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South Africa finally has a masterplan for a renewable energy industry: here’s what it says

About 85% of South Africa’s electricity is produced by burning coal. The country’s move to renewable energy means that the coal industry will be phased out. To this end, the South African cabinet recently approved the country’s first renewable energy masterplan, which sets out what’s needed to establish new renewable…

The Conversation

South Africa reopens inquest into apartheid-era death of Nobel winner Luthuli, 58 years later

South African prosecutors have reopened an inquest into the apartheid-era death of Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Luthuli

The Independent UK

Trump Spotlight Divides S.Africa's Afrikaners

Country music and the aroma of pancakes enveloped the "Boeremark", or farmer's market, outside South Africa's capital Pretoria where thousands of Afrikaners browsed on a Saturday morning.

International Business Times

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A million-dollar gamble on Royal Lavulite, 1982

An Arizona jewellery designer bet the ranch on some unusual purple minerals from South Africa. By Genevieve Fox

The Guardian - UK

Poppy Okotcha: ‘Plants taught me about myself’

In her verdant garden in Devon, the model turned gardener talks about decay, family roots and living a wilder life

The Guardian - UK

Kyle Verreynne hits 111 as Nottinghamshire recover from bad start against Essex

The South African helped the hosts recover from 78 for five to 328 for eight.

The Independent UK

Crowds demonstrate against gender-based violence in South Africa after alleged rape of 7-year-old

A crowd of protesters staged a demonstration against gender-based violence in the South African capital of Pretoria on Friday as part of a national outcry after an alleged rape of a 7-year-old girl

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Despite pause on US tariffs, African economies face uncertain future

African exporters have welcomed a temporary reprieve from new US tariffs, after President Donald Trump suspended a planned 30 percent import tax for 90 days – but the bigger picture remains uncertain.

Radio France Internationale

AGOA: US-Africa Trade Accord Hangs In The Balance

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), whose future is in doubt since Donald Trump returned to the White House, provides duty-free access to the United States for certain African products.

International Business Times

South Africa’s coalition government is crumbling: why collapse would carry a heavy cost

South Africa’s multi-party government of national unity (GNU), which emerged in the wake of the May 2024 elections, marked a turning point in the country’s political history. It took South Africans back to the 1990s, when the country showed that political opponents could find common cause.

The Conversation

How US funding cuts are threatening South African families living with HIV

Critical community initiatives that provide testing, food and support and HIV vaccine research have been dismantled.

Al Jazeera

Despite US Tariffs Pause, Southern African Economies Under Threat

Washington's 90-day pause on higher tariffs is of little comfort to southern African economies facing the collapse of a preferential trade deal and a 25-percent hike on car imports, analysts say.

International Business Times

Penguin in passenger seat causes helicopter crash in South Africa

Box containing penguin slid off passenger’s lap during flight and hit pilot’s controls

The Independent UK

South Africa helicopter crash caused by penguin knocking controls

The penguin, placed in a box on a passenger’s lap, slid and struck the pilot’s controls moments after takeoff from Bird Island off the Eastern Cape coast

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The Independent UK

African nations that faced steep Trump tariffs get some relief but mostly more uncertainty

African nations that were facing some of the steepest reciprocal tariffs from the Trump administration have been given a moment of relief with the pausing of the duties

The Conversation

South African court said no to new coal-fired power: what’s behind the ruling

Three South African environmental and climate justice organisations took the South African government to court in November 2021, to challenge the authorisation of new coal-fired power as part of the country’s energy mix. Three years later, the court ruled that the government’s new coal plans were unlawful, invalid, and against…

The Conversation

Chile and South Africa could be green hydrogen exporters – but setting up industries with debt is dangerous

Vast amounts of renewable energy are needed to produce green hydrogen, a new form of energy made by splitting water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen using renewable power.

The Independent UK

The Latest: Trump is expected to sign executive orders to boost coal

President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders aimed at boosting coal, a reliable but polluting energy source that’s long been in decline

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Latest Cape Town F1 proposal aims to build on World Cup legacy

The South African government is nearing a decision on which project to support as it aims to bring Formula 1 back to the country. Organisers behind Cape Town's bid have detailed the latest changes to their street race proposal.

Motorsport

Discover Cape Town's latest F1 grand prix project

The South African government is nearing a decision on which bid to support as it aims to bring Formula 1 back to the country. Organisers behind Cape Town's bid have detailed the latest changes to their street race proposal.

The Independent UK

Trump Tariffs threaten 35,000 jobs, entire towns in South Africa's citrus sector, farmers group says

A farmers group says the new 30% tariffs set to be imposed on South Africa by the Trump administration will threaten 35,000 jobs in the country’s citrus-growing sector and the economies of entire towns

The Conversation

Trump’s tariff hikes and South Africa: hunt for new agricultural markets must begin now

The South African government has underscored the urgent need to diversify the country’s agricultural exports in the wake of the US decision to increase tariffs on its trading partners.

The Conversation

South Africa as G20 leader can take action on Africa’s food supply: 4 ways to make a difference

South Africa, the only African country that is a member of the G20, holds the presidency of the grouping until the end of November 2025. During this time, it could help drive the African continent’s food security agenda.

The Guardian - UK

Private Footage review – found-footage study of apartheid takes the split-screen route

Director Janaína Nagata places her own internet research into South African history side by side with the vintage 16mm home movie footage that inspired it

Euronews

Dying for a glass of wine? South African farm workers fight EU’s ‘toxic trade’ in pesticides

Pesticides deemed too dangerous for Europe continue to be made here and exported. South Africa’s farm workers have had enough.

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