South Africa weather today: Here’s the forecast for Saturday, 3 May 2025
South Africa weather forecast: Damaging coastal winds, high fire danger in Northern Cape, and scattered showers over parts of the country on Saturday.
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South Africa weather today: Here’s the forecast for Friday, 2 May 2025
South Africa weather forecast: Cold, cloudy and windy across several provinces with damaging coastal waves and scattered showers in eastern regions.
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May Day: Date, historical significance, what’s happening on this day in 2025
May Day 2025 is marked by nationwide protests in the US, spotlighting worker and immigrant rights amid growing opposition to Donald Trump’s administration.
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Workers’ Day: Date, historical significance, how to celebrate in South Africa
Worker’s Day in South Africa, observed annually on 1 May, honours the struggles and achievements of workers and the labour movement.
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South Africa weather today: Here’s the forecast for Thursday, 1 May 2025
South Africa weather forecast: Scattered thunderstorms and marine warnings issued. Cold, wet conditions persist in parts of the Western and Northern Cape.
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South Africa weather today: Here’s the forecast for Wednesday, 30 April 2025
South Africa weather forecast: Scattered rain and thundershowers expected in parts of KZN and Northern Cape. Very cold conditions for Western Cape regions.
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South Africa weather today: Here’s the forecast for Wednesday, 30 April 2025
South Africa weather forecast: Scattered rain and thundershowers expected in parts of KZN and Northern Cape. Very cold conditions for Western Cape regions.
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SRD grant beneficiaries urged to verify identity to avoid delays
The main reason one would receive a “identity verification” status message is that the agency suspects fraudulent activity or contacts and banking details are incorrect.
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Minister Creecy to release Easter Weekend road safety statistics
The campaign is aimed at reducing road fatalities during the high-traffic holiday period through integrated law enforcement and public education.
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South Africa weather today: Here’s the forecast for Tuesday, 29 April 2025
South Africa weather forecast: Isolated showers in parts of the east, fine to partly cloudy elsewhere with light rain expected in Cape Town later today.
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Western Cape court suspends VAT hike: Here’s what it means
The Western Cape High Court has suspended the VAT hike until Parliament formally reverses it, giving the DA a major legal victory over Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s original plan.
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South Africa weather today: Here’s the forecast for Monday, 28 April 2025
South Africa weather forecast: Partly cloudy skies across most regions; hot conditions inland and along the coasts, isolated showers in some areas.
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Freedom Day: Date, historical significance, how to celebrate in South Africa
Freedom Day in South Africa, celebrated on 27 April, honours the country’s first democratic elections and the end of apartheid.
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South Africa weather today: Here’s the forecast for Sunday, 27 April 2025
South Africa weather forecast: Fine to partly cloudy skies inland, heat persists in Cape regions, with isolated showers along the KZN coast.
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SASSA Gold Cards to continue working beyond 31 May 2025
This means that the Gold Cards will continue to work as they do now, even after 31 May 2025.
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Four additional sluice gates opened at Vaal Dam
In a statement, the department announced that an additional four sluice gates were opened gradually on Friday from 09:00 until 13:00.
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SARS ready to accommodate 0.5% VAT increase withdrawal
SARS indicated that the following measures would apply to VAT vendors from 1 May.
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Pope Francis: the first post-colonial papacy to deliver messages that resonate with Africans
Pope Francis’ papacy was anchored on what he calls a “revolution of tenderness”. This reflects two central themes: the courage to dream and the culture of encounter.
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New survey explores what people in South Africa expect of publicly visible scientists – why it matters
Some scientists have become publicly visible, regularly appearing in the media. Some have become media stars. There are even a few scientific celebrities.
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Flooding incidents in Ghana’s capital are on the rise. Researchers chase the cause
Ghana’s president, John Dramani Mahama, has established a task force to find ways of improving flood resilience in the country.
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South Africa: state of the nation 30 years into democracy
The weakening of accountability allowed unethical practices to flourish. It also undermined the very ideas that had originally set the state on a path of inclusive development.
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Rating agencies don’t treat the Global South fairly: changes South Africa should champion in G20 hot seat
The major credit rating agencies exist to opine on the likelihood that a debtor (say, a country) will repay their creditors on time and in full.
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Pope Francis: why his papacy mattered for Africa – and for the world’s poor and marginalised
The first pope from the Americas and also the first to come from outside the west in the modern era, Pope Francis was elected leader of the Catholic church on 13 March 2013.
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Sexual predators at school: why South African law is failing to protect children from teachers
When cases of misconduct in schools emerge, they tend to follow the same pattern: public outcry, media involvement and political promises.
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South Africa weather today: Here’s the forecast for Saturday, 26 April 2025
South Africa weather forecast: Morning showers in KZN, fine inland, and fire danger in the Western Cape. Heatwave persists in parts of the Northern Cape.
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VAT hikes can raise tax without hurting the poor: an economist sets out the evidence
This piece draws on a longer article which explores these issues in greater detail. Here, I focus only on the VAT issue.
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John Steenhuisen hopes to mend GNU coalition with ANC
DA leader John Steenhuisen says the party is working to fix relations with the ANC after the VAT hike issue almost fractured the Government of National Unity.
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South Africa weather today: Here’s the forecast for Friday, 24 April 2025
South Africa weather forecast: Widespread showers in KZN and Eastern Cape. Isolated thundershowers inland. Fire risk remains high in parts of the west.
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Eskom plunges SA into Stage 2 loadshedding
Eskom has implemented Stage 2 loadshedding due to high electricity demand, unplanned outages, and extensive planned maintenance.
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Zelensky cuts South Africa visit short after Kyiv attack
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ended his South Africa visit early after a deadly Russian attack on Kyiv, amid tensions over a US-proposed peace deal.