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South Africa’s fish exports outrun inflation, gains global traction
Zawya
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South Africa’s fish and seafood sector is showing strong export performance, outpacing inflation. According to Eighty20, a consumer and data science company that highlights shifting consumer trends in retail and brand preferences across income...
2024 WAFCON: Black Queens coach Kim Lars Bjorkegren says South Africa’s clinical finishing made the difference
Ghana Soccer Net
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July 8, 2025
Head coach of Ghana’s senior women’s national team, Kim Lars Bjorkegren, has attributed his side’s 2-0 defeat to South Africa at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations to the reigning champions' superior efficiency in front of goal. Ghana conceded...
R700 million for a conversation? Rather spend it on small business grants, classrooms, bursaries or clinics
Mail & Guardian
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July 10, 2025
South Africans know how to 'dialogue' but fall short on implementation. Photo: File Imagine getting up in a shack with no electricity and trekking five kilometres to a clinic, only to be told there’s no doctor on duty, and then trekking back home...
Study reveals water hazard in S-African schools
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN) A South African environmental group has discovered that 43% of schools involved in a recent water testing project found their water samples contaminated with harmful bacteria, according to findings released on Wednesday. Statistics South...
South Africa pushes back against Trump’s 30% tariff, calls for fair trade talks
Daily Times
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July 8, 2025
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to impose a 30% tariff starting next month. He said the tariff is based on wrong trade data. Ramaphosa stressed that South Africa’s average tariff on U.S. goods is...
WAFCON: Ghana eyes redemption against Mali after South Africa setback
Premium Times
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July 9, 2025
Ghana’s Black Queens will head into their second Group C fixture at WAFCON 2024 with mounting pressure, following a 2-0 defeat to reigning champions South Africa in their tournament opener. Despite a spirited performance and several missed...
South Africa's economy reignites urgent mental health focus
Zawya
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Despite early optimism for South Africa's economic growth, mounting challenges, including political tensions within the government of national unity, evolving (and sometimes devolving) diplomatic relations with the US, and service delivery...
Microplastics act as ‘rafts’, increasing the threat to environmental and public health
Mail & Guardian
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July 9, 2025
African countries, including South Africa, have limited waste infrastructure and uneven water treatment systems, which exacerbates the problem of antibiotic resistance. Photo: Sustainable Seas Trust While antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is commonly...
July Jolt: South Africans turn to medical apps to save on medical aid funds
IOL
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As the calendar flips to July, many South Africans are facing an unsettling reality: their medical savings have been depleted, forcing them to shoulder the costs of healthcare out of their own pockets for the remainder of the year. This situation...
US Tariffs threaten South African Jobs and Livelihoods
Engineering News
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The United States’ decision to impose a 30% tariff on all South African exports from 1 August 2025 is more than just a shift in trade policy, it is a direct threat to South African jobs, export industries, and consumer financial stability. The...
Despite strong turnover, working capital mismanagement remains a top cause of SME failure in South Africa
Engineering News
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While many South African businesses report increasing sales, growing revenue may be masking a deeper and more dangerous financial issue: poor cash flow management. According to Paragon Finance, a leading South African non-bank lender, one of the...
Cape Town discharges +40 megalitres of sewage into the Atlantic Ocean daily
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 8, 2025
Urban water bodies worldwide - including rivers, lakes, and oceans - are under significant threat from pollution. Large volumes of sewage discharged into the environment cause severe damage, while new chemicals and pharmaceutical compounds do not...
The alarming state of South Africa’s rangelands: 90% degradation and its impacts
IOL
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An estimated 90% of South Africa’s rangelands are degraded. In many of our communally managed rangelands, poor land and livestock management is threatening livelihoods and biodiversity and degrading strategic water catchments, thereby contributing...
FUCHS LUBRICANTS powers South Africa’s agricultural machines
Cape Business News
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July 9, 2025
IN the business of agriculture, uptime is everything. From the tractor starting at dawn to the combine harvester wrapping up at dusk, the machinery demand is relentless. At the heart of these machines are a variety of lubricants that ensure...
Cape Town’s first black female mayor, Theresa Solomon dies at 79
Cape Town ETC
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July 8, 2025
Revered anti-apartheid activist, civic leader, diplomat and former mayor of Cape Town, Theresa Solomon, succumbed to her battle with illness at the age of 79 on Monday, 7 July 2025, reports Cape {town} Etc. According to family spokesperson Neil...
S-African prosecutors formulate last arguments in Albert Luthuli death inquest
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN) South African prosecutors have been given four months to present their final arguments in the reopened inquest into the death of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and anti-apartheid icon, Inkosi Albert Luthuli. The case, overseen by Judge...
What Trump’s Africa Summit Is Trying to Achieve
Foreign Policy
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July 9, 2025
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a surprise African leaders’ summit in Washington, anti-government protests turn deadly in Kenya, and Nigerian ride-hailing start-up Moove eyes...
Liberia: U S.-Based Liberian Calls on President Boakai to Champion Tariff Removal at U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit
Front Page Africa
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July 9, 2025
Tue emphasized that President Boakai should use tariff relief as a strategic bargaining chip in any economic deal agreed upon between the two nations. Monrovia – As President Joseph Nyuma Boakai and his administration prepare for the U.S.-Africa...
South Africa: Spaza Shop Support Fund campaign goes to Mpumalanga
Zawya
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The national awareness campaign on the Spaza Shop Support Fund is today in Volksrust, Mpumalanga. Township-based entrepreneurs in the area will have an opportunity to engage directly with government and its partners on how to access vital support...
Good governance will not transform South African universities by itself
University of Nottingham
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July 8, 2025
In an age of mounting crises within South African higher education, it is tempting to take comfort in legal compliance. Even as the sector is rocked by governance failures, student exclusion and underfunded innovation ecosystems, most universities...