigger defaults that could cost the government R41-billion ($2.8 billion) if the bank’s rights as a creditor are not protected. Land Bank is a specialist bank providing financial services to the commercial farming […]

According to reports in City Press newspaper, which have been broadcast around the world, the first farm seizures in South Africa may have already begun. The UK’s tabloid Express newspaper ran with an inflammatory headline today saying “South Africa farm seizures BEGIN: Chaos as first expropriation of white-owned farms starts”, while Australia’s News.com.au went with […]

The ANC has responded to reports of Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s comments – made at his 90th birthday celebrations in Durban yesterday – where he allegedly indicated that he wishes his membership of the ANC could finally be renewed before he dies. The ANC said it acknowledges Buthelezi’s participation amongst the founding members of the ANC Youth […]

JOHANNESBURG  – The judge leading an inquiry into claims of state-capture against former South African president Jacob Zuma on Monday urged more witnesses to come forward, as public hearings began in a case that could last two years. Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo will review allegations that the Gupta brothers – who headed one of […]

South Africans have paid tribute to former United Nations Secretary General and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Kofi Annan, who passed away today following a short illness. The African National Congress (ANC) said it received the news with “profound sadness”. In a statement issued Saturday, the ANC said: An eminent and distinguished son of Africa, Mr. […]