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South Africa held R&D spending steady relative to the economy in 2023 to 2024, with universities driving growth and foreign partners adding support. The HSRC’s annual survey for the science department reported nominal GERD of 43.413 billion rand, equal to 28.621 billion rand in 2015 prices, a...

KwaZulu-Natal launched Safety Month and an Integrated Festive Season Safety Plan at the Durban beachfront on October 30, 2025, as the province expects more than two million visitors and about 13 billion rand in economic activity. Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli urged residents and tourists to act...

South Africa’s National Youth Development Agency launched a 2.5 billion rand National Youth Fund to back young entrepreneurs and target job creation, announcing the plan at the Youth Investment Indaba in Johannesburg on Oct. 31, 2025. With youth unemployment above 45 percent, the fund aims to...

An episode of the EFF Podcast spotlighted alleged graft in the City of Ekurhuleni and urged a public inquiry. Investigative journalist Modibe Modiba said whistleblowers face lethal threats and pointed to the June 2025 killing of forensic auditor Mpho Mafole in Kempton Park. He linked the case to...

The Johannesburg City Council has named Dr. Floyd Brink as city manager, saying the move will strengthen leadership and improve governance focused on resilience and inclusion. The council approved the recommendation on Oct. 30 after months of delays, with unanimous support, while the Democratic...

On Oct. 30, 2025, in Uzwil, Switzerland, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa studied the country’s dual education model and said it could help close skills gaps and ease youth joblessness at home. He toured the BZWU Uzwil Vocational and Further Education Training Center with Swiss President...

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson will pay a courtesy visit to King Misuzulu kaZwelithini at the KwaKhangela Royal Palace in Nongoma on Nov. 3, 2025, to brief him on plans for infrastructure delivery in KwaZulu-Natal. The agenda covers construction and maintenance...

Cabinet praised the smooth start of the 2025 National Senior Certificate exams and said systems are in place to keep the process credible and secure. More than 900,000 candidates are writing, with about 732,000 full-time and 168,000 part-time. The session began on Oct. 21 with papers such as...

South Africa will assume interim leadership of the Southern African Development Community after Cabinet approved a request from Executive Secretary Elias Mpedi. The country will host all SADC meetings from November 2025 while the bloc awaits a formal Summit decision, in line with treaty...

African financial institutions pledged billions of dollars for infrastructure at the Luanda Summit on Financing Infrastructure Development in Africa, held Oct. 28 to 31 under the patronage of Angolan President João Lourenço. Organizers said the event unlocked nearly 44 billion dollars in...

Deputy President Paul Mashatile said testimony before the Madlanga Commission and Parliament’s ad hoc committee shows how much cleaning is needed in policing to tackle criminal infiltration, corruption, and political interference. Answering questions in the National Assembly on Oct. 30, 2025, he...

The Madlanga Commission heard testimony on Oct. 29, 2025, that attempted murder accused Vusimuzi Cat Matlala used political connections to unmask two police investigators through state surveillance. A detective identified as Witness C said Matlala claimed Police Minister Senzo Mchunu enlisted...

Police in Johannesburg are on high alert after taxi leader Molefe Moekeletsi was shot dead in Marlboro on Thursday afternoon. Moekeletsi, chair of the Alexandra Taxi Association and a director at ABC Transport, died with one bodyguard at the scene. A second bodyguard and a passing motorist were...

Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza said Thursday he has received an internal report on alleged misconduct by Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi and that council processes are underway. Mkhwanazi could face precautionary suspension as the city weighs...

Deputy President Paul Mashatile welcomed a KwaZulu-Natal High Court ruling that found former ANC leader and Nobel laureate Chief Albert Luthuli died from assault injuries at the hands of apartheid police, not from a train strike. Judge Nompumelelo Hadebe issued the judgment on Oct. 30, 2025...

A detective testifying at the Madlanga Commission on Oct. 30, 2025, said attempted murder accused Vusimuzi Cat Matlala described paying R80,000 to Major General Richard Shibiri, the national head of organized crime. The account, drawn from a four-hour recording made with Matlala’s consent after...

The family of cousins Tshiamo Moramaga, 22, and Baleseng Moramaga, 21, will bury them Saturday in Luckau village outside Groblersdal after a shooting in Mamelodi East last weekend. A third victim, Desmond Senong, survived and is in the hospital. Police arrested Tebogo Mnisi, 38, who appeared in...

The African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal ordered Councilor Sphile Mdaka to resign as deputy mayor of Umkhanyakude with immediate effect, saying his election on Oct. 30, 2025, was not approved by the party and did not reflect its mandate. The directive follows his ouster as mayor on Oct. 3...

President Donald Trump set a record low refugee ceiling for fiscal 2026 at 7,500 and directed priority to Afrikaners from South Africa and others described as victims of illegal or unjust discrimination. The determination, signed Sept. 30, 2025, marks a sharp cut from the 125,000 level under...

The African National Congress welcomed a KwaZulu-Natal High Court ruling in Pietermaritzburg that found former ANC President General Chief Albert Luthuli was beaten to death by apartheid police in 1967, not killed by a train. In a judgment dated Oct. 30, 2025, Judge Nompumelelo Hadebe set aside...