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MATERNAL RIGHTS: Calls Grow for Accountability as Obstetric Violence Emerges as Overlooked Form of GBV
South Africa’s gender‑based violence crisis now includes obstetric violence, a hidden abuse of women during pregnancy and childbirth. A 2023 national Birth Survey by Embrace found 53 % of respondents experienced mistreatment, while a 2026 report showed roughly 60 % of births in Gauteng and KwaZulu‑Natal involved abuse, affecting an estimated 1.79 million people. The government has recognized obstetric violence at the 2022 Presidential Summit and is under pressure to adopt respectful‑maternity guidelines, enforce consent laws, and fund staff training. Civil‑society groups such as SECTION27 are pushing for stronger accountability mechanisms within the health system.
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TRIAL TACTICS: Danny Jordaan and His Fraud Co-Accused Play Cat-and-Mouse with Legal System
South African Football Association (SAFA) president Danny Jordaan and finance chief Gronie Hluyo have filed a second Section 342A application, seeking a court‑ordered investigation into alleged delays in their fraud trial. Their earlier 342A request was dismissed by Magistrate Sheron Soko‑Rantao,...
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FINANCIAL WELLNESS COACH: How to Prepare Your Investment Portfolio for Retirement Income
Kenny Meiring advises anyone three years from retirement to evaluate whether a living annuity or a life annuity best fits their income needs. A life annuity typically offers about a third more monthly income for a 65‑year‑old but locks in...
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Why Emerging Market Peers Have Outpaced a Collapsing SA
South Africa’s economy has deteriorated sharply since 1994, with unemployment climbing from 13% to roughly 32% and its nominal GDP ranking slipping to 36th worldwide. The rand has weakened dramatically, moving from R3.60 per US dollar to about R17, while...
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SPOTLIGHT: Survival over Compliance Drives Nurses Into the Shadows of an Unworkable Moonlighting System
South Africa’s public‑sector nurses are increasingly working off‑the‑books in private clinics to make ends meet, with only 20% holding formal permission compared with 85% of doctors. A 2025 survey of 1,397 health workers revealed widespread non‑compliance, while corruption at hospitals...
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BOOK REVIEW: Navigating Obsession, Sexuality and Belonging in These Four Must-Read Books
The Daily Maverick review spotlights four 2025‑26 releases that probe obsession, sexuality and belonging. Arundhati Roy’s memoir "Mother Mary Comes to Me" (≈$24) intertwines a fierce mother’s love with generational trauma. Tanya Sweeney’s "Esther Is Now Following You" (≈$21) dramatizes...
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GROWTH NARRATIVE OP-ED: SA’s Economy — Are We Turning the Corner, or Entering a Cul-De-Sac?
South Africa’s economy is caught between two narratives: a "turning‑the‑corner" view that points to modest growth gains, electricity and transport reforms, a sovereign‑rating upgrade and removal from the FATF grey list, and a skeptical view that stresses persistently low growth,...
SA’s Farm Machinery Slowdown Masks a More Resilient Agricultural Picture
The South African Agricultural Machinery Association reported that March 2026 tractor sales fell 8% year‑on‑year to 618 units, ending a 14‑month streak of growth, while combine‑harvester sales dropped 22% to 29 units. Despite the dip, both categories remain above their...
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CLIMATE CRISIS : Drought Warning: El Niño on Steroids Is on the Horizon
Forecasts from the ECMWF, NOAA and other global centres now give the southern hemisphere a more than 60% chance of a strong El Niño developing by October‑December 2026. A "super" event could mirror the 1982/83, 1997/98 and 2015/16 episodes that slashed...
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FUELLING WAR: ‘Hypocrisy’: Critics Slam SA for Boosting Coal Exports to Israel Despite Gaza Genocide Case
South Africa’s coal exports to Israel surged in the past two years, reaching roughly 2.99 million tonnes between October 2023 and December 2025, even as Pretoria pursues a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. The increase followed Colombia’s decision...
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MAIN STREET SUNDAYS: Join Jozi’s First Car-Free Sunday, and Celebrate Connection
On Sunday, April 12, Johannesburg’s Main Street in Marshalltown will shut down to motor traffic from 10 am to 5 pm, turning the busy corridor into a car‑free "living room" for residents. Organized by Jozi My Jozi, Young Urbanists South Africa and city...
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HEALTH HAZARDS: Patients ‘Left on Floors’ as Court Interdict Sought to Halt Dora Nginza Hospital Strike
The Eastern Cape Department of Health has applied for an urgent court interdict to stop an unlawful strike at Dora Nginza Hospital, where staff walkouts left pregnant women and other patients unattended, some even lying on the floor. Video footage...
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COST OF LIVING CRUNCH: Food or Paraffin? SA’s Poorest Forced to Choose as Prices Double
South Africa’s paraffin price more than doubled in April, climbing from R11.52 ($0.61) to R23.19 ($1.22) per litre and reaching a retail ceiling of R31.47 ($1.66). Over 500,000 households – many in informal settlements – depend on paraffin for cooking,...
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ISS TODAY OP-ED: Diplomatic Shuffle as Ramaphosa Bumped From France’s G7 — or Was He?
South African President Cyril Ramaphova was quietly removed from France’s June 2026 G7 guest list after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to boycott the summit if the South African leader attended. France’s Emmanuel Macron substituted Kenya’s President William Ruto, citing a streamlined agenda, while French...
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Russian Diplomat: Moscow Will Not Abandon Cuba, Help with Energy
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told a Cuban press conference that Moscow will not abandon its strategic partnership with Cuba, pledging continued energy assistance beyond the recent delivery of 700,000 barrels of oil on the sanctioned tanker Anatoly Kolodkin. He...
